James.
I'm happy you have had some success in your search and join you in wanting to
encourage others. I am serving as the contact person
for my 97 year old cousin who contributed his DNA sample for the family of Alexander
Carrell/oll.
Over the last several years we had developed a study group researching the ten CARROLL
families in Sampson County, NC in 1790. Our
research had told us we probably had two separate lines, and the DNA is proving that.
It has definitely proven by perfect matching the ones we thought were closely related.
They are the descendants of Jesse # 30624,
Alexander # 32061, and Dempsey, Jr, # 29146. Now we also have a 36/37 match with one with
whom we had not corresponded, Calvin
Franklin # 19059.
The other two match perfectly with each other but not with the ones above. Both of them
are descendants of John W. Carroll who lived
a little later. They are # 46299 and # 28445. I have written to encourage another person
to do the test, and he may be interested.
Another one is slightly considering doing it.
I've been planning to write something to the various message boards and lists but
haven't gotten it done. James, you go ahead and
post yours to as many places as possible. I'll try to add something a little later.
The more people hear about it the sooner they
will want to be involved in this newest tool of genealogy.
I think we probably should stick to the public mail lists and message boards rather than
writing to individuals unless we have had
some contact with them previously. Folks are understandably becoming more and more
concerned about privacy.
Lura
----- Original Message -----
From: <JWC51(a)aol.com>
To: <CARROLL-DNA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: [CARROLL-DNA] RECENT SUCESSES/ ENCOURAGEMENT TO RECRUIT OTHERS
: This is James Carroll, Kit # 28645 (first one listed on the Carroll web
: site). I joined the project early on. We have been able to go back no further
: than my fourth great-grandfather, Michael Carroll, who lived in Orange County,
: North Carolina, born ca. 1766 (but birthplace and state unknown). A distant
: cousin hired a prominent genealogical researcher and publisher in North
: Carolina about 15 years ago to do "on-ground" research in North Carolina, who
first
: discovered that Michael was the father of my third great grandfather, Moses
: Carroll. But he could establish no definitive blood relationship with other
: Carrolls in the area with whom Michael was associated.
:
:
: I came on the scene about three years ago, and discovered these other
: researchers, and have now taken the lead in getting past the proverbial brick wall.
: I made two trips to North Carolina, and last fall spent three days in the NC
: State Archives. I found documents proving who Michael's wife was (the widow
: of a Tory who was sentenced to death for treason), along with many other
: documents that provided some fascinating information about his life and death,
: but nothing to definitively identify his parents.
:
: After having no matches with any Carroll DNA participants , last November I
: received notice of a 12 marker match, and encouraged the family member of the
: participant with whom I corresponded to expand it to at least 25. We
: subsequently matched on 24 of 25. They had information going back to Texas in the
: late 1800's. After further research, I was able to work back to a Hugh Carroll,
: who lived in Nashville, TN, who was born in North Carolina in 1819, even
: locating a great granddaughter who confirmed the information. I'm still working
: to go beyond Hugh to see if I can find a link with Michael.
:
: Then in the past couple of weeks, I was notified of a 36 of 37 match(not
: posted yet).This individual is still forwarding me information, but his earliest
: known ancestor is Zedekiah D. Carroll, born in York, SC, in 1802. A census
: search indicates his parents were born in Virginia. I have always suspected
: Michael or his ancestors migrated to NC from VA. So I am just beginning to
: search for a link here.
:
: I say all of that to say this. I believe that DNA will be the tool that will
: enable me to find the ancestors of Michael Carroll, if they are to be found.
: We have exhausted the traditional means. I want to encourage everyone to
: recruit as many Carrolls as possible to participate in the DNA project for
: everyone's benefit. I have studied what some other surname families have done
: through DNA, and the results and the connections they have been able to make are
: amazing. But they have numerous participants. I recently corresponded with a
: Carroll that I discovered on a web site who had submitted a sample that was
: lost, and upon receiving another kit, lost it during the middle of a crisis. I
: encouraged them to try again, even offering to help pay for it. They have
: requested another kit.
:
: My bottom line - let's actively recruit others to participate. I've seen how
: fruitful the results have been for others. We can see that too.If you're
: still awake after reading my mini-novel, thanks for your time.
: James
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