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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject: Ray ELDER of Claudy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
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Received Results on 1-3-07
Matched ELDER kit #37194
(Ancestor JOSEPH ELDER, b. 1749 Washington Co VA)
ELDER kit #N3302
(ELDER of Glasgow and Ontario, Canada)
and ELDER kit #15400, of FIFE, SCOTLAND
Received query via e-mail from RAY ELDER of
CLAUDY, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
I replied, YES! Please do help us with our ELDER DNA project...!"
See his webpage:
http://www.elder.org.uk
Ray ELDER writes:
>Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:18:22 +0000
From: "Ray Elder" <ray>
To: NancyElderPETERSEN@yahoo.com
Subject:DNA Ancestry for Ray Elder from Northern Ireland
>Nancy,
>My name is Ray Elder and I'm from Claudy, Co. Londonderry.
>My father's side of the family line originates from Limavady, Co. Londonderry.
>I've completed five generations of my family tree and
recently I've begun to publish my research to a blog http://www.elder.org.uk
>I'm now focusing my efforts to create a complete picture of the Elder family in Northern Ireland.
>I'm wondering if I should participate in the DNA ancestry project at
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/elder/index.aspx
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He also posted a query on the ELDER genforum --
I'll try to find more from my files about
the ELDER families of "INCH ISLAND"
in County Donegal, who may be relatives.
Tira Evans has a Yahoo Groups forum titled: "INCHGEN":
http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=inchgen
She did have a webpage titled:
"THE ELDER'S OF INCH"
DESCRIPTION:
"The Elders of Inch, Donegal, Eire are connected to the
Elders of Ballyness and Limavady,
Londonderry and the Elders of Penn.
emigrated to the USA from Inch Island, Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
Family names include: ELDER, MARSHALL, SHARKEY, CRAIG." _________________ Nancy Elder Petersen
Vancouver, WA USA
Host, ELDER DNA project
results:
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Elder
NancyElderPeterSEN@yahoo.com |
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