Gillespie Surname DNA Project- Background

Background

PROJECT ADMINISTRATORS --

Connie McKenzie -- Click here to email Connie   lairdkinna@yahoo.com
Connie is the primary administrator for this project. Contact her if you have questions about the Gillespie DNA Project, test results, additional orders and testee subgrouping.
Connie is a descendant of Group 1 - Thomas Gillespie b1719 and Naomi Thompson - d1797 Rowan Co NC.

Charles Moore -- cdmo29@yahoo.com
Contact Charles about Gillespie DNA Group 2, Haplogroup I, Haplogroup R1b U106 and advanced DNA analysis.
Charles is a descendant of Group 2 - William Gillespie bc 1720 dc 1801 Pendleton Dist SC.


PROJECT CO-ADMINISTRATORS -- 

Betty Gillespie Pollack -- bgpollack@sbcglobal.net
Contact Betty (Group 1 - 158559) if you have questions about early Gillespie lines in Pennsylvania and Delaware and Group 1 in Ohio.

Susan J. Gillespie -- susang@summergrove.net
Contact Susan (Group 2 - 67616) if you have questions about Gillespie DNA Group 2.

Dave Gillespie -- starfieldgroup@gmail.com
Contact Dave (Group 5 - 94854) if you have questions about Gillespie DNA Group 5 and 6.

PROJECT ASSISTANTS -- 

Richard Gillespie --  drgillespie@txchiropractor.net
Contact Rick (Group 1 - 28870) if you have basic questions about Gillespie lines that settled in Texas.

William V. Gillespie -- Gillespiesathome@SATX.RR.COM  
Contact Bill (Group 1 - 86132) if you have questions about Gillespie DNA Group 1 lines that migrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio.

Duane Gillespie -- dngllsp7@gmail.com 
Contact Duane ( Group 8 - 38866) if you have questions about Gillespie Group 8.

Project Administrators and Assistants are not FTDNA employees, they are genetic genealogy hobbyist volunteers.
They do not receive any form of financial payment or any other incentive or reimbursement for their work.  Project administrators are responsible for the content on the project websites.  

Organization of DNA kits into subgroups and naming of those groups is done by project administrators after analyzing the comparative results.  Placement of DNA kits within the subgroups is dictated by FTDNA programing and cannot be altered by project administrators.

Many of the testees in this project have ordered testing on advanced markers ( STRs ) or individual STRs in the 38 - 67 marker panel.
FTDNA programing at this time does not allow for the display of those individual markers.  

Many testees have also ordered the Deep Clade Haplogroup SNP test and advanced SNP testing.  Project administrators have indicated the primary haplogroup branch SNP in the name of the subgroups where applicable and have activated the SNP RESULTS display page.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GillespieDNAProject_discussion/
The link above will take you to a discussion group for the Gillespie DNA Project. Use this forum to discuss your DNA matches, ask questions or to recruit participants to DNA test for your Gillespie line. Genealogy information that was formerly posted on the RESULTS PAGE for this project is now posted in the FILES section at our Yahoo Gillespie DNA Project Discussion Group.

http://www.familytreedna.com/faq/
This link will take you to the Family Tree DNA "FAQ" page.

http://www.isogg.org/          
This link will take you to the International Society of Genetic Genealogy.  Please visit often and take advantage of their many DNA for genealogy educational resources.  Everyone can become a member of ISOGG.

http://www.facebook.com/FamilyTreeDNA
This link will take you to the Family Tree DNA Facebook page. 
A Family Tree DNA staff member is online to answer very basis questions about the various DNA tests.