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Group Administrator: David Hamm odoniv@earthlink.net
Group Co-Administrator: Marvin Hamm MARVHAMM@aol.com

Project Surnames:

HAM	HAME	HAMM	HAMME
HAMN

Group General Fund:

Y-DNA Gift Certificate $30* - Kit 48988

03/24/06 - Anonymous donation in memory of Rufus....$300
03/24/06 - Total available....$300
03/24/06 - Kit 58859....($99)
03/24/06 - Total available....$201
08/10/06 - Leonard Hamm donation....$25
08/10/06 - Total available....$226
01/15/07 - Kit 82055....($95.50)
01/15/07 - Total available....$130.50

Y-DNA25 2007 Gift Certificate $15* - Kit 107820

Project Background:

After researching the HAM surname in Virginia for over ten years, and co-authoring a three volume work on the HAM surname, we now have a different tactic in the search of HAM immigrants to the US. At this stage all traditional routes normally used to link different lines of ancestors together have been exhausted.

There were at least ten immigrants to Virginia, and although they were most likely from England, other possibile countries of origin include Scotland and Ireland. Early immgrants to Virginia include:

- begins with Joseph HAM in 1621, Jerome HAM, Richard HAM, Manuel HAM, Thomas HAMM(S), Rosse HAMM, HAMO (a Turk), William HAMES, and others.

There were also similar immigrants to Maine (William), New Hampshire (John), New York, Pennsylvania, etc.

CONCEPT: The idea is to sort the numbers into groups, by matching numbers. A link to each group will display the oldest known ancestor. With enough samples and combined research, we should be able to determine origins of each group.

This DNA project has been established to allow the HAM surname from around the world see if they are related to each other through a common ancestor.

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Project Goals:

It is known that the oldest spelling of the surname is with one "M," as in "Ham" which comes from an ancient Celtic word that dates at least from the 4th Century. There are, for example, over 10 villages, townships, and fiefs called "Ham" in France alone.

It is the goal of this project to see if we can establish a common ancestors for the HAM immigrants who come from England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and Germany for this study.

A secondary goal is to establish common ancestors to the various states here within the US.

Project News:

April 21, 2007 - Join us at the Ashe County Family History Weekend April 21st. Lonnie Jones is taking reservations. Contact Dave Hamm for details.
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Feb 7, 2006 - Member Subgrouping and Member Distribution Map features have been added to the FTDNA pages. Click on the "Y Results" menu item to view.

December 21, 2005 FTDNA offers Deep Clade Tests launched for Haplogroups E, I, G, J, Q and R1a.
For more information click here.
For members of your Project who wish to order, go to the Haplogroup tab of the
personal pages of members under those Haplogroups.

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July, 2005 - The HAM DNA Project begins.

May, 2005 - A video documentary of the Descendants of Eli HAM was published.

Project Results:

As more HAM folks join this project the results of the DNA tests will be posted on the HAM_DNA_Project website:

FTDNA HAM DNA Project

The results will be analyzed on the HAM Country web site at:

HAM Country

DNA Test Results (mtDNA) for Project Members