Lancaster, Lanchester, Lancashire, Satterfield, Satterthwaite Surname DNA project

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Group Administrator: Andrew Lancaster andrew.lancaster@skynet.be
Group Co-Administrator: John Ezekiel Lancaster jel@sowega.net

Background

Project Surnames:

Alencaster	Alencastre	Allencaster	Allencastre
Camerton	Culwen	Culwyn	Curwen
Lancashire	Lancaster	Lancastre	Lanchester
Lanchestre	Landcastle	Landcastor	Langcaster
Langister	Langkester	Lankester	Lankister
Lankkester	Lankshear	Lanksheer	Lankster
Lencaster	Lencastre	Longcaster	Longcastle
Longcastre	Ormerod	Saterfiel	Saterfield
Satterfield	Satterthwaite	Setterfield	Setterthwaite
Sutterfield	Tailbey	Tailboy	Tailby
Tallboy

Project Background:

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This project was originally started in order to further study genealogical study of the Lancaster surname. In particular, it was hoped this could help with working out which Lancaster families are related and which are not – something which can definitely help when you have several alternatives appearing in old documents.

It immediately became apparent that because surnames can change, this project should cover several other name types, and not just spelling variations, especially Lancashire and Lanchester.

Satterfield and Satterthwaite have also been added to the list for the time being because (a) all Satterfields tested so far on the public Sorenson database match one of the Lancaster families we have, and (b) Satterfield and Satterthwaite are names coming from a small town, Satterthwaite, now in the parish of Hawkshead, just to the north of Lancaster castle, and (c) there is no one else promoting such a project yet. These names can be split off and passed to someone else later if a separate project starts.

Other surnames have been added to our list of interest because of well-known probable connections to Lancasters families.

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Project Goals:

We invite genealogists with interests in any of the above surnames, and any others potentially linked.

Our aim is to work out who is related to whom, in order to guide further genealogical study of all the families with these surnames.

Project News:

Our surname project was started with the assistance of the company Family Tree DNA, which also gives us a few possibilities:

First please note that there is also sponsorship available at this time, in our general fund. (Read "WHILE FUNDS LAST".) This can of course only be allocated to help pay for people's test kits.

If you find the prices too expensive and you wish to take advantage of the general fund - in other words the sponsorship of fellow Lancasters - please contact me by mail rather than joining using the web form.

On the other hand, if you are NOT a Lancaster male, and you don't have a relative that you can sponsor directly, you can contribute to that general fund that can be used to encourage volunteers. (You can also tell me how to spend it - for example if you want to be distributed over the next 5 Lancasters with Ulster ancestry, I'll do that.)

This project will increase in value as it gains more participants. The more participants, the more value this project will have to us and future generations. So please spread the word!

A 12 marker test is the minimum, for which the group price is $99 plus postage. This can be upgraded later. 25 markers would be $169 plus postage, and 37 markers would be $219 for our group. 12 markers is often enough to make our broad groupings within families, but 25 or 37 markers are far superior for real genealogical progress, and become more necessary if you discover you are a person with a very common DNA signature. See family 2 in the results below.

Members interested in ancient human migrations are also able to have their mitochondrial (mt) DNA or their SNP markers tested at group rates, and they can also become involved in the National Geographic’s “Genographic” Project. Click here.

Project Results:

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DNA Test Results (mtDNA) for Project Members