Project News
5 August: Results back for sixth participant, the second participant from the 'Southern Bickham' line and also said to be a descendant of Benjamin Bickham. Big surprise with these results!
29 June: Kit mailed to sixth participant.
28 June 2009: After eighteen months months of project inactivity, our sixth participant has joined. He is also a descendant of Benjamin Bickham, of the 'Southern Bickham' line.
20 December: Results back from the lab for the fifth participant, a descendant of Benjamin Bickham, one of the five brothers of the 'Southern Bickham' line.
27 November: Results back from the lab for the fourth participant, the third who is a descendant of George Washington Bickham, a son of Hugh Bickham.
19 November: Sample kit back at FTDNA from fifth participant.
15 November: Results back!!! on two participants.
12 November: Fifth participant mailed sample kit back to FTDNA.
5 November: Kit mailed to fifth participant.
4 November: Fifth participant has joined the project - a member of the huge "Southern Bickham" line.
1 November: Sample kit from fourth participant received by Family Tree DNA. Now we wait, and wait, and wait, and wait . . .
20 October: Expected date for results from first and second participants is 30 November.
18 October: Family Tree DNA mailed kit to fourth participant.
17 October: A fourth participant has joined the project.
16 October: Sample kit from second participant received by FTDNA.
15 October: Sample kit from first participant received by FTDNA.
11 October: Both participants mailed their sample kits back to Family Tree DNA today.
9 October: First participant received kit. Previous participant's results displayed. Haplogroup R1b1 is England. No surprise there!
8 October: Learned that a descendant from Hugh BICKHAM's line has already had DNA testing done with Family Tree DNA. Requested he be added to the BICKHAM DNA Project.
6 October: Kit received by second participant, plans to mail back on Monday or Tuesday.
4 October: Second participant and second line represented. A descendant of Richard BICKHAM of Burlington, New Jersey, in 1698.
3 October 2007: First participant, a descendant of Hugh BICKHAM of Kentucky and Logan County, Ohio.