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Project Surnames:

Naughton	Nordan	Norden	Nordin
Norton	Norville	Norvyle

Group General Fund:

Y-DNA37 2007 Gift Certificate $30* - Kit 97717
Y-DNA37 2007 Gift Certificate $30* - Kit 97720

01/23/08 - Joan Norton donation....$30
01/23/08 - Total available....$30

Project Background:

Norton DNA-Project website
http://www.nortonfamily.net/DNA.htm

The Norton Name
The Norton DNA project has shown us that there are probably hundreds of Norton family lines.

English noble Nortons
-By "noble" we refer to a family who has land, money and power. These families generally married other powerful families to consolidate power. This is great for family history because these families had much better records.
oLe Signeur de Norton w/William the Conqueror to Sharpenhoe Nortons
o Conyers-Norton of Yorkshire
o Norton Coat-of-Arms - A study of Norton arms of England.

Nortons by location
- People who were living close to a village named Norton at the time of the Doomsday Census 1086.
Norton is literally "North town". There are about 36 Norton villages in the in the Doomsday Book. I've made a list of them here. In addition there were areas that were so devastated from war that they were not counted. Notable is the Shire of Durham that is simply recorded as "wasted" in the Doomsday book.

For this reason we find that we have many DNA Norton family lines rather than just a few. in addition, we expect to find that we are related to many families with a last name other than Norton. However "Norton" is also a locator. Sometimes if we have a general idea of where a Norton family is from in England we can isolate if further by looking at where the Norton villages are in that area.

Irish Nortons - Naughton anglecized to Norton

German Nortons - Settled in PA

Norden, Nordin and Nordan - These are decendants of Robert Norden a Baptist minister sent to Virginia in 1714. His decendants moved to NC.

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Project Goals:

We have two goals:

1) Prove the paper research we already have. So far we have had several big successes in proving and disproving paper research.

2) Establish a data base of Norton DNA so that any Norton can locate his Norton roots by DNA. We have a good start already. Our objective is to identify the Norton family groups that emigrated to America. I will add new family groups as they join the project.

If you are a male and have the Norton surname, or if you know anyone who does, we hope you will consider participating in this Y-DNA testing project and/or telling others about this website.

You have questions, we have answers. email snorton@nortonfamily.net

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