Taylor Family Genes- Background

Background

The Taylor Family Genes Project (TFG) -- with more than 560 members -- is the largest and best Taylor Surname DNA project offered by any DNA testing company. For a common surname like Taylor, database size matters; it increases your chances of finding a match within the project. Having begun in late 2003, we have members with various DNA tests and are growing daily. Among our >490 members with more than 12 markers of Y-DNA results, we have identified ~70 groups with genetic Taylor descendancy and more than 180 unique haplotypes (individual family lines).

Membership Policy: 
Taylor Family Genes is open to prospective members. If you believe that your family history may be advanced by participating in our project, you are welcome to join by ordering a DNA test from FTDNA. Though we focus on Taylor-surname lines, we have members who may be biological Taylors but do not carry the surname, and others named Taylor whose ancestors may have had other names.

We are seeking male Taylors for Y-DNA (Y-STR) testing. If you are interested in joining please order the DNA sample kit from www.familytreedna.com. 

We ask, though, that you take an active part. (1) Provide a current e-mail address for contact, (2) Enter you Most Distant Ancesgtor information on your My FTDNA page provided (name, year & place of birth, year & place of death) and (3) Submit your Taylor lineage for publication on the project website.  

Recommendations: 
The Taylor Family Genes Project represents an extension of your genealogy studies. The new field of genetic genealogy is a supplement to traditional documentary research and may help to overcome brick walls and false leads. DNA testing is now a proven  tool for genealogists and can provide a means of connecting Taylor's world wide.  Become a pioneer of the future, secure and share your DNA for history.

With the use of DNA testing, we hope you will be able to remove blocks (brick walls) and create crossroads with traditional paper trail genealogical records to connect with others of the same DNA results (haplotypes). Become a pioneer of the future, secure and share your DNA for history.

1. We recommend a Y-STR test of 37 or more markers in order to establish genealogically significant genetic matches. Lesser tests contain less genetic information and are less precise.
2. We recommend communication among our members, especially those sharing genetic matches, and ongoing documentary genealogy to discover common ancestors. 
3. We recommend that members keep e-mail addresses current and unblocked to us and FTDNA so that we may communicate with you. Matches may take time (possibly, years) to develop, as new members join. (If you use an "approved list" to control spam, add us to it.)
4. We recommend that members use their My FTDNA pages to enter their earliest known (most distant) maternal and paternal ancestors. Include given names, birth & death dates, and birth & death places so that the ancestor is uniquely identified. ("Mr. Taylor" doesn't cut it.)
5. We recommend that members submit paternal lineage trees for publication on our website. (See below.)

Services: 
Because of TFG's team of several volunteer administrators to serve the project and its members, we are able to provide services that other projects can not. As examples: 

• We publish this site you're viewing now, www.familytreedna.com/public/taylorfamilygenes with basic information and test results;
• We publish a newsletter in the form of a blog at http://taylortopicsdna.blogspot.com;
• We publish another, separate website at http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~taylorydna/ for informaiton which doesn't fit into this format, including lineage trees; 
• We actively look for matches for you and follow up on match notices from FTDNA, interpreting the genealogical significance.
• We e-mail periodic project status and performance updates to all members.

The Taylor Family Genes Project represents an extension of your genealogy studies. The new field of genetic genealogy is a supplement to traditional documentary research and may help to overcome brick walls and false leads. DNA testing is now a proven  tool for genealogists and can provide a means of connecting Taylor's world wide.  Become a pioneer of the future, secure and share your DNA for history. For more information contact the project group administrators: Ralph Taylor, rt-sails@comcast.net, or Lalia Wilson OR go to either of the Taylor DNA Project websites at URL: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/taylorfamilygenes/index.aspx & http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~taylorydna. 

Sincerely, the co-administrators:  Ralph Taylor, Lalia Taylor, Josh Taylor, George & Judy West, and Leigh Taylor.

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