About us
I am Deborah Moon, the Choate DNA Project Administrator. I have been involved in genealogy for many years. When I "discovered" DNA for genealogy, I was hooked and have tested many family and non-family members. However, locating a common ancestor with other testers can be quite a challenging task. One of the objectives of the Choate DNA Project is to identify the numerous male Choate family groups, as well as identifying others (male and female) who have matches with the Choate surname and share segments with a Choate.
Another goal of the Choate Project is to identify and verify the various Choate lineages. In order to help meet this goal, each member needs to complete the Family Tree section for each kit they manage. This goal will also require the cooperation of members to provide the Project Administrator(s) with all source documentation and family records that substantiate their Choate lineage for each birth, death & marriage.
Privacy is extremely important, so posting any dates and locations for living persons on this site is highly restricted (see Code of Conduct). In order to minimize errors, it is very important that we post genealogical data that has good documentation. If you share data that is speculative, please clearly state so.
For those wanting to join the Choate DNA Project please read the following -
Both men and women who have taken the Family Finder (autosomal) test are welcome to join if they have Choate/Shoate matches and/or if they have a known Choate/Shoate lineage, but tools are limited at the project level for Family Finder.
For male Choates, or other name if there was a name change or if Choate paternity is suspected, no less than a 37 Y-DNA marker test is recommended as this puts the matching within a good genealogical time-frame. However, for better matching results, please consider the Y-67 or 111 tests. Please note it is imperative that you set your Most Distant Direct Paternal Ancestor with name, some time frame and some geography in your account. You can access this configuration setting from your My Account tab.
****When you submit your Join Request, please provide your Choate lineage from the oldest PROVEN (if speculative, please indicate) Choate to yourself in the format below. Please include all the detail for dates, locations (including the town or community and the county, if known) and spouses names.****
If male, and if you are unsure how you connect to the Choate line but you have Choate Ydna matches, please provide your surname lineage for now.
Please follow this format -
1. SPECULATIVE - John R. Choate b. BET 1771-1780 per 1840 census in unknown but possibly Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee or South Carolina; d. AFT 1840 & BEF OCT 1850 census in possibly Arkansas, Texas or California
2. James Choate b. ABT 1813 in Tennessee; d. BEF 9 JUN 1880 Census in unknown; m. ABT 1835 in unknown to Elmira "Mira" Farmer
3. Mary Arminti/Armittie Choate b. 10 AUG 1853 in Scott County (now Logan County), Arkansas; d. 11 FEB 1928 in Bells Chapel Community, Pope County,Arkansas; m. 5 SEP 1869 in Pope County, Arkansas to Charles Homer Austin
4. Rebecca Elizabeth Austin b. 1 NOV 1873 in Pope County, Arkansas;d. 5 AUG 1968 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; m. 6 FEB 1901 in Pope County, Arkansas to Dock Talley
ETC.
Once this information is received, you will be able to join. However, do not be discouraged if you do not have this much information - just include what you do know.
I am available to assist you with any questions or comments you may have about your test, so please don't hesitate to email me at ftdnaprojects@gmail.com. If I am unable to answer your questions or concern, I will find someone who can.
Again, welcome to the Choate DNA Project.
Deborah Moon
Member of the International Society of Genetic Genealogists (ISOGG)
CHOATE PROJECT PRIVACY STATEMENT
As Administrator of the Choate Project, I give priority to protecting your privacy and to the confidentiality of your personal data. In particular I will not publish your name, e-mail address or other contact details, or share this information with any other project member or other person or organization without your specific written approval.
The only personal data held is that relevant to meeting the published goals of our Project, and which has been made available to us by DNA testing companies, in the same format as they make it available to you, or which you have given us direct by e-mail or by post. This data is held indefinitely or until you request its deletion. Any errors in your personal data that you bring to my attention will be corrected promptly.
At your request, at any time, I will promptly remove your data from our project files. However, I cannot retrieve data that has previously been posted in the public domain.
In the administration of this project I endeavor to comply with the most recent guidance issued by ISOGG (https://isogg.org/wiki/ISOGG_Project_Administrator_Guidelines) and by FTDNA (www.familytreedna.com/learn/projectadministration/gap-guidelines-ftdna-projects/), and with the Genetic Genealogy Standards (www.geneticgenealogystandards.com/).
I endeavor to respond promptly to any queries or complaints you may make about the handling of your personal data for this Project.