About us
The purpose of the Savages of the Colonial Surry County, VA Project is to provide a public forum to support the genealogical research and interests of members with Savage (Savidge, Savige, etc.) ancestries who trace back to Surry County, Virginia. Members may share and compare their Y-DNA test results, ancestry information and family trees with other members who join this public project. The project is not intended for medical or any related purposes. DNA-testing can provide concrete evidence for identifying and separating family lines. Y-chromosome DNA testing is especially helpful because the male Y-chromosome is handed down, father to son, unchanged through the generations, except for rare mutations which, in themselves, can be helpful indicators of branching. In the cases where we identified separate Savage lines, we kept them in the Project to aid in our joint efforts to push our research further.
By joining the project, you agree that your Y-DNA haplogroup, STR and SNP results and early ancestor information will be visible to project members. Our project is set so Mitochondrial DNA test results are only visible to project members. Autosomal DNA results are not visible to the public.
Project members are expected to have Y-DNA tests (or be anchored to a male who has taken a Y-DNA test). Project members who have taken an autosomal DNA test may join. We encourage active researchers! Project members are asked to post earliest known ancestry information that has been verified through historical records. Project administrators may edit or remove information that lacks historical verification or is based upon speculative family trees posted by others. This is to avoid others from adopting what may erroneous information.
Project members are expected to post earliest known ancestry information that has been verified through historical records. Project administrators may recommend edits or removal of information that lacks historical verification, or is based upon speculative family trees posted by others. This is to avoid others from adopting what may erroneous information.
Project Administrators and Assistants are not FTDNA employees, they are genetic genealogy volunteers.
They do not receive any form of financial payment or any other incentive or reimbursement for their work. Project administrators are responsible for the content on the project websites.
Organization of DNA kits into subgroups and naming of those groups is done by project administrators after analyzing the comparative results. Placement of DNA kits within the subgroups is dictated by FTDNA STR mutation programming and cannot be altered by project administrators. Project administrators have indicated the primary haplogroup branch and SNPs in the subgroup titles, where applicable, and have activated the SNP RESULTS display page.
By joining the project, you agree that your Y-DNA haplogroup, STR and SNP results and early ancestor information will be visible to project members. Our project is set so Mitochondrial DNA test results are only visible to project members. Autosomal DNA results are not visible to the public.
Project members are expected to have Y-DNA tests (or be anchored to a male who has taken a Y-DNA test). Project members who have taken an autosomal DNA test may join. We encourage active researchers! Project members are asked to post earliest known ancestry information that has been verified through historical records. Project administrators may edit or remove information that lacks historical verification or is based upon speculative family trees posted by others. This is to avoid others from adopting what may erroneous information.
Project members are expected to post earliest known ancestry information that has been verified through historical records. Project administrators may recommend edits or removal of information that lacks historical verification, or is based upon speculative family trees posted by others. This is to avoid others from adopting what may erroneous information.
Project Administrators and Assistants are not FTDNA employees, they are genetic genealogy volunteers.
They do not receive any form of financial payment or any other incentive or reimbursement for their work. Project administrators are responsible for the content on the project websites.
Organization of DNA kits into subgroups and naming of those groups is done by project administrators after analyzing the comparative results. Placement of DNA kits within the subgroups is dictated by FTDNA STR mutation programming and cannot be altered by project administrators. Project administrators have indicated the primary haplogroup branch and SNPs in the subgroup titles, where applicable, and have activated the SNP RESULTS display page.