Ruddick/Reddick DNA Project. (Click to visit study.)
I have been yDNA tested through 67 markers and belong to the Reddick/R320 yDNA Project which includes the Jackson County Ruddicks. My surname has a connection with Jackson County since before the county was founded and family members still live there.

Lewis M. Ruddick

Descendants of Conrad Isaac Smith DNA.
I have created a webpage with DNA information on it that pertains to my last name. I was wondering if you could post the URL on the website so that people may find it easier

Christopher Aaron Smith
The Conrad Isaac Smith DNA Study

Here is a link to the Maxwell DNA Study page. Mr. Maxwell is researching the David Harvey and Louisa Jane [Thompson] Maxwell family, John and Mahala [Widdle] Maxwell and especially Bazil Maxwell. (Family history is that Bazil married a woman named Forgey in Jackson County) He has added some photos and documents to the picture album in the Yahoo group.

Richard Maxwell
The Maxwell DNA Study

In 1790, there were families with the Congleton surname living in Delaware, New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. In the early years of the 19th century, descendants of these families moved into Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio and West Virginia. It is the goal of this project to identify how many genetically different families they represent, establish the genetic pedigree of each family and to try to determine where these families originated in the Old World.

William Congleton, his wife, Nancy and their children settled in Jackson County about 1815. William Congleton died before April of 1826. According to the Topigraphical Dictionary of Indiana he was one of the first settlers of Brownstown. He also served as Jackson County dog catcher.

yDNA test subjects MUST be MEN with the CONGLETON surname, who were not adoped, nor whose male ancestors were not adopted into the Congleton family. Tests are available for 12, 25, 37 and 67 markers. I recommend being tested for at least 37 markers, and prefer project members to be tested for 67 markers. Before beginning my first project, I realized men who had been tested at 12 or 25 markers did not find the results to be definitive. They would then upgrade to 37 or 67 markers. Every time you upgrade, in addition to the lab fees, there is an administrative charge. In the long run, it is cheaper to do the 67 marker test and get all the information at once.

The test is easy to do, it requires taking several scrapings from the inside of the mouth, depositing the scrapers in the vials provided and mailing them to the laboratory. It usually takes about 8-12 weeks to receive the test results.

To see what test results from a yDNA project look like, please visit: www.familytreedna.com/public/VanHorne.

If you have other questions, please get in touch with me at: msvnhrn@jps.net.

Marleen Van Horne
Congleton yDNA Project Manager