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From: "Mary Alice" <>
Subject: Re: [BARTON] Barton DNA Project Update
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 15:13:00 -0500
References: <15782857.1007183363005.JavaMail.imail@pugsly.excite.com>


One solution to the cost is to ask those of us, including me, who have
an interest but have not needed to pony up to support the project, to
do so. There are a lot of Bartons out there who would like to know who
hooks to whom.

I have hunted for 15 years to try to find parents, siblings of my
Valentine Barton who left Prince Wm Co, VA for Boone Co, KY ca 1810,
then approx. 30 years old.

Mary Alice

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Barton" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 12:09 AM
Subject: [BARTON] Barton DNA Project Update


>
> The Barton DNA Project has gone much slower than we had hoped. As
you may
> know, BYU was slow in sending out the test kits. We are just now
getting
> the last kits accounted for and returned to Brigham Young
University's
> testing center. For example: one participant's first two sample kits
never
> showed up, the third kit has just now been received, completed and
sent on
> its way to BYU; another participant's kit came in while he was
traveling and
>
> his wife put it in a stack, ... etc. You get the picture. We have
taken
> advantage of the slowness to get the early volunteers for Phase 2
included
> with the current project. I believe the total number of
participants is now
>
> 50.
>
> We are probably not going to get the results by year end, but if we
don't we
>
> should have them soon next year. (Please don't shoot the messenger)
>
> Our thanks to Leo for his leadership in getting this together and
> shepherding it along its agonizingly slow trail. As his assistant,
I am
> very aware of how much time and energy he has put into making this
project
> go. He deserves a great big Thank You!
>
> I have volunteered to lead Phase 2, and have the following report:
>
> BYU's lab (called Molecular Genealogy Research Group) will complete
our
> current project, but will not do our phase 2, as they have spun off
a "For
> Profit" laboratory called Relative Genetics (a division of Sorenson
> Laboratories). Relative Genetics tells us they plan to charge $260
per
> sample (not a typo--$260). They will give us a 10% discount for 6-9
> participants and 20% discount for 10 or more.
>
> I suspect that we'll have to see the results of Phase 1 before
anyone is
> ready to plunk down that much for their test kit. But check the
> competition, Relative Genetics pricing is generally in line with
their
> competition. (Leo got us a great deal on the current project.) If
anyone
> can come up with a better alternative, we are "all ears".
>
> Terry
>
>
>
>
>
>
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