DNA Heritage

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	If you are looking for some ideas on what makes a great Surname Project,
	read on. Here you’ll find suggestions on how to identify the genealogical questions you want to answer, find your new genetic cousins and get your message across to potential members. We’ll give you hints on how other Project Administrators have selected their ideal test candidates, made contact and used their results to best advantage.

	click on the links below:
	Your project aims
	Your inital contact letter
	Finding participants:
	Online lists
	Search engines
	Telephone directories
	Where are your relatives?
	Getting the word out:
	Your project website (incl. search engine submission)
	Rootsweb lists
	Newsletters
	Advertising in journals

	Newsletters

	Important information to include: Background to the project - probably the amount of research you have undertaken into the surname, how long, some of your findings through the paper trail. Results so far from test candidates, and what they indicate. Interesting Family History stories. Need to think how frequent it should be; how much time you will need or want to dedicate to it; whether it is solely related to th DNA surname project or should have a wider Family History brief; who the recipients should be. Services: ConstantContact.com can be customised with templates, manages emails etc including unsubscribes. This is a commercial service. It is what DNA Heritage uses for large mailings.

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North American office: P.O. Box 160, Carmine, TX 78932-0160 USA tel/fax: Toll free 866-7-DNA-DNA

European office: 40 Preston Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 6PZ, UK tel:+44 (0) 1305 834936 fax:+44 (0) 1305 835925