ANNOUNCEMENTS
February 20, 2008 - Growing
As of today, we have 279 participants!
September 15, 2007
There is a DNA Forum now active on the FTDNA website, for any questions
related to DNA testing, results, etc.
July 23, 2007
Some participants' results have come in with extra markers tested (464e and
464f). Because of this we have expanded the Results panel to include these
markers. For now, we are not counting these markers in the match/mismatch
comparisons, but still felt that we should show the values as reported.
February 1, 2007
Pleased to announce that the Results page has expanded to 67 Markers. Special
care was taken to keep the sizing large enough to read (no change was done to
the sizing of characters). Scrolling to the right is now necessary to view the entire
67 Marker panel. With so many different browsers and monitor settings, the page
will look a little different for everyone. Please send me any comments you may
have.
December 3, 2006
Several prospective participants ordered DNA kits prior to June 2006, but have
still not returned them. A few of these tests were kindly sponsored by individual
family member/donors, who have patiently awaited a response. I have contacted
these prospective participants and will be getting refunds to the sponsors soon
if the test kits are not going to be used.
I have asked these prospective participants to review the progress that we have
made and consider (one more time) being a part of the study, but I will be voiding
and removing these untested kits from the study on December 10, 2006 if they are
not returned to the lab by then.
September 1, 2006 - Your FTDNA Set-Up Page (IMPORTANT)
I would like to encourage every participant to go to their FTDNA
page Set-Up Preferences and do the following:
-UNCHECK the setting to be informed of 12 Marker Matches. These
12 Marker resulting matches are useless.
-If you feel there is some mystery behind your being unable to match
to other HILLs in the study, UNCHECK the box to allow that your results
be compared with only participants in the (HILL) study, and CHECK the
box that allows your results to be compared to all in the database. This
will show your matches to other surnames, therefore perhaps revealing
a clue to your family structure and history.
I hope this helps.
September 1, 2006 - PRICING UPDATE
Here is the complete list of the FTDNA (Group Rate) new prices:
12 marker $99
12 + mtDNA $199
25 marker $148
37 marker $189
37 + mtDNAPlus $339
67 marker $269
67 +mtDNAPlus $409
Super(67+mtFS) $935
Refinements ---
12 to 25 $49
12 to 37 $99
12 to 67 $189
25 to 37 $49
25 to 67 $148
37 to 67 $99
February 19, 2006 - GROUP 12
The HILL DNA PROJECT is seeking sponsors to help pay for the
extended testing for some of our earliest 12 Marker participants
in GROUP 12. Some of these participants were the earliest sought-out
members of the study because of their well-known work in Hill research.
Some of these earliest participants are now deceased. The DNA samples
are still on file. Having the extended testing is as simple as placing any
other order. Having the extended 25 Marker or 37 Marker results for
GROUP 12 will be extremely valuable information. I urge the members
GROUP 12 connected to some of these earliest 12 Marker participants
to communicate with each other and find a way to sponsor the extended
testing. A simple email to me will start the process.
February 19, 2006 - LISTING OF MATCHING PARTICIPANTS WHO
HAVE SURNAMES OTHER THAN "HILL".
There are some matches to our HILL participants who have surnames
other than HILL. This of course can happen for various reasons, but
these matches are often valuable clues to our research. We have attempted
to list some of these participants and have found that the validity of the
match depends on several factors. If the non-HILL surname participant
has only taken the 25 Marker test and matches 23/25 or 24/25 with
others who have taken the 37 Marker test, often a full 37 Marker test
will show other mismatched markers. On a higher level, this is similar to
the problem we have with many 12/12 marker matches, which are often
proven very mismatched in the 25 or 37 marker range. If you match with
a HILL DNA participant and have a surname other than HILL, and the match
is at least 25/25, we will consider Grouping you, but the other determining
factor are the existing matches within the Group, and how well defined
the Group is. Some Groups are less defined than others, indicating problems
somewhere in their research. If your participant's surname is not HILL and
you think you are qualified to be Grouped into one of our HILL Groups, please
provide me with the matching HILL participant's Kit Number and I will take
look closely at the situation. Sorry, but 12 marker test data is not conclusive
enough for Grouping.
February 10, 2006 - Variants of HILL surnames added.
Though variants of the surname HILL (HILLS, etc) have been welcome
to join the HILL DNA PROJECT since the beginning, we have re-designed
some of our pages to more prominently reflect so. Matching DNA
participants are and always have been grouped by DNA, not by name,
so the added variants of HILL will only enhance the possibilities of
connecting with those whose names may have been changed. Anyone
with the name "HILLS" will be interested in knowing that we have a
willing sponsor for a number DNA tests. Please see the "Persons Seeking
Sponsors" link on this site.
February 10, 2006 - Growing
As of today, we have 178 participants with 169 kits being processed.
December 3, 2005 - Growing
As of today, we have 166 participants with 161 kits being processed.
August 3, 2004 - Questions
If you have a question about anything concerning your Kit or
Results, please be sure and include your Kit number in the email.
It is very hard for me to look up information without it. Thanks!
July 10, 2005 - Growing
As of today, we have 147 participants with 143 kits being processed.
June 19, 2005 - Speeding up the testing process
Here are some tips on how to speed up the testing process after
ordering your kit.
-When the kit arrives, send it in ASAP. This will get it in the earliest
possible batch of samples to be tested next. FTDNA waits until they
have a batch of orders to be tested, so get your sample in quickly.
-If you have ordered (or sponsored) a kit for someone else, stay in
touch with them and make sure they return it as soon as possible.
Often the person being tested is a distant family member who has no
interest in genealogy, so sometimes they need nudging.
-If the payment for the test is coming from someone else, make
sure they send in the payment as soon as possible. Sometimes people
treat these invoices like bills that aren't due right away. No matter
when the Kit sample is mailed in for testing, nothing will be done by
the lab until the payment arrives.
-If you are in doubt as to the status of your kit, payment, or testing
progress, contact me and I will get you some answers.
May 30, 2005 - PERSONS SEEKING SPONSORSHIPS
A new page has been added listing persons seeking sponsorships.
April 13, 2005 - HILL DNA PROJECT, 11th LARGEST!
As of today, the HILL DNA PROJECT is the 11th largest DNA Project
affiliated with FTDNA, with 137 HILL participants! In less than two
months the HILL DNA PROJECT moved from #13 to #11.
April 4, 2005 - Results Page Changes
Lineage information for participants who are matched into Groups
is now viewable by clicking on the Group link for each Group. This
change was necessary because the Groups are getting larger, and
are changing so much, that many participants wanted to be able to
view their related data without so much clicking around various
links. Note also that we are back to using Group number headings
(with red sub-titles for reference only). This has become necessary
because DNA testing has been so successful in finding earlier ancestors.
Attaching a family name as the identifier for the Group becomes
outdated as new ancestors are found.
April 4, 2005 - Contact Information
Almost every KIT now has contact information provided. Please
check and make sure your information is listed the way you want
it listed.
April 4, 2005 - Analysis Help Needed
Each Group should have an Analysis of their data. I need someone
from each Group to help with this if possible. Any suggestions are
appreciated.
March 8, 2005 - Slow Lab Returns
Sometimes for one reason or another, the return of lab results runs
slow. It seems we are going through a few weeks of this. Stand by
for a flurry of updates, expected any day now. We have many new
participants and many upgrades ordered for 37 Markers!
February 16, 2005 - HILL DNA PROJECT, 13th LARGEST!
As of today, the HILL DNA PROJECT is the 13th largest DNA Project
affiliated with FTDNA, with 131 participants!
February 6, 2005 - GROUP RATES
Don't forget that all kit orders and upgrade orders should be
requested through this site if you want the Group Rate discount.
February 6, 2005 - 25 MARKER TEST UPGRADES TO 37 MARKERS
If you have taken the 25 Marker test and want to upgrade,
it is easy and you do not have to provide another sample.
Just let me know if you want to do this and the upgrade will be
ordered at the Group Rate of $59.
January 16, 2005 - 12 MARKER TEST UPGRADES TO 25 OR 37 MARKERS
If you are a participant and have only taken the 12 Marker test,
please know that this is not going to be very conclusive. I am
recommending that participants take the full 25 Marker
or 37 Marker test. If you have taken the 12 Marker test and
want to upgrade, it is easy and you do not have to provide
another sample. Just let me know if you want to do this.
January 10, 2005 - RESULTS PAGE CHANGES
The Results Page has been expanded to 37 Markers! Thanks to
Michael Hill of CA for his help.
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