Family Surname DNA Genealogy Projects & Other Links of Interest

This section is for links to family surname DNA genealogy projects, and any other related websites that wish to hopefully link in the future as the website continues to grow. If you wish to hyperlink to my website and have mine linked to yours please contact me. If you are interested, below are links to find out more some more information.

Tartan at left is of the Clan Farquharson of which the Clan Finley is a Sept of.

A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. Since surnames are passed down from father to son like the Y-chromosome, this test is for males taking a Y-DNA test. Females do not carry their father’s Y-DNA and acquire a new surname by way of marriage, so the tested individual must be a male that wants to check his direct paternal line (father’s father’s father’s…) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, or Y-DNA59 marker test. Females who would like to check their direct paternal line can have a male relative with this surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNA or the mtDNAPlus test and participate in an mtDNA project.

The Clan Finley DNA Genealogy Project

The Clan Gillespie DNA Genealogy Project

Norma Gillespie's - Website Promoting Gillespie Family Research

Ms Norma Gillespie has done extensive work researching the Gillespie Clan is an excellent source for information if you are researching your family. Click on the link above to go to her website and research.

The Ulster Scots Society of America

The Ulster-Scots Society Of America is primarily an educational and social organization committed to the promotion of the Ulster-Scots history and heritage, especially as it pertains to the nearly quarter of a million immigrants who left the north of Ireland (Ulster) during the 18th century and settled in America (often referred to as: The Great Migration). The majority of these immigrants were the descendants of Lowland and Border Scots as well as Northern English who had settled in Ulster four generations earlier. They sought to carve out of the American wilderness a better life for themselves and their families. In the process, they helped establish and build our great American republic. Once in America, these immigrants came to be known as Scotch-Irish. In the British Isles they are known also as Ulstermen or Ulster-Scots. Today nearly 22 million Americans can trace the roots of at least one family member to these hardy settlers from the North of Ireland.

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