haha. bubba, I won't get into the politics of whether the Feds should fund a project of this type but it's pretty cool that its happening at all.

In the meantime, I've spent the last 10 years doing genealogy work on my paternal side. Just happens that my 'real' surname name is Jones. only 3 bloody billion of us Jones' walking around and ferreting out Jones lines is a rather difficult task.

Seems my Jones' came to the colonies on the Good Ship Abigal in 1635 from London. In the searching of extended and colateral families of this Jones line, I have, alledgedly, ancestors via the Ewings (McEwens) of Scotland, Beaty's of Irish/Scot descent and the Asfordby Family of The Kings Lincolnshire on the Eastern shores of England.

According to history the Ewings were sept to the McLachlan Clan, the Beaty's sept of Clan McBain/McBean. The Asfordby's were just really rich monetarily and in property, which by the way, none of that richness has filtered down to me over the years. There are several other lines of Scot/Irish descent as well. Of course, though there are some paper entries which are requiring of further study, that claim my association to these families, I really can't prove it. But with the advent of DNA mapping, it's now possible to at least locate geographically my heritage.... if I have the cash!

How cool is that? Very cool me thinks!

ambrose