Introduction

The Citie of Raleigh how it became The Lost Colony

The Story of Roanoke, Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Colony
By Roberta Estes, copyright 2009

The Lost Colony of Roanoke….a romantic mystery that the history books haven’t treated very kindly, or at best, not accurately. Most people think of a young, loving mother holding an infant daughter, and then the picture fades to grey, oblivion, because we don’t know what happened next. 

Almost everyone has their own idea of what happened, and there are almost as many theories as people who are interested in the topic of the Lost Colony. Yes indeed, Virginia Dare, born August 18th, 1587, the first English person to be born on the land that would nearly 200 years later become the United States has become quite the enigma, the mystery that won’t be solved. Did she live? Did she marry? Is she White Doe? Was she the maiden reported to have escaped from the Powhatan slaughter? Does Virginia Dare have living descendants today? And what about the other colonists? Do they?

For the rest of the story - Link       

YOUTUBE:

There are three presentations at YOUTUBE you might enjoy seeing what is presented. Although, nothing of the REAL colonists is known for sure, we continue to hunt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o99Y4Brq-GY&feature=related

The DNA Projects:

The goal of this DNA project is to compile a data base of individuals whose names are closely related to the Lost Colony project AND those whose genealogy and family history makes them a good candidate to actually be connected to the colonists or the Native tribes in the geographic area of interest.  Clearly, if the colonists survived, they assimilated into one or more tribes.

Many people are interested in joining the project to compare their DNA to that of the colonists.  Plain and simple, we don’t have the DNA of the colonists yet, or if we do, we don’t yet have the documentation to prove it.

We have established three different projects, each with its own special focus, to help us in our quest to find the colonists. 

What Are the Projects?

We have three Lost Colony projects, as follows:

1.  The Y-line DNA project, for males who have a colonist surname or a surname of interest and whose families come from either Eastern North Carolina or England or have Native heritage.  www.familytreedna.com/public/lostcolonyydna.

2.  The mitochondrial DNA project, for males or females whose maternal line carries the Lost Colony surnames or surnames of interest and who are from Eastern North Carolina or have Native heritage.

3.  The Family Finder project who is for anyone who believes they are descended from the Lost Colonists.  This project was created specifically for those who have taken the Family Finder test.

Anyone in the Y DNA project or the mitochondrial DNA project should also join the Family Finder project if they take the Family Finder test.

Because we are trying to build a data base of “likely candidates”, at this time we must restrict the DNA portion of the project to those who meet the criteria as set forth below.  

Link to article

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Donations for DNA Testing can be made directly to Family Tree DNA's Lost Colony General Fund by contacting Family Tree DNA. 

Use this link http://www.familytreedna.com/public/LostColonyYDNA  
And then on the left hand bar, scroll down to "contribute to general fund" and click on that link. It will then be held by 

Family Tree DNA until used for funding a Lost Colony DNA test or tests. 

Admin Lost Colony DNA Project

contact link

Administrators are volunteers and receive no compensation or incentives 

from Family Tree DNA, or any other DNA company or any genealogy company 

such as Ancestry.com or others

Private Mailing List
TLCGP members (Yahoogroups.com) by invitation only,. Write us about joining.. 

You do not have to DNA test to be part of the group, but if you have a surname of interest, it would help document your lineage. To join the research group contact one of the staff via 

email links at staff bios.

  http://www.theshipslist.com/Forms/marriagesatsea.html 

The Projects Blog  

http://the-lost-colony.blogspot.com/  Please come visit.

Facebook - 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lost-Colony-of-Roanoke-DNA-

Project/126053773239?ref=ts Become a fan !

Help Support the Project:

Please visit our Lost Colony Store. 

http://www.cafepress.com/lostcolony   

We have wonderful items designed by professional graphic artists (who happen to be our volunteers as well) for sale to raise money to fund our ongoing research and DNA projects. We have t-shirts, sweatshirts, book bags, children's items, mouse pads, mugs and many other items. Buy some for your self and please think of us for your gift-giving needs. 

We thank you for your support of the project!

A NOTE ON MUSIC PLAYED IN ENGLAND WHEN OUR COLONISTS LEFT:

Written by John Sankey

The music playing is composed by William Byrd (1543-1623) was one of England's most gifted and respected composers of the late Renaissance. 

Period Composer William Byrd 

John Sankey is the musician.

http://www.johnsankey.ca/ 
for music = http://www.johnsankey.ca/byrd.html 

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