It appears that the message I left here yesterday about this was mysteriously and anonymously deleted? As a common courtesy, it would be nice if we received a notification about the deletion of our messages and why, so that we could re-phrase and re-post. After reading the rules of this bulletin board, it appears that the message was deleted because it was translated as "A commercial, fee for service, or advertising message."

With all of this said, I re-phrase my message to let everyone know that many male Blackstone descendants are in the process of taking Y-Chromosome DNA use today's technology test to more accurately trace our roots and the immigration patterns of the Blackstones, Blackstons, Blaxtons, and Blakistons. All Blackstone researchers, not just the males, stand to benefit greatly from this research. This is especially true for many of us who share documents, pictures, and other genealogical information so freely and unselfishly.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to send me or Chris Atkinson(christopher.atkinson700@ntlworld.com) an e-mail. Since there is much activity and interest on the subject of using DNA testing by genealogist, I expect that this sort of information would be welcome on this bulletin board. If not, I ask whomever controls this board to respond by posting an explanation here on this board with your name and contact information.

Sincerely,

Jim Blackstone
jim38@charter.net
www.jimblackstone.com