Some articles on DNA and Genealogy

New England Ancestors, published 5 times per year has been publishing articles on DNA and genealogy for the past 3 years. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record has published several such articles in the same time period. All the articles found in each journal are listed below. Please let me know of any other genealogical journals or publications that have used DNA results in genealogical studies.

New England Ancestors
Summer 2005
vol. 6, no. 3
Genetics & Genealogy
The Y-DNA Signature of Edward Riggs 
of Roxbury
Alvy Ray Smith

New England Ancestors
Spring 2005
vol. 6, no. 2
Genetics & Genealogy 
DNA Testing Results Settle a 
Long-Standing Question 
in the Seeley Family
Frederick C. Hart, Jr., and 
Anita A. Lustenberger

New England Ancestors
Winter 2005
vol. 6, no.1
Genetics & Genealogy 
Cobb Family Genetics Study: A Case 
Study Using DNA
Hubert F. Cobb

New England Ancestors
Holiday 2004
vol. 5, no. 5
Genetics & Genealogy 
Using Mitochondrial DNA in Genealogy
Anita A. Lustenberger

New England Ancestors
Fall 2004
vol. 5, no. 4
Genetics & Genealogy 
The Origins of Samuel Rose of 
Manchester, Vermont
David W. Brown and Kathleen C. Rose

New England Ancestors
Summer 2004
vol. 5, no.3

From the Cover: What do you need 
to know about genetics?

Molecular Genealogy: The Birth of 
a New Discipline
Thomas Shawker

An Insider’s Look at the Genealogy 
DNA Field
Bennett Greenspan 

Genetics & Genealogy
Desperately Seeking Sloans!
Susan Sloan

New England Ancestors
Spring 2004
vol. 5, no. 1
Genetics & Genealogy
The Bassetts of New England
Jeffrey N. Bassett

New England Ancestors
Winter 2004
vol. 5, no. 1
Genetics & Genealogy
Y-DNA Instigated a Search for a 
Royce Father and Reveals Many 
Different Rice or Royce Families
Robert V. Rice and John F. Chandler

New England Ancestors
Holiday 2003
vol. 4, no. 5
Genetics & Genealogy
DNA Corroborates a Mills Family 
Hypothesis
Helen Schatvet Ullmann

New England Ancestors
Fall 2003
vol. 4, no. 4
Genetics & Genealogy
Anthony and Giles Slocum Have the 
Same Y-DNA Pattern 
Judy L. Slocum and Melville C. Brown 

New England Ancestors
Summer 2003
vol. 4, no. 3
Genetics & Genealogy
Was “Woburn John” Comins Kin of 
Isaac1 Cummings?
David Butler Cummings

New England Ancestors
Spring 2003 
vol. 4, no. 2
Genetics & Genealogy 
Early Rockwell Settlers of Connecticut: 
DNA Analysis 
Shows a Relationship
Kenneth W. Rockwell

New England Ancestors
Winter 2003
vol. 4, no. 1

Genetics & Genealogy 
A Clough/Cluff/Clow Study
Sheila D. Anderson 

New England Ancestors
Holiday 2002
vol. 3, no. 5 

Genetics & Genealogy
The Ancestry of Jason Howell of 
Islip, New York 
Jean R. Howell

New England Ancestors
Fall 2002
vol. 3, no. 4 

Genetics & Genealogy
DNA Analyses of Y-Chromosomes Show 
Only One of Three Sons of Gershom3 
Rice to be a Descendant of Edmund1 Rice 
Robert V. Rice and John F. Chandler 

New England Ancestors
vol. 2, no. 3 Summer 2001
Focus on Genetics and Genealogy:

Genealogy and Genetics: Discovering 
the Future in the Past  11
     Kyle J. Betit and Loni Gardner  

Add Genetics to Your Genealogy 15
     Anita A. Lustenberger

DNA: Linking Past and Future  17
     Edwin M. Knights, Jr.


New York Genealogical and 
Biographical Record

April 2005 (Vol. 136, No. 2)

Using DNA to Distinguish Between 
Two 17th Century Decker Families of 
Kingston, New York 

January 2004 (Vol. 135, No. 1)

Using DNA to Establish the Paternity 
of Two Undocumented Sons of Jan 
Broersen Decker of Kingston, New York