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 WHAT'S NEXT?

You've submitted your DNA sample to the testing company. What can you do while you wait for your results?

Submit your pedigree for our Patriarchs page.  Conduct genealogical research to document and extend your paternal line as far as possible. [Links to the following coming soon]:

• Computerizing your ancestry
• Creating GEDCOM files
• Extending your pedigree with online databases
• Finding Immigrant Ancestors
• Guide to British Isles Research

Now, you've received your results. How can you make the most of your DNA results? [Links to the following are in process]:

• If you need help understanding your results, contact the Thompson DNA Project administrators. See their biographical sketches below.
• Add your ancestor's name and approximate date and place of birth to our results page by sending this information by email to one of the Thompson DNA Project administrators.
• Submit your pedigree for our Patriarchs page
• See if you have close matches on our results page and compare pedigrees
• Look for matches with other Family Tree DNA Customers

• Upload your results to Ysearch

• Add a GEDCOM file to your Ysearch entry

• Search Ysearch for matches

• Search the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation database for matches

• Add a GEDCOM file to your Personal Page at Family Tree DNA

• Contribute to Thompson DNA Project Sponsorship Fund to assist other Thompsons with DNA testing

• Continue to document and extend your Thompson pedigree

• Assist with the documentation of Thompson pedigrees on our Patriarchs page

About us - Your Thompson DNA Project Co-Administrators:

Please note: The Thompson DNA Project co-administrators are volunteers and do not work for Family Tree DNA, DNA Heritage, DNA-Ancestry, or any other testing company.  We do not receive commissions or compensation of any kind.  We volunteer because we care about Thompson genealogy, and we want to help you use DNA results to help make genealogical connections.

Katherine Hope Borges

     a founding member and Director of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy [ISOGG].  She is well experienced with managing DNA projects; she currently coordinates four DNA surname projects and four DNA geographical/heritage projects including the Scotland DNA Project. 

    Mark Thompson

     Mark practiced law for thirty years and now writes articles on the history of law and lawyers in New Mexico.  He is the project director for the indexing of the population schedule of the 1885 New Mexico Territorial Census.

Feel free to discuss the Thompson DNA Project on the Thompson Family Forum

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