Project Funds
Please donate to support this project. All of the labor is volunteered. But there are costs associated with maintaining the website and testing DNA samples. Although most DNA contributors pay their own test fees, at times we identify "targets of interest" whose DNA test results will help answer lingering questions about Calvert/Colbert family groups. Very often the sample donors are not genealogists and have no particular interest in the outcome, and are reluctant to submit a sample if they have to shoulder the whole cost. Sometimes sample donors are the last male of their line, which means it is urgent to add their Y-DNA markers to our database, before evidence is lost forever. Finally, at times project contributors agree to offset the costs of a low-income person's test. As responsible stewards of contributions, we have negotiated a DNA surname group discount with FTDNA.
We recognize that all of us benefit whenever a new sample is tested. The more samples we have, the more valuable the samples that are already in the database. Your contribution will help the database become more robust and useful.
This year, we are raising funds for professional help in obtaining copies of documents that the group has identified as crucial to moving forward. We have set an initial fundraising goal of $250 in addition to funds already collected via the discussion group.
Click here for a ledger of funds donated in our Winter 2008 fund drive.
