Links for Merrill/Merrell Genealogy

Not all information on this page is up to date.

DNA Testing, General

• DNA Testing Adviser, Richard Hill. ©2008-2011 Atrax LLC. An independent guide to DNA testing.
• Comparison of Y-Chromosome DNA Tests
  • Prices, October 2011.
    A history of Y-DNA test prices.
  • Markers Measured, October 2011.
    A graphic comparison of Y-DNA STR's measured by each lab.

Merrill/Merrell genealogy, not DNA-specific:

• Merrill/Merrell genealogy (this site). Currently maintained.
• Steve Merrill's Web site merrill.org. Includes the following and much more. Currently maintained.
  • A Merrill Memorial by Samuel Merrill. PDF copy by Steve Merrill, in five parts.
  • Merrill/Merrell ebooks at merrill.org.
  • Wherstead, Suffolk County, England.
    The birthplace of Thomas Merrill abt.1444.
• Merrill Family Genealogy Forum, Genealogy.com. Currently maintained.
• RootsWeb Merrill Surname Mailing List. Currently maintained.
• Jack Merrill's Web site. Updated February 2011.
  • A Merrill Memorial by Samuel Merrill. Partially transcribed by Jack Merrill.
• The Merrill Newsletter, Lillian Follett-Hall. Updated 2001.
• The Merrill Bulletin, Henry Talcott Carpenter, Genealogical Research Bureau, New York City. Issue No. 1, November 1940. On file at the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society, Asheville NC.
  A searchable copy is on Steve Merrill's web site.
  Issues 2, 3 and 4 were announced for December, January and February. It is not known whether the later issues were published.
• Merrill/Merrell Heraldry. Twelve different designs attributed to the Merrill family are shown. None can claim to be authentic. At least some were created for purely commercial reasons. Even less authentic is the documentation that accompanies some of them.
• Living Merrills in the United States, 1850-1996
• Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 1990
  
  • Merrill: 0.013% or 1 in 7,700.
  • Merrell: 0.003% or 1 in 33,000.
  • Merrill/Merrell combined: 0.016% or 1 in 6,300.
• Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000
  
  • Merrill: 31758/281,422,000 = 0.0113% or 1 in 8,900.
  • Merrell: 8414/281,422,000 = 0.0030% or 1 in 33,000.
  • Merrill/Merrell combined: 40172/281,422,000 = 0.0143% or 1 in 7,000.

Merrill/Merrell DNA genealogy:

• Merrill/Merrill DNA genealogy. Currently maintained.
• Yahoo! group Merrill-DNA-Genealogy:
  Merrill Y-DNA Comparison Group. Updated March 2011.
• DNA and Genealogy, Dave Merrell. Updated about 2005.

Y-DNA genealogy, not Merrill-specific:

• Y-Chromosome DNA Genealogy, by Gary Merrill. Currently maintained.
• Y-DNA: Miscellaneous Topics, by Deane Merrill. Currently maintained.
• I Have the Results of My Genetic Genealogy Test, Now What?, © 2008 Blaine T. Bettinger, Ph.D.

Differences in Nomenclature

• Conversion of Marker Values

DNA Labs and Databases

Ancestry.com

• Merrill/Merrell Y-DNA Results
• Sample Reports:
  • September 2008:
    Sample Raw Results report (for Deane Merrill, 5 Sep 2008).
    DYS441=14; DYS442=16; DYS452=25;
    DYS463=22; GATA H4=12.
    Sample Paternal Lineage report (for Deane Merrill, 5 Sep 2008.
  • September 2009:
    H4 marker updated to comply with recommendation by the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG).
    Online Report (for Deane Merrill, 30 Sep 2009).
    GATA A10=14; DYS464=(12,13,13,13,14): GATA H4.1=22.

DNA-Fingerprint, Thomas Krahn (acquired by Family Tree DNA)

DNA Heritage (DNAH) (acquired April 2011 by Family Tree DNA)

• Sample Reports:
  • before 2007:
    Values reported by DNAH agred with Merrill project nomenclature.
    Sample certificate: (for Deane Merrill, 10 Feb 2006).
    DYS441=13; DYS442=11; DYS452=6;
    DYS463=20; GATA A10=12; TAGA H4=12.
    Deane Merrill's DYS464 result was reported as (12,13,13,14).
    Revised to (12,13,13,13,14) per discussion 9/8/08 with Alastair Greenshields.
  • December 2007:
    Values reported by DNAH were revised to the ISFG standard.
    Sample certificate: (for Deane Merrill, revised 27 Nov 2008).
    DYS441=13+1=14; DYS442=11+5=16; DYS452=6+19=25;
    DYS463=20+2=22; GATA A10=12+2=14: GATA H4.1=12+10=22.
  • October 2009:
    Values reported by DNAH were revised to the ISOGG standard.
    Sample certificate: (for Deane Merrill, 12 Dec 2009).
    DYS441=14; DYS442=16; DYS452=25;
    DYS463=22; GATA A10=14; GATA H4.1=22-10=12.
  • Online report (for DNAH Merrill surname group, 11 Dec 2009).
  • April 2011:
    As of April 19 2011, DNA Heritage ceased operations and sold its assets to Family Tree DNA.

DNA Reunion, a database maintained by genebase.com

• DNA Reunion uses a hybrid nomenclature not used elsewhere.

Family Tree DNA (FTDNA)

• Merrill DNA Project at FTDNA (11/9/12)
• Ordering the FTDNA Y-DNA37 Test (6/10/12)
• A Review of FTDNA, by Richard Hill. ©2008-2011 Atrax LLC.
• FTDNA Merrill/Merrell Y-DNA Testing Fund (July 2010)
• The FTDNA Database
  • Dec 2011: 220,000 Y-DNA records, including 64 with Merrill/Merrell surname, including 63 U.S. residents.
• Sample Reports:
  • Y-DNA37 (37 markers) (for David W. Merrell, 5/24/2004).
    
  • Y-DNA37 (37 markers) (for Deane Merrill, 1/23/2009).
    
  • Panels 1-4 (67 markers) (for David W. Merrell, 12/12/2009).
    
  • Kittler and DNA-FP (for David W. Merrell, 12/12/2009).
    
  • additional markers (for David W. Merrell, 1/5/2010).
    
  • additional markers (for Deane W. Merrill, 1/5/2010).
    
  • David W. Merrell additional markers (for David W. Merrell, 1/5/2010).
    
  • additional markers (for David W. Merrell, 1/5/2010).
    
  • additional markers (for Gary L. Merrill, 1/5/2010).
    (notice H4 result on last page)
• Values reported by FTDNA agree with pre-2007 DNAH values except for the following:
  • FTDNA reports values for H4 that are one less than pre-2007 DNAH TAGA H4;
  • FTDNA reports values for 452 and 463 that agree with the 10/09 ISOGG standard;
  • FTDNA reports only four values for DYS464, even if five are present. This is true even for FTDNA's palindromic DYS464x test.

Genetree

• Genetree uses the databases and testing facilities of the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF). The GeneTree beta site was launched in October 2007.

Relative Genetics

• Values reported by Relative Genetics agree with pre-2007 DNAH values.
• Sample Reports (private, not on line):
  (for F. K. Merrill, 10/19/06)
  (for D. R. Merrell, 2/23/07)

Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF)

• SMGF reports values according to several different options, including:
  1. NIST (ISOGG) = Ancestry.com after 9/30/09.
  2. ISFG = intended to be the ISFG standard? GATA H4.1 is one less than the ISFG standard.
  3. DNA Heritage = DNAH after Oct.2009.
  4. Family Tree DNA = values reported by FTDNA.
  5. Ancestry.com = Ancestry.com before 9/30/09.
  6. Genebase v3.4 = genebase.com as of Dec 2009.

Ysearch, a free public service of Family Tree DNA

• "H4" marker values in Ysearch, if entered automatically, agree with values in FTDNA. If entered by hand, one cannot know for sure whether the value in Ysearch agrees with FTDNA, or has been modified to agree with pre-2007 DNAH TAGA H4.
• Deane Merrill's results were entered manually. "H4" was entered as reported by FTDNA.
  DYS441=13; DYS442=11; DYS452=6;
  DYS463=20; GATA A10=12; "H4"=11; DYS464=(12,13,13,13,14).

Other Links

Chronology of Selected Correspondence

Y-DNA Markers for surnames Merrill/Merrell (all haplotypes)

          Results from ftdna.com (1/23/10)

          Results from smgf.org  (12/12/09)

          Results from dna.ancestry.com

                   current version (6/1/09)

                   older version (11/23/08)

          Results from ysearch.org (2/20/10)

          Results from genebase.com (11/27/09)

          some private files

External Links, G Haplogroup Y-DNA Genealogy

Haplogroup G (Y-DNA), Wikipedia

G Haplogroup Web site, Whit Athey

Theories and Information on G Haplogroup, Ray Banks

Haplogroup G SNP Project, Dennis Garvey

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