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- SHOCKLEY DNA PROJECT
- The worldwide Shockley DNA project was established to help determine the various Shockley ancestors and connect these families through DNA testing. While primary focus is on the male Shockley lines, we also accept mtDNA direct female and autosomal (Family Finder) Shockley lines. All Shockley descendants are invited and encouraged to participate. The success of the project depends on the number of participants. The only requirement is submission of your proved Shockley, ancestral and direct line data which is crucial to pair with DNA matches.
New Kits should be ordered from this project page. Current donors can upgrade from their personal pages at FTDNA.
The three primary tests for genealogy are: Family Finder autosomal DNA; Y-DNA for your direct paternal line; and, mtDNA for your direct maternal line.
To see a sample DNA kit visit: http://www.familytreedna.com/kit/tml
DNA UPLOADS TO FTDNA: If you submitted your DNA to the Genographic Project and/or tested your autosomal DNA at 23&Me, MyHeritage or Ancestry PLEASE upload those results to FTDNA at: familytreedna.com This will afford additional genetic matches from FTDNA's independent large database.. There are many additional benefits to enjoy with FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA), both genetic and genealogy-related . Note: The National Geographic's Genographic Project has ceased DNA testing; their results will be available until 2020. MyHeritage guidance states its testers can download their autosomal results for up to six months from testing..
The surname Shockley is of uncertain origin. It is most probably an English habitational name from Shocklach in Cheshire; named in Old English with sceocca ‘goblin’, ‘evil spirit’ + læcc ‘boggy stream’. In the 17th century, the name was most common in Buckinghamshire, England. The name may also be an Americanized form of Swiss-German Schoechli, a topographic name meaning ‘barn’, a diminutive of Schoch. (Source: Dictionary of American Families, Oxford University Press) The name of Adam de Shackerly was first seen about 1200 in English records.
For all kinds of neat things about the Shockley surname visit: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Sh/Shockley.html
Some of the earliest Shockley immigrants to the US include:
John Shakley in Virginia 1650;
Richard Shockley in Maryland before 1716;
Henry Shocklier in Philadelphia in 1739;
Adam and Jacob Shack in Philadelphia in 1751.
Shockley Who's Who:
William Bradford Shockley - Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 Born 13 Feb 1910 London, England died 12 Aug 1989 US md 1) Jean Bailey md 2) Emmy Lanning. Son of William Hillman Shockley, a mining engineer born in Massachusetts and Mary Bradford. The family returned to the United States in 1913.
Costen Shockley born 1942 Sussex Co, Delaware - Baseball Philadelphia Phillies & California Angels 1960's
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Note: Project Administrators are volunteers. Our "payment" is the shear pleasure of helping others find their roots and new genetic relatives.