Group Funding / Sponsorship
One test can help many cousins.
Group Funding & Sponsorship
Shared support. New clues. More connected families.
A willing tester, a documented family line and a little help with the cost can open a new direction in Guthrie research. You can help by sponsoring a test, sharing the expense or finding the right relative.
There is more than one way to help.
Support a discovery
Contribute toward a useful Y-DNA test or upgrade. Several smaller donations can help fund one important addition to the project.
How the fund works →Share the cost
Bring cousins or siblings together to sponsor a suitable relative. A family gift can support research that interests many branches.
Make a family plan →Represent your line
A man descended from a Guthrie ancestor through fathers and sons may be able to provide the Y-DNA sample we need.
Discuss a potential test →Help find a tester
Trace descendants, share records or introduce a willing relative. Your research and family contacts are valuable contributions.
Explore the family leads →Recognize a familiar branch?
Most Wanted: family lines to explore.
These families illustrate the questions that a suitable Y-DNA tester could help investigate. Open a name for the research focus. Ann can confirm the latest testing needs and help check a potential tester’s lineage.
Alexander Guthrie & Susannah Tatton
New Brunswick, Canada
Explore the paternal origins of this Canadian branch and its possible connections to other Guthrie families.
Read the family research →Beverly Guthrie & Sarah Colquitt
Virginia → Georgia
Identify a documented father-to-son descendant to help investigate this family’s Guthrie Family Group connections.
Read the family research →Daniel Guthrie & Mary Little
Virginia / North Carolina
Investigate the paternal origins of the Carteret County families associated with this couple, using documented descent and Y-DNA together.
Frederick Guthrie & Mollie Louallen
North Carolina → South Carolina
Help explore this family’s connections to other Guthrie lines in the Carolinas through a suitable male-line descendant.
Read the family research →James Guthrie & Elizabeth Dunlap
Scotland / Ireland → Virginia
Trace this family’s paternal line through descendants of their son Adam Guthrie, who married Hannah Polke.
Read the family research →John Guthrie & Unidentified Spouse
Virginia / Lincoln County, Tennessee
Look beyond the family’s Lincoln County history for earlier connections. Documented descendants and family records could help move the search forward.
Peter Guthrie & Anne Thoy
Scotland → Grenada
Help identify documented descendants of this merchant family, including a suitable male-line tester if one can be traced.
Samuel Guthrie & Susanna Kimmel
Ireland → Ohio
Explore family connections associated with Donegal and Harrison County, Ohio, by locating records and a potential father-to-son descendant.
Your family belongs in the conversation, too. The Most Wanted list highlights recruitment interests. Other Guthrie lines, including branches within established Family Groups, are also welcome for funding or sponsorship consideration.
Tell Ann about your family →Small contributions can work together
The Guthrie Project General Fund.
FamilyTreeDNA holds the project’s General Fund and applies it toward DNA tests and upgrades. Ann coordinates testing priorities and the use of project funds.
- Choose the Guthrie project on FTDNA’s contribution page.
- Choose an amount that works for you.
- Add a note if you want to support a particular tester, ancestral line, Family Group, branch or agreed upgrade. You may also leave the choice to the project administrator.
- Choose how to identify the donation. FTDNA offers options including your name, an anonymous contribution, or a gift in someone’s honor or memory.
For a specific tester or family line, contact Ann first to agree on the testing plan and donation instructions. This fund supports DNA testing at FTDNA; Guthrie Genealogy is Ann’s independently maintained website.
Could sponsorship help your family?
If you have a willing tester or a useful upgrade in mind, contact Ann before purchasing a test. She can discuss the research opportunity and whether full or partial support is available for that family line.
Help Ann assess the opportunity.
- Share the proposed tester’s line back to the earliest proven Guthrie ancestor, with dates and spouses when known.
- Explain the family question and list any existing DNA tests or FTDNA kit number.
- Say whether relatives can share part of the cost or you are seeking full sponsorship.
How funding priorities work
Undesignated funds: Priority goes to Guthrie paternal lines that do not yet have Y-DNA representation.
Designated funds: Some donations may be earmarked for a particular Guthrie Family Group, branch, ancestral line or tester. These funds support the donor’s specified purpose, which may include additional testing or upgrades within an established group.
Families beyond the Most Wanted list are welcome for consideration. Ann can help identify whether available funds and the proposed test fit the research need.
A useful test starts with a useful question
Make a family testing plan.
Find the right person.
For a Guthrie Y-DNA question, the tester needs a biological line running from the relevant Guthrie ancestor through fathers and sons. Ann can help check that descent before the family commits funds.
Who should take the test? →Choose a sensible starting test.
Y-37 or Y-111 is often a practical starting point. Big Y can provide important detail for branch research, but its greater cost makes it a separate discussion about the family’s needs and available support.
There is no required ladder of purchases. A targeted Big Y test or upgrade may make sense when the research question and funding support it.
Compare the testing options →Agree on the cost and the arrangements.
Ask Ann to help confirm the current test or upgrade price, any available sale and how family contributions should be identified. Agree on the plan before collecting money or placing an order.
Testing and upgrades are arranged with the tester’s or authorized kit manager’s permission. Sponsoring a test does not automatically give a donor access to someone’s private DNA results.
Connect the test to the research.
Follow the joining guide to link the kit to the project, provide the ancestral line and set administrator access. Continue sharing records and questions as the evidence grows.
Joining the DNA Project →
I believe I may be a directed descendant of James. I was born and raised near Huron, NY. Great Grandfather William J Guthrie. Happy to assist with a DNA sample.
Contact me with your lineage info and email address so that we can discuss the details. Use the Contact link above. — Ann