In case anyone you know is interested, they have dropped the price of Y chromosome DNA testing at FamilyTreeDNA.com - at least for the month of July to $199 for 67 markers. The cost for 37 markers is only $119, but if any interested parties can go the extra 80 bucks it is well worth it to make matches much more precise. The SIMS/SYMES project is now up to 66 submitters of DNA for Y chromosome testing from all over the world and includes surnames Simes, Simms, Sims, Syme, Symes, Symmes, Syms, and other surname variations. The Y DNA results on the primary Sims DNA project site is:
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/jimsims/sims/sims-Y-project/SimsS...

You can join thru this link
http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Symes

- Allan Griffith, Bloomington, Illinois, USA.- magrif@verizon.net