The Casey Surname DNA Project - show us your genes...

The Other 'Casey' in Baseball Lore

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:24:59 -0500

When thinking 'Casey' and 'Baseball', it would not be unexpected for most people to think of the slugger for Mudville from the famous poem, Casey at the Bat. But there is another Casey in baseball, whose words are better known and are sung at most games, but whose identity has been lost in the unknown verses. She shares my daughter's name, Katie Casey. Here's how it goes:

Katie Casey was baseball mad,
Had the fever and had it bad;
Just to root for the home town crew,
ev'ry sou, Katie blew

On a Saturday, her young beau
Called to see if she'd like to go,
To see a show but Miss Katie said, "No,
I'll tell you waht you can do":

CHORUS:
Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd
But me some peanuts and Crackerjack,
I don't care if I never get back,

Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame
For it's one, two, three strikes you're out,
At the old ball game.

Katie Casey saw all the games,
Knew the players by their first names;
Told the umpire he was wrong,
all along, good and strong

When the score was just two to two,
Katie Casey knew just what to do,
Just to cheer up the boys she knew,
She made the gang sing this song:

Contact requested with Irish Type III cluster members

Sat, 1 Mar 2008 11:13:28 -0500

I would like to make contact with all Caseys who are of the Irish Type III cluster.
see http://au.geocities.com/t120r61/index.htm
Of particular interest is the close connections of most of the Caseys on the phylogram chart.
The bulk form one group with a Hanvey showing his close relationship with this group, but there are two Caseys, while still part of the Irish Type III cluster, are quite seperate form the other Caseys.

I am presently in contact with Kit Numbers:-
29956
34073
45068
51924
53484
77349
And I would like to contact Kit numbers:-

Contact requested with Irish Type III cluster members.

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:32:05 -0500

I would like to make contact with all Caseys who are of the Irish Type III cluster.
see http://au.geocities.com/t120r61/index.htm

I am presently in contact with Kit Numbers:-
29956
34073
45068
51924
53484
77349
And I would like to contact Kit numbers:-
40325
54166
56031
56130
56874
58301
93773
99381

Regards, Dennis Wright 25505, 6PWCD

Incomplete postings

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:40:51 -0500

I would like to request that donors complete the information concerning their oldest known ancestor. Some submissions have nothing at all, and some have no dates or locations. With the repetitive naming that the Caseys used, it it difficult enought to keep them all straight even with complete info. But, with mimimal or no data, it makes for a difficult anaysis. Please! If you have gone to the trouble to submit DNA, finish the process and share enough information so that the rest of us can try to figure out where each donor falls within the family. Thanks!

Unassigned submissions

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:33:06 -0400

I am wondering why DNA test #54166 is listed in the results grouping as Unassigned, when it is plainly identified as a descendant of Pleasant Casey of Tennessee. Why is it not grouped with the SC-TN Casey grouping?

Update in progress

Mon, 14 May 2007 00:46:20 -0400

Upon the urgings of Robert Casey, I have notified FTDNA to upgrade my original 25 marker test to the more sophisticated 67 marker test. BTW it was only $148 additional dollars and didn't seem to require another sample...

Just thought I'd let y'all know!

DLC
"SC and TN Caseys"
Kit 45068

Casey's in County Tipperary

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:10:09 -0400

On a recent trip to Ireland I tracked down some Casey's in two different graveyards in the vicinity of Newport, County Tipperary; Rockvale Cemetery and Ballymackeogh Graveyard. I'm working still to establish my own connection to any of them. I took photos of each Casey headstone we found in each of them and you can find those photos in my Flickr album. And there's a pretty good story in my blog on how we found them.

Below are the transcriptions from three of the headstones in Ballymackeogh.

Erected by Thomas Casey in memory of his father Michael Casey of Polough who died Oct 9 1884, aged 70 years
may his soul rest in peace

For memory of Patrick Casey
died at ashrod? Murroe
sept the ? 1943 aged 47 years
formerly of Sanger, California USA

Erected by Ann Casey Coffey in mem of beloved husband Thomas Casey who dep. This life oct 1830 aged 54 years
r.i.p. Amen

New DNA Results for Daniel Casey, RWS

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:53:56 -0500

A second set of DNA test results just received have validated the bloodline for Daniel Casey, RWS. He was born ca 1760, lived in Virginia, then moved to Georgia about 1785 where he resided in Wilkes, later Elbert County. His son John Casey married Elizabeth Pace, dau. of Barnabas Pace. Two of John and Elizabeth's sons, Wiley Casey b 23 May 1802 in GA, and Barnabas, b 3 Apr 1816 in GA, are represented by male descendants who submitted DNA for the Casey project. The identity of this Daniel Casey's father is currently unknown or unproven, but he seems to have close ties with one Roger Casey of Virginia who eventually lived in Lincoln Co., GA close to the SC border.

Hanvey Casey connection

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:21:15 -0500

Kit 51924 reflecting Pleasant Casey has just been upgraded to 67 markers. While the results continue to match Caseys from TN and SC, the only PERFECT match is with one Samuel Hanvey from Ulster (County Down). The Hanvey family arrived in SC about 1766 and lived in all the same places as the Caseys, intermarrying with them over the years. It may be wise to observe this family as we do our Casey research. Perhaps a Hanvey took in an orphaned Casey boy at some point? Perhaps a Casey gem of information is hidden in some of the Hanvey records. If some of you have already made this connection,

Ireland Travel Stories

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:47:42 -0500

Hello Fellow Casey Hunters! This year, at long last, I'm taking my first trip to Ireland. My family history leads to Parish Murroe in County Limerick, and so my travel plans will be to fly into Dublin and depart from Shannon, with the week in between covering ground between the two. I'm interested to know if anyone has stories to share about their travels to Ireland. Did you have any breakthroughs on your family tree hunt? Meet any Caseys? Any favorite places to share? I'd love to hear about it. Feel free to post as a comment or send email directly to me at chris@casey.com.

New Year, New Results Chart

Thu, 4 Jan 2007 13:44:34 -0500

Happy New Year Casey cousins! We received some new results today and our results chart has been updated with two new members added to Group #1. Is there agreement taht we should rename 'Group #1' to 'TN & SC Caseys' as suggested by Robert? Are there any placements in our sub-groupings that look wrong? Let me know your thoughts with a comment.

Analysis of Casey DNA (Group 1 - SC & TN lines)

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:31:43 -0500

I know that we are all beginners at understanding what these DNA submissions mean and what we should do next. I know that we are all out there trying to analyze these submissions. I will be brave and make a first attempt at an analysis and welcome your comments (be nice but honest):

http://www.rcasey.net/casdnaf.htm

Senator Casey

Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:32:22 -0500

Bob Casey won election to the Senate last night in Pennsylvania. Do any of the Casey's here have any family tree connection there?

AP: Roots of Human Family Tree are Shallow

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:38:41 -0500

For all of our searching, in the end it seems we are ALL related...

Roots of human family tree are shallow
AP, July 1, 2006

Interview with Family Tree DNA

Tue, 30 May 2006 07:56:39 -0400

The CBS affiliate in Tulsa has this video clip on their web site of an interview with Bennett Greenspan of FTdna, and our local news anchor.

http://www.kotv.com/e-clips/?2655

I saved a copy (right click, "save target as"). If the link has been taken down before you get a chance to view, I may be able to email to you.