Thanks Erik. We are

waiting to receive the video material (and permissions) on the conference

and hopefully you should be able to catch up on the Introduction and the

other talks you missed at the start. This will also be of benefit to

others, particularly the many people who wanted to attend but were

unable to get tickets.

Paa gjensyn,

Steve

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From: Erik

Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

Sent: 10 December 2010

14:16

To: Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk

Subject: Fwd: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

now resolved

Hi,

that is, I don't

want to have this as a life-style, with football-games at the Wirral and be

mate with the Icelandic guy from the Scandinavian Church, etc.

I only care about the viking-stuff on the Wirral etc.

Because I have a lot of different interests, like blog, genealogy, web-design,

etc., etc.

So I haven't got that much spare-time.

So this isn't about the community-stuff, this is just about the vikingship and

the conference.

Hope you include the questions from the audience, (from me and others), in the

summary, since I brought up about the vikingship in Meols etc.

Hope this is alright, don't mean to be to direct/inpolite.

Best regards,

Erik Ribsskog

PS.

Maybe I'll go on a movie, or something, part of the Nordic festival, but I

haven't got the time to go there all the time, unfortunately.

I thought about

going on Max Manus, (the Norwegian was-movie), in the Scandinavian chruch last

year.

And I asked a young Swedish woman, Amanda, who works at Netto, Weaverthree, if

she had been at the Scandinavian Church, but she hadn't.

Also, I have an

employment-case, against Bertelsmann Arvato Microsoft Scandinavian Product

Activation:

http://www.scribd.com/groups/view/14830-arvato-services-ltd-s-microsoft-scandinavian-product-activation

Perhaps you know

someone at the University of Nottingham, who could help me with this case, as a

pro-bono-case, because this case involved/involves many Scandinavians living in

Liverpool.

(My alumumni, at

University of Sunderland, haven't replied).

Also, some of

the employees there, had a lot to do with the Scandinavian Church, (and are

included in the case), an Irish/Swede called Michael O'Shaughnessy etc., so I'm

a bit vary about the Scandinavian Church, to be frank.

So I think I'll only keep this at the level it's been at, that I only go to the

odd trip/event at my own choice..

Hope this is alright!

———-

Forwarded message ———-

From: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:53 PM

Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link, now

resolved

To: Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

Hi,

ok, perhaps I'll

do that!

Thank you very

much for your help!

I'll update you

as soon as possible, if I hear something more from the Vikingship-experts in

Norway.

Thank you very much again for your reply!

Best regards,

Erik Ribsskog

On Fri, Dec 10,

2010 at 10:22 AM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

wrote:

Thanks Erik

We'll put a summary

up soon on http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

and may be able to include some videos of the talks – including the Intro

– once we have permission from the speakers. If you like I can

also put you in touch with Ingi Thor Jonsson – like yourself a

resident Livepudlian – who runs the annual NICE (Nordic Cultural Events)

Festival, I think you and Ingi would get on very well. There will

eventually be a book based on the Conference but that won't be for some months,

Ha det bra

Steve

Vikings: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

steve.harding@nottingham.ac.uk

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From: Erik Ribsskog

[mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com]

Sent: 07 December 2010 14:53

To: Stephen Harding

Subject: Re: Viking DNA book – Apologies for problems with Amazon link,

now resolved

Hi,

thank you very

much for you e-mail!

I've now sent about the Vikingship in Meols, to the Norwegian Maritime Museum,

at Bygdøy, in Oslo.

They are also experts on vikingships, and the conserving of these, like

Cultural Historical Musum, in Oslo are.

I'll update you

more, if and when I hear back from them.

Has anyone written a summary from the viking-conference, which I could write

about on my blog, since I have a travel-blog etc., where I write about my short

travels from Liverpool to different Norwegian Viking places in the Wirral.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Yours sincerely,

Erik Ribsskog

On Tue, Dec 7,

2010 at 2:23 PM, Stephen Harding <Steve.Harding@nottingham.ac.uk>

wrote:

Dear

all,

Firstly

apologies for the bulk nature of this email again and secondly apologies to

those who have had difficulty accessing the book (with its marvellous foreword

by Michael Wood) through amazon.co.uk.:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Viking-DNA-Wirral-Lancashire-Project/dp/1906823464

Although

because of the demand (many thanks!) the site says "Out of Stock" if

you click on the "2 new" you should be able to order the book

immediately and in time for Christmas. Thirdly apologies if you have

no interest in the Vikings!

All best

wishes

Steve,

Turi and Mark

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From: Harding Stephen

Sent: 02 December 2010 14:41

To: undisclosed recipients

Subject: Viking DNA book

Dear Colleagues

(including many of you who took part in the genetic survey of northwest

England, 2002-2007, or the Nordic Festival in 2008)

Apologies if you get

this message more than once! We are writing to bring to your attention a

publication we have just produced. It focuses on the first part of a

genetic survey of northern England – the Wirral and West Lancashire

project in the northwest – and explains the basis behind the

DNA method to probe ancestry, the use of surnames to help to localize

volunteers to specific regions of the country, and how genetic methods are

being used in conjunction with historical, archaeological and linguistic

evidence to learn about Viking ancestry. It also gives some

examples from individual results and from comparing populations of people to

help show what these new technologies can achieve.

Publication of the book

has been supported by one of the UK Research Councils who have been supporting

the study (the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) – and

Nottingham University Press in conjunction with Countyvise Limited have very

kindly produced this for us and indeed done a splendid job. We

would like to stress that we as authors are not taking any Royalties or profit!

The

book is introduced with a brilliant foreword by famous UK/BBC

historian/broadcaster Michael Wood after which we set out to show

as clearly as we can, with the help of full colour illustrations – what

DNA is and how DNA methods can be used to probe both individual and population

ancestry. For probing Viking ancestry it shows the importance of using

DNA in conjunction with historical, linguistic, place name and archaeological

evidence – again with the help of many colour illustrations, and explains how

DNA can be used to probe paternal ancestry and maternal ancestry either for

individuals or for populations of people, explaining also some of the sometimes

complicated jargon that scientists use.

A major

problem in studying population ancestry is the large population movements that

have occurred since the Industrial Revolution. However there is a strong

link between surnames and paternal DNA ancestry and the book explains how

information such as Henry VIII’s tax rolls, , and even criminal records

(including someone accused of killing a dog in 1348 …. found not guilty!)

can be used to help establish the volunteer base for specific regions of

northern England. Using these methods significant Scandinavian ancestry

(up to 50% of the mixture of DNA from the old populations) has been shown for

Wirral and West Lancashire. One youngster from Wirral was so

impressed with the results for her father she wrote a School project

“My Viking Dad and his Viking Dog”! The book finishes with a look

towards the current testing of other regions of Northern England and the

research currently being undertaken with colleagues in Norway to study the

genetic profile of Scandinavia in the Viking Age.

This

broadcast on BBC Radio 4 gives some more information about the survey: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/making_history/making_history_20080520.shtml (after

the first minute or so)

So we think it will be a

useful read for anyone interested in DNA ancestry and, after seeing what we

have done in the North West, give people from other regions an idea of how

their own past could be researched. The book is 150 pages long and

extensively illustrated in colour.. The book has just

become available in all good bookshops in the north West or from Amazon.co.uk *and

would make an excellent Christmas present.

Steve Harding, Mark

Jobling and Turi King

Stephen Harding DSc(Oxon)

Professor of Applied

Biochemistry

NCMH Laboratory,

University of Nottingham

Sutton Bonington

LE12 5RD,

UK

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve

steve.harding@nottingham.ac.uk

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