Saturday, May 30, 2015

ADDING DNA TO YOUR GENEALOGY & FAMILY HISTORY TOOLS - May 2015

Some in the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada (UELAC) DNA session, 29 May 2015, were interested in learning more about using DNA in adoption research.

Here are the additional links I suggested. These will be helpful to anyone interested in using DNA for genealogy.

First, check the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) website and wiki.  This is the link to the ISOGG wiki section on DNA Testing for Adoptees: http://www.isogg.org/wiki/Adoption

I recommended Richard Hill's website DNA Testing Advisor:  http://www.dna-testing-adviser.com and his books, available through his site, Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA, 2012,  and Guide to DNA Testing: How to Identify Ancestors, Confirm Relationships, and Measure Ethnic Ancestry through DNA Testing, updated 2014.

 And I recommended the DNA Adoption website. Great information on specific topics for DNA and adoption questions, but also for the many analytic tools now available. DNA Adoption sponsors on-line classes too: http://www.dnaadoption.com

I wish you many DNA discoveries! 



Monday, May 04, 2015

Kamloops Family History Society Seminar 2015 - A Great Success!

Family History - Past to Present, the Kamloops Family History Society's 2015 Seminar held this weekend was a great success. Attendees and presenters all enjoyed themselves.

The Keynote Speaker was Cyndi Ingle of Cyndi's List, and the other speakers were Claudia Breland, Lyn Meeham and myself. 

The Society, especially the conference committee, deserve warm thanks for all the thought and hard work that went into the conference.

If you live near Kamloops and are not already a member of the KFHS I certainly suggest you join. This is a very friendly group. I certainly hope to see them again soon. 

For those in my Deadline! Researching Newspapers for Family Historians talk, here are the links I promised you. Happy newspaper reading! I'd love to hear what you find. 

Newspaper Collection, Library and Archives Canada. Geographical microfilm list; geographical list of published indexes (not complete but useful as a starting point), : http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/newspapers/newspaper-collection/Pages/newspapers-collection.aspx 

And Library and Archives Canada has some "Special Editions of Canadian Newspapers" on-line. (An archived exhibit): http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/canadian-newspapers/index-e.html

British Columbia digitized newspapers & indexes, British Columbia Genealogical Society: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=541  The lastest digitized papers added are for Kamloops, BC! 

Wikipedia – List of worldwide online newspaper archives - worldwide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives

For those in my Genetic Genealogy talk, here are the additional links I promised.

Books 

Genetic Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond by Emily D. Aulicino

DNA for Genealogists by Kerry Farmer

And be sure to check your names to see if anyone is doing a study of those families already. They may have a DNA project or be intending to start one.

Guild of One-Name Studies: http://one-name.org/

The Surname Society: http://surname-society.org/


Any other info you'd like? Just e-mail me. I'll do my best to help.