The printer in the Monterey Family History Center will be out of commission for about a week.
This is a good reminder to bring your Flash drive, aka thumb drive, jump drive, usb stick, etc. with you when ever you come to the FHC. Always keep one in your purse or on your key chain.
“Loosing weight doesn’t seem to be working, so I’m going to concentrate on getting taller.”
This is a reminder for the DIG meeting December 1, 2018 at the Seaside FHC at 10:00 am.
We will meet in the Library.
Schedule for DIG meeting:
10:00 to 10:15 Discussion of future topics of interest/volunteers for future presentations. Please consider volunteering! Work In Progress is Fine.
Jan 2019: Cynthia Stormer: DNA Painter
10:15 to 10:45 Update on Family History Research by Terry Jackson
Terry will provide an update on his research
10:45 to 11:30 The use of Haplogroups in Family History Research by Daniel Speice
From Daniel: “Sorting out and identifying the individuals, times, and places where African and European genetic inheritances converge I find compelling research. My father’s paternal haplogroup (PH) is E-U290, a PH common among men in Sub-Saharan Africa between Senegal and Cameroon.
My cousin JoAnne Heron is a direct maternal descendant of Susannah Smothers, whose maternal haplogroup (MH) is H5a. Susannah is the mother of Elizabeth Milledge, who I presented to the group a couple of years ago. Elizabeth is the maternal grandmother of my father’s father. I’ll use screen shots to show this for our conversation tomorrow. Susannah I wonder about bearing some African genetic inheritance.
A cousin I match with at 23andMe is Johnnie Swindoll nee Skaggs. The Skaggs family appears in my father’s paternal line in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. I’ve traced this family to a Spelce (including Spelse, Spelts, Speltz, Pelts, and Peltz).
At 23andMe, I share both PH and autosomal DNA with five men of a high percentage of African genetic inheritance. I’m planning next steps for exploring these relations.
I am also researching the genealogy and family histories of my wife, Yolanda, born in Chile, and our daughter, Vanessa, also born in Chile. We became an adoptive family in 1985. I’ve found genetic evidence that convinces me Yolanda and Vanessa are fairly recently related through their mothers’ lines. I’d like to determine the convergence of Indigenous American and European genetic inheritances in the family.
Lastly, I’m beginning to consider use of haplogroups to sort out Irish family relations in Ireland. Many matches who share haplogroups make the challenge mighty.”
Next DIG meeting: January 12 , 2019
Come join The Monterey County Genealogy Society and The Family History Center volunteers, as we celebrate this Christmas Season. We will be giving thanks for a wonderful year learning about the world of Genealogy, as well as thanking you for your participation. Please join us for this annual potluck event. All are welcome. This is a time for stories, games, and good cheer – so bring a dish to share. Join in the fun and merriment while we get to know others who are also interested in learning about their family histories. There will be lots of fun and good cheer, and the food is great! 🙂
Doors open at 5:30 pm, the party starts at 6:00pm in the Fireside Room. Enter through the FHC doors.
We’ll see you at the Family History Center, 1024 Noche Buena, Seaside, CA., left rear of building. For Information: (831) 915-9465.
Come join us for our Annual Christmas Celebration and Potluck.
This is a time to give thanks for a wonderful year.
This is reminder for the MoCoGenSo DNA Interest Group (“DIG”) meeting this coming Saturday at 10 am at the Family History Center in Seaside. We will meet in the book library itself rather than the room next door.
Schedule:
10:00 to 10:15 Discussion of future topics of interest/volunteers for future presentations. Please consider volunteering! Work In Progress is Fine.
10:15 to 10:30 Why am I so different from my siblings? by Karen Cnunningham
Karen will talk about her use of DNA testing to answer this question.
10:30 to 11:15 Helping Law Enforcement Develop Suspects in Violent Crimes by Barbara Rae-Venter
I have been invited to give a half day workshop on Wednesday November 14, 2018 on this topic by the Alameda DA’s office. Attendees will include members of the DA’s office as well as local police departments, including Oakland and Livermore. This is a practice presentation for that Workshop. All comments and suggestions for improvement are welcomed.
Barbara is an invited speaker at the following events:
i4GG San Diego December 7-9 2018
Santa Clara Law School January 14, 2019
DAR Roundup January 26 2019
Keynote Speaker plus additional four presentations relating to DNA
DENT Santa Fe, New Mexico March 23-26, 2019
GFO Days, Seattle Genealogy Society March 30-31, 2019
Dartmouth College Symposium May 2, 2019 Keynote Speaker
Hear our very own sleuth discuss DNA.
This is reminder for the MoCoGenSo DNA SIG (“DIG”) meeting this coming Saturday at 10 am at the Family History Center in Seaside. We will meet in the library (across the hall from the computer room)
Schedule for DIG Meeting:
10:00 to 10:15 Discussion of future topics of interest/volunteers for future presentations. Please consider volunteering! Work In Progress is Fine.
Oct: Bonnie and Karen
Nov: Need a volunteer
Dec: Daniel
10:15 to 10:30 Update on The Other DNA Linda McNeal Millerick
10:30 to 11:15 The Leeds Method for Color-Clustering AncestryDNA Matches
Cynthia Stormer
11:15 to 11:30 Questions/Discussion
Next meeting: Saturday October 13, 2018 (Need facilitator)
Barbara is an invited speaker at the following events:
Genetic Genealogy Ireland October 19-Oct 21 2018 in Dublin, Ireland
i4GG San Diego December 7-9 2018
DAR Roundup January 2019 (26th or 19th; date to be confirmed)
Keynote Speaker plus additional four presentations relating to DNA
Junel is an invited speaker at the following events:
MoCoGenSo October 4 2018
DAR Roundup January 2019
This is reminder for the MoCoGenSo DNA SIG (“DIG”) meeting this coming Saturday at 10 am at the Family History Center in Seaside. We will meet in the library (across the hall from the computer room)
Schedule for SIG Meeting:
10:00 to 10:15 Discussion of future topics of interest/volunteers for future presentations. Please consider volunteering! Work In Progress is Fine.
Sep: Cynthia and Spenser
Oct: Need a volunteer
Nov: Need a volunteer
10:15 to 10:30 Update on The Other DNA Linda McNeal Millerick
10:30 to 10:45 Patience and Persistence, Using DNA to Solve a Family Puzzle with Wee Bits & Pieces Bonnie Hill
10:45 to 11:00 DNA Highlights from the 2018 NGS Conference Pat Burrow
11:00 to 11:15 Highlights from GRIP Forensic Genealogy Course July 2018
Barbara Rae-Venter
11:15 to 11:30 Questions/Discussion
Barbara is an invited speaker at the following events:
Genetic Genealogy Ireland Oct 19-Oct 21 2018 in Dublin, Ireland
DAR Roundup January 2019 (26th or 19th; date to be confirmed)
Keynote Speaker plus additional four presentations relating to DNA
The theme of the 2019 Roundup is going to be DNA. Anyone interested in presenting please let me know and I will pass your name on to the program organizer.
