Debbie This will be my first conference and although I have not done anything with DNA tests yet I am keen to hear what others have done. My question would be where is the best place to start. My surname study is for one of my husband's maternal lines. Should I try to get a direct line male surname holder to test? Hilary Gadsby Member no 6907 Rosling one-name study https://theroslingblog.wordpress.com/ On 24 March 2016 at 21:05, Debbie Kennett via <[email protected]> wrote: > It is not long now until the Guild conference. We have a DNA discussion > planned for Friday 1st April: > > http://one-name.org/the-37th-guild-conference-agm-2016/ > > This session will be hosted, as it was last year, by me, Maurice Gleeson > and > Barbara Griffiths. It will once again be an informal discussion where Guild > members can share their experiences and we can all learn from each other. > > In order to plan for the session we would like to solicit questions in > advance. If you have any questions about your DNA project or any aspect of > DNA testing that you would like to be discussed please can drop me a line > by > Wednesday 30th March. > > You might like to consider the following questions: > > 1. What support do you need for your DNA project? What would make your life > easier? > > 2. What improvements would you like to see in the DNA results from Family > Tree DNA? There are already some ideas listed in the ISOGG wish list: > > http://www.isogg.org/wiki/FTDNA_wish_list > > 3. Do you have any best practice tips that you would like to share with > your > fellow Guild members? > > Depending on the topics of interest we might consider breaking out into > small groups to discuss specific issues. > > Birmingham is the centre of the DNA world in April because Who Do You Think > You Are? Live takes place the weekend after the Guild conference. The DNA > workshop, sponsored by Family Tree DNA, is now a firm fixture at Who Do You > Think You Are? Live. We have a mixture of speakers from the worlds of > academia and genetic genealogy. There are lots of Guild members who will be > presenting in the DNA workshop: Maurice Gleeson, Linda Kerr, Emily Aulicino > and James Irvine. Maurice will also be chairing all the DNA sessions. > > You can see the full timetable here: > > http://www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.com/workshop-timetable-dna > > Three of the DNA talks (Dr Turi King on "Discovering Richard III, Richard > Hill on "Finding family: a genetic detective story" and Bennett Greenspan > on > "Genetic genealogy: the past, the present and the future") will take place > in SOG Theatre 2. These three talks can be booked in advance. The talks in > the DNA workshop are on a first come first served basis. > > Best wishes > > Debbie Kennett > Member no. 4554 > Cruwys/Cruse/Cruise one-name study > http://one-name.org/name_profile/cruwys > http://cruwys.blogspot.co.uk > > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hilary Many thanks for your question. I've added it to the list. As the subject came up elsewhere I just thought I'd mention here as well as a lot of Guild members don't seem to realise that they can start a DNA project with zero participants. You don't have to wait until you've identified someone who is willing to test in order to start a project. If you think you might want to start a DNA project it's recommended that you get a project set up now so that you can bag your surname. Susan Meates, the Guild's DNA Advisor, will do all the set up for you. What a lot of Guild members are finding is that by the time they think they are ready to start a DNA project their surname is already "taken". Often their surname gets mixed up as a variant in a project for a more common surname. Susan Meates, the Guild's DNA Advisor, can help members to extract their surnames from these projects, but it's always much easier if everyone can lay claim to their surnames of interest at the outset. You can have a passive DNA project where you just have your name listed and don't do any active recruitment. The Guild Wiki is in the process of being migrated to the new website. All the DNA material is now in the new Guild Wiki so members might want to have a look at some of this material: http://one-name.org/wiki/guild-wiki/dna/ You will also find Susan's contact details on this page. You will need to be logged into your account on the new Guild website to access the new Wiki. Hopefully we can develop this material further now that it's all on an easier-to-use platform. There is also information on the discounted DNA kits that are available from the Guild on the main website: http://one-name.org/essential-information-about-dna-testing/ http://one-name.org/dna-kits-available-from-the-guild/ Best wishes Debbie Kennett