Just a reminder that the Computer Special Interest Group will be having our bi-monthly meeting this coming Saturday February 18th from 9:30 to 11:30 AM in the rear of the library. (the Higgins Area?) In accord with our objective to investigate genealogical programs, a presentation will be made by Sue LeBlanc of the PAF program. (Personal Ancestral File which is free and is available via the LDS website familysearch.org) This will be a great opportunity to get an overview of this widely used software. Handouts will be available. After a lunch break, the Master Genealogist Software Users Group meeting will start at Noon and go til 2 PM. The program's publisher has finally released a new version (8) with many improvements. We will be taking a "look under the hood" at some of them. As always there will be a question and (hopefully) answer session as well. If anyone is has already found new features that are helpful and would like to share that discovery I encourage you to attend. This should be an interesting meeting. Roger Ostrom, Daphne Garrison, coordinators, Computer SIG Roger Ostrom, coordinator, TMG-SUG

Hello Aspiring Writers, The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, February 11th, from 11:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. We meet the second Saturday of each month. Everyone is welcome, whether you have participated before or not. This is your chance to get started writing or improve your writing, whether you are writing for yourself or for others. We learn about good writing techniques -- write and read what we write to each other. Without exception, everyone who has participated in this group over the last seven years writes better than they did when they started. This year we are working with Roy Peter Clark's Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer published by Little, Brown and Company in 2006. Each year we work with a book, but this particular book has been the most helpful of any book we worked with. Now we are working more specifically on language and at this meeting we will be working with Tool 27 Workshop: "Reveal Traits of Character." Bring your lunch if you would like. Peggy ------------------------ Peggy Baldwin, MLS Family Passages LLC www.family-passages.com

You can get Hey, America, Your Roots are Showing for your Kindle for only $8.99 from Amazon! Now I'm going to sit down and read it. > From: aulicino@hevanet.com > To: ORFORUM-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:38:13 -0800 > Subject: [GFO] New Book by Megan Smolenyak & 23andMe Tests > > Greetings! > > Megan's book America Your Roots Are Showing is about her use of genealogy and DNA testing (in some cases) for genealogy from discovering that Alex Haley of ROOTS (a 1970s TV program that restarted the interest in genealogy) is connected to a white family in Scotland, the President being Irish, MIAs, to helping coroners locate relatives of the deceased without known identities....and more. > > Go to: www.gfo.org and click on the Amazon icon as GFO will get a kick back from Amazon by you using the link. > > ALSO...if any of you have taken the 23andMe autosomal test called Relative Finder you can now transfer that results to Family Tree DNA's site. They will take v2 and v3 chips for different prices. HOWEVER, know that those of you with the v2 chip (meaning you didn't upgrade or order within the last year) must take advantage of this introductory offer by Feb 10. > > See my blog for more details: http://genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.com/ > > > Best wishes, > Emily > If you do not hear from me in a timely manner, just write again...I was buried in email. LOL > Guild of One Name Study (GOONS) for Ogan: ogan@one-name.org > http://writingyourmemories.blogspot.com/ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgco2/speaker/EmilyAulicino.html > http://genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.com/ > Northwest Regional Coordinator and Speaker for ISOGG (www.isogg.org) > Administrator for thirteen FTDNA DNA Projects > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Greetings! Megan's book America Your Roots Are Showing is about her use of genealogy and DNA testing (in some cases) for genealogy from discovering that Alex Haley of ROOTS (a 1970s TV program that restarted the interest in genealogy) is connected to a white family in Scotland, the President being Irish, MIAs, to helping coroners locate relatives of the deceased without known identities....and more. Go to: www.gfo.org and click on the Amazon icon as GFO will get a kick back from Amazon by you using the link. ALSO...if any of you have taken the 23andMe autosomal test called Relative Finder you can now transfer that results to Family Tree DNA's site. They will take v2 and v3 chips for different prices. HOWEVER, know that those of you with the v2 chip (meaning you didn't upgrade or order within the last year) must take advantage of this introductory offer by Feb 10. See my blog for more details: http://genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.com/ Best wishes, Emily If you do not hear from me in a timely manner, just write again...I was buried in email. LOL Guild of One Name Study (GOONS) for Ogan: ogan@one-name.org http://writingyourmemories.blogspot.com/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgco2/speaker/EmilyAulicino.html http://genealem-geneticgenealogy.blogspot.com/ Northwest Regional Coordinator and Speaker for ISOGG (www.isogg.org) Administrator for thirteen FTDNA DNA Projects

Don't forget the Virginia Group Meeting Saturday, February 3 10 am Brick Wall Tactics

Virginia Group meeting Saturday, February 4, 10 am 15 Tips and Tactics For Breaking Down Brick Walls We will be discussing a variety of tactics to move your research along. In future meeting we will look at several of these methods in more depth.

"Bringing Genealogical Research & History Together" Thursday, January 26, 7-9 pm An evening conversation with Dr. Richard Etulain, Professor Emeritus of History, UNM, and noted author. Free. Donations accepted for the benefit of the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. Sponsored by Chaparral Antiquarian Books. Laurel Smith

Virus's have changed in the last 10 years, they come into your computers via a different path than they did back then. Your software can only be updated AFTER a malicious program is found. There is an additional thing everyone needs to do, and that is never never (add more never's as needed) Never, Download and run any file from a stranger (& be wary of friends ID's, as ID's can be faked!). And while I'm mentioning it, stay away from unknown web sites (some of those nasty emails can point to one instead of attaching their malware).. Did you know you can get infected by a malicious web page? That's why you also should have malicious web site blocking software too.. Bob In a message dated 01/18/12 11:13:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ndhsr@yahoo.com writes: Hi everyone, Just thought I would tell you about a problem to be aware of. I found out myself the hard way. Maybe some of you already know about this? I kept getting pop up after pop up several times a day to download upgrades from Java and Adobe. I just kept closing them because I did not feel like I need upgrades from them. Finally about a month ago is when I got attacked by a virus. The computer guy told me why I got hit by this virus. He said those upgrades from Adobe and Java were critical upgrades. Some computer geek discovered that there were flaws in Adobe and Java’s programs that would allow you to bypass a computer’s security system. That is why they wanted you to upgrade your program. Finally some slime ball figured it out that, that is what those upgrades were for, figured out where the flaws were and then started sending out viruses to every computer on earth so the ones that did not decide to download those upgrades were vulnerable through those flaws in Adobe and Java which allows the virus to bypass their security and mess up their computer. That is what happened to me. I got hit with this virus and had to take it in to get it fixed. I don’t know if you were aware of this problem. If you aren’t and you have gotten a pop up to download Java and Adobe upgrades you better do it as fast as you can! Nathan

This is for all of you with fancy phones that you can send e-mail on. get what ever software it takes to lock them down. The bad guys are going in and mining data off of them and sending out porn etc. I have had several family members and friends that this has happened to. That also reminds me for you that don't know the proper protocol when sending out something to several people via e-mail. DO NOT put every ones address in the "To: or Cc" always use the Bcc: This makes it harder I am told to pull off the addresses to use for sending out bogus e-mails and viruses/worms etc. Also when forwarding stuff ALWAYS cut off all the old addresses for the same reason. None of us want porn, junk mail fro Viagra etc and the last thing any of us needs is a virus or worm. Happy computing. Janice

Hi everyone, Just thought I would tell you about a problem to be aware of. I found out myself the hard way. Maybe some of you already know about this? I kept getting pop up after pop up several times a day to download upgrades from Java and Adobe. I just kept closing them because I did not feel like I need upgrades from them. Finally about a month ago is when I got attacked by a virus. The computer guy told me why I got hit by this virus. He said those upgrades from Adobe and Java were critical upgrades. Some computer geek discovered that there were flaws in Adobe and Java’s programs that would allow you to bypass a computer’s security system. That is why they wanted you to upgrade your program. Finally some slime ball figured it out that, that is what those upgrades were for, figured out where the flaws were and then started sending out viruses to every computer on earth so the ones that did not decide to download those upgrades were vulnerable through those flaws in Adobe and Java which allows the virus to bypass their security and mess up their computer. That is what happened to me. I got hit with this virus and had to take it in to get it fixed. I don’t know if you were aware of this problem. If you aren’t and you have gotten a pop up to download Java and Adobe upgrades you better do it as fast as you can! Nathan

In case of possible closures at the GFO library (503) 963-1932,  please call the library to be sure it is open before making the trip in.  Some of our volunteers live at the higher elevations and may not be able to make it to the library. Cathy

Hello All, Once again it is time to accept nominations for membership to the Genealogical Forum of Oregon Board. There are two positions that require attention by the nominating committee. We are looking for anyone who has a desire to serve the GFO in either of these capacities. *President:* Overseas GFO activities, Presides over Monthly Board Meetings and Monthly Programs (membership meetings), writes a "President's Message for each /Forum Insider/ newsletter. Please contact Lyleth Winther, the present office holder to get a better understanding of the position responsibilities. If you need her phone number please contact me. *Secretary:* Writes up the minutes at Monthly Board Meetings plus the Annual Meeting (June), submits the minutes via e-mail to board members within a couple of days following the meetings for corrections or additions. And sends a reminder copy before the next meeting. Submits the approved minutes to the web master, Larry Sullivan. Writes up the short Bios of Nominees, submits a ballot page, which goes out with the May issue of the Insider. The ballot page consists of the positions and the respective candidates on one side with the bios of the candidates on the reverse. Please contactGwen Newborg, the present office holder to get a better understanding of the position responsibilities. If you need her phone number please contact me. Should you have an interest in nominating yourself or someone with whom you have their permission to nominate, please contact myself or any member of the nominating committee. The other members are Carolyn Bergeron, Duane Funk& Diane O'Dell. Tom O'Brien tom.obrien4@comcast.net 503.723.3334

Dear Abby, I have always wanted to have my family history traced, but I can't afford to spend a lot of money to do it. Any suggestions? Sam in California. Dear Sam, Register as a Republican, and run for public office. Abby

Mim, I'll take a look at the city directory collection when I'm at the GFO on Saturday, then let you know what it shows. You may already be aware of the following but in case you are not I decided to include it. The Foundation Company had shipyards in the following locations: Brunswick, GA Savannah, GA Kearny, NJ Newark, NJ New Orleans, LA Portland, OR Tacoma, WA There is a photo of the shipyard that was taken in 1918 at the following web site. It lists the book in which the photo exists. http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/fishimages&CISOPTR=45053&CISOBOX=1&REC=7 Tom O'Brien

Oops. Sorry my request was entered twice and thanks to all those who gave me information.

Can anyone tell me where the Foundation Company shipyard in Portland was located? From June to December 1918 they built wooden cargo ships for use in WW I to provide food for the French. A cousin in my family was a carpenter there in 1918 and died that year because of an infected splinter in his finger.

Hello Aspiring Writers, The Writers' Forum will meet on Saturday, January 14th, from 11:45 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon. We meet the second Saturday of each month. We are going to have a discussion comparing and contrasting approaches in Revolutionary War articles in the December 2011 GFO Bulletin: Encounter at Point Pleasant: The First Revolutionary War Battle? By Carol Ralston Surrency (p. 12) The Revolutionary War Patriots of the Amos Tidd Family by Susan LeBlanc (p. 17) Columns: Relics ~ Becoming American: Orikany and the German Palatine by by Harvey Steele (p. 35) Story Teller ~ The Battle of Blue Licks: Last Battle of the Revolutionary War by Judith Scott (p. 38) Everyone is welcome, whether you have participated before or not. This is your chance to get started writing or improve your writing, whether you are writing for yourself or for others. We learn about good writing techniques -- write and read what we write to each other. Without exception, everyone who has participated in this group over the last seven years writes better than they did when they started. Bring your lunch if you would like. Peggy ------------------------ Peggy Baldwin, MLS Family Passages LLC www.family-passages.com

to join the group on Saturday morning January 14th from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the GFO Library at 11th and Division to experience a program by Tom O'Brien on what's old and what's new in doing genealogy research. We used to do some things that seemed exciting... and now look dreadfully slow and cumbersome. And now we do some things that seem all but miraculous and will soon change to something even easier and faster. You may see something you used to do... Or something you do now... Or something you will soon be learning to do... It's a fun set of memories and future "what's next?" methods. All are welcome. Just come and join the crew. Bring a friend or two if you know someone who would like to get started in genealogy and/or computing. Kristy, Harlene, and Tom...for Illinois Interest

Here is an interesting note from Leland Metzler's Genealogy Newsline: PBS Jumps Back Into Genealogy With a 10 Part SeriesPBS has announced a 10 part series to start March 25. See this article from the Community Voices of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: PRESS TOUR: PBS explores genealogy again Written by Rob Owen PASADENA, Calif. — Long before NBC’s genealogy show “Who Do You Think You Are?” PBS joined with historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. on its own genealogy series, which has morphed into “Finding Your Roots,” a 10-part series that debuts on PBS stations on March 25. This latest iteration will feature two people in each one-hour episode, including husband-and-wife actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, who jokes she’s afraid they might turn out to be cousins. READ THE FULL ARTICLE at: http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=16247   Loretta Welsh oregon1853@yahoo.com Genealogical Forum of Oregon Print Shop Chairman Data Extraction Chairman Research Requests Chairman