Greetings! Below is the announcement of the next meeting in the case you are not on my Northwest ISOGG email list or the GFO DNA Interest Group list. If you would like to be on the Interest Group email list, please contact me and request that I do so. GFO DNA Interest Group Meeting Date: Tuesday April 10, 2012 Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Author: genealem Type: Appointment Reminder: There are reminders set for 4 days and 13 days before this event. Location: Genealogical Forum of Oregon Library Street: 2505 SE 11th, Room B-18 (11th and Division) City/State/Zip: Portland OR Phone: 503-963-1932 Topic: Understanding the Advantages in Autosomal Testing: Your relatives hold the key by Emily Aulicino and Tim Janzen This is the first of a two-part series on using autosomal DNA in genealogy. This topic will be followed with an understanding and demonstration of phasing at the July 10th meeting. If you have tested with Family Finder or Relative Finder, bring your kit number, passwords, etc. to enter the site. Bring your laptop, if you have one, and a thumb drive/flash drive on which to store data you can download from your test results. If you have not tested your autosomal DNA, attend to learn more about its importance to genealogy. Website: www.gfo.org See you there..! Emily If you do not hear from me in a timely manner, just write again...I was buried in email. LOL 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 <http://www.isogg.org/> ) Administrator for thirteen FTDNA DNA Projects