Greetings! I want to thank all of those who attended. It was a grand crowd.and crowd it was! For all of those who listed emails on the sign-in form I have added you to this group if you weren't there already. Sadly, there are many who did not list their emails and many are GFO members. For this reason, I will send this same email off to the GFO email list so they can be included here, if they wish. I wanted to clarify for all of you that the code for sales on tests is for Family Tree DNA only. That code is good until May 31, 2013 and it is: Aulicino2013 You won't see the price change when ordering until after you enter the code. The sale prices are as follows: Y-DNA 37 marker (reg $169) is $129 Y-DNA 67 marker (reg $268) is $199 mtDNA Plus (reg. $159) is $129 mtDNA FMS (full sequence) (reg$299) is $239 Family Finder (reg. $289) is $199 Geno 2.0 is not on sale and is regularly $199 Remember that I told you the best deal for the autosomal test is to buy the 23andMe test for $99 and when the results arrive, transfer the results to Family Tree DNA for an additional $89. This way you get to be in both databases to find matches. Please be reading your syllabus so you will understand DNA. All of you are capable. It is like learning a foreign language and the learning curve is steep in the beginning, but you can do it. I am not a science major and I understand it. I have compiled the data from the survey. Several of you did not list your preferences by number, but just ticked off the box. For this reason, the survey was difficult to surmise. However, here is the plan based on what you told me. FIRST: I would like to help you along and can do so only if those who made the following remarks would email me. You do not have to tell me what remark you made if you are embarrassed, but I would like to be sure you get an answer. Some of the statements are easy to answer quickly and you shouldn't be left to wait. Also, I am considering a weekly email "lesson" to cover the info below. Let me know if you would like to be on that "email list". Comments Section on problems to solve: Proving if a person is my father I'm need biological father's surname; was given the name of the man who raised me who was not my father. Looking for surname of paternal gr-g-grandfather Find adopted mother's biological family Origin of paternal gr-grandfather, an adoptee Finding cousins and proving a cousin Proving two of same surname living in adjoining towns are related Tracing mother's father's line back to a known immigrant from Holland to NJ-NY area Push lineage back to England and Ireland Ethnic ancestry 11 Y-line brick wall; hoping to jump the brick wall Understanding atDNA vs. other tests: how will it help to have my dad take the Y NEXT: Here is the plan for the remaining three meetings. April Mtg: Y-DNA; mtDNA; atDNA - tested; now what? I will cover this information (and that listed under the comments above) with more time to ask questions in April. However, if we can get you comfortable enough with all this to order a test by the sale deadline, it is better. (The reason for the email lessons) AND.if you had your test results by then, it will even be better for you. July Mtg atDNA at 23andMe, FTDNA, and Ancestry.com Chromosome Mapping (maybe by then we'll have the Build 15 and download of all matches data.oh, dreamer that I am) Oct Mtg Continue Chromosome Mapping and address GedMatch Your opinion is always welcome, as are your questions. I leave for Arizona on Wednesday and will arrive Feb 1, so if everyone would email who are interested in the lessons and who want me to add their email to my files by Feb 1, that would be helpful! Thank you again, 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