Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society

OGS DNA Seminar April 1, 2017

Autosomal DNA Seminar

Saturday, April 1, 2017

9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

presented by Oregon Genealogical Society

AUTOSOMAL DNA: TESTING FOR ALL GENEALOGICAL LINES: Autosomal DNA testing is the most complex to analyze, but it is often the most useful because we inherit autosomal DNA from all our ancestral lines. This session will instruct on understanding and analyzing results as well as strategies for test subject recruitment.

AUTOSOMAL DNA DATA: WORKING THE RESULTS: Many tools for analyzing autosomal DNA have become available. This session will instruct on how these tools can advance the identi􀏐ication of common ancestors. However, genuine success in DNA testing requires correlation of the test results with quality genealogical scholarship. Examples

will be presented.

GEDMATCH: AN INVALUABLE TOOL FOR AUTOSOMAL DNA ANALYSIS: All three DNA testing companies have some limitations. GEDmatch provides a means to compare DNA with testers from other companies. Not only does it enlarge the testing pool for comparison, it allows in-depth analysis of matching DNA segments to further possibilities

for con􀏐irming or identifying unknown ancestors.

ESSENTIAL RESEARCH: COLLATERAL LINES: Collateral lines are those people who descend from the same people you do, but are not your ancestors. They are your ancestors' siblings and their descendants. This presentation will provide examples of how researching collateral lines solved research problems and will inspire you to do the same.

Loca􀆟on: Wesley United Methodist Church

1355 Oakway Road, Eugene, Oregon 97401

Registra􀆟on: 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m.

For more information call 541-345-0399 or e-mail education@oregongs.org.

Spring Seminar- Yakima Valley Genealogical Society

GFO Free Open House!!

There's a secret hidden in the 1840 U.S. Census!!

If you are researching Revolutionary soldiers in your family, here is a tip that is not extremely well known especially if your still starting out in research. On the back or the second page of the 1840 U.S.Census there is a row where Revolutionary pensioners names were listed. Above is a example of the "Second Page" of the census. Also later there was a book written called " A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Service", published by the U.S. Census bureau in 1841.

This book is available on line at Internet Archives and is free to read or download.

https://archive.org/details/censusofpensione00unit

Writing Your Family History

Writing you family history and trying to put decades of personal, historical facts and stories can be daunting and sometimes stressful.

To make this endeavor a pleasant and rewarding experience here are some tips from the experts.
Cyndi's List provides links to how to get started, writing techniques, publishing and self publishing.
http://www.cyndislist.com/writing/

2026 Programs and Events

January 10 - Social History and Your Genealogical Research
Febuary- All Saturdays of the month- Original Wasco County Courthouse History Forums
March 14- Kenneth R. Marks - How to Develop Critical Online Newspaper Research Skills
April 11 - Ft. Dalles Tour
May - IOOF Photo Requests
June 5 - Membership Luncheon
Summer Break- July and August
September 19- Brian Rhinehart-Navigating the Records From The War of 1812
Oct. 17 - National Family History Month - Intro to Genealogy-Columbia Gorge Discovery Center

Pioneers of The West

Header Photo: Helen Lundeberg created this painting while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program that employed artists during the Great Depression. Like other WPA artists, Lundeberg depicted a hopeful view of the United States during a time of turmoil and uncertainty by showing a dreamlike image of western expansion. The group of pioneers, with their backs to the viewer, follows an ox-drawn wagon into a valley. The monumental figures appear strong and assured in their forward progress. Rising mountains melt into the sun. Lundeberg's style of mixing fantastic images with reality is evident in the background: The pink, rolling mountains blend into the orange, pink, and bluish haze of the sky; it is difficult to determine where the mountains end and the sky begins. The careful use of space and dreamlike elements in Pioneers of the West is representative of Lundeberg's postsurrealist style. This movement, derived from surrealism, purposely combined fantasy with reality and was predominantly found on the West Coast. (Helen Lundeberg, Pioneers of the West, 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1985.8.27) GSA: Information and images created or owned by the GSA unless otherwise indicated, are considered in the public domain. They may be distributed or copied as permitted by applicable law.