Greetings from Boston (duck!), Thought there might be some interest in this story in today's edition of the Monitor re the subject below. Cheers. Mixed roots: Science looks at family trees Welcome to the 'ancestry industry,' where DNA tests produce family history hints - and profits. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0428/p14s02-stct.html > ---------- > From: NYHISTLED > Reply To: A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State > history. > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:48 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Conference on DNA for Genealogists > > Conference announcement posted by request of the NY Genealogical & > Biographical Society. > > --Moderator, NYHIST-L > > DNA FOR GENEALOGISTS: > HOW TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR ANCESTRY THROUGH DNA > > An all-day workshop, > > Saturday, June 18, 2005 > 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM > 122 East 58 Street, New York, NY > > > The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society is pleased to present a > fascinating day-long workshop about the revealing world of DNA testing for > genealogists. This workshop is geared to help the newcomer to DNA testing > learn the essentials, from an understanding of DNA to being tested and > interpreting the results. > > Led by two top experts in the field, Family Tree DNA1s president Bennett > Greenspan and genealogist Megan Smolenyak, this workshop offers a > practical, > understandable, step-by-step, start-to-finish guided journey into what the > genealogist needs to know about DNA testing. > > Learn: > > * What DNA is > * What DNA testing offers genealogists > * How DNA testing can advance the genealogical and anthropological > knowledge > of your ancestry > * How to choose the right DNA tests for you and where to find them > * How to start a DNA surname project or take the test on your own > * How to interpret the results > > Take advantage of the discounted conference rate of $99 for Y-12 DNA > testing > (usually $159) and do your DNA cheek-swab test on-the-spot! Or take the > test > kit to give to a man in your family. Testing kits for a full array of > tests--Y-DNA for men and mtDNA for men and women--will be available to > conference attendees at special discount prices. > > > SCHEDULE > > 9:30 AM - 10:00: AM REGISTRATION AND DNA TESTING > > 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM WELCOME > > 10: 15 AM - 11:45 AM REAL WORLD DNA TESTING. Megan Smolenyak > > With amazing swiftness, "genetealogy" (the marriage of genetics and > genealogy) is graduating from pioneering research to standard practice. > But > what is it exactly and how can we use it to further our genealogical > endeavors? Come hear one of the co-authors of Trace Your Roots with DNA > discuss her own experience launching and managing a DNA project, including > such considerations as test selection factors, vendor choice criteria > (e.g., > number of markers, cost, etc.), and convincing others to participate. > She1ll > also address other genealogical DNA tests such as mtDNA, SNP, and > DNAPrint. > > 11:45 AM - 1:45 PM BUFFET LUNCH/ DNA TESTING/ DNA VIDEO/ NYG&B > LIBRARY TOUR > > 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM DNA TESTING FOR THE MODERN GENEALOGIST: > ANALYSIS > AND INTERPRETATION MADE (ALMOST) SIMPLE. Bennett Greenspan > > Bennett Greenspan will discuss both the deep anthropology and the recent > genealogical information that you have stored within your DNA, from > learning > about the migratory patterns of your ancestors thousands of years ago to > confirming your personal heritage within recent generations. This rich > history can shed new and exciting light on your ancestry. This lecture > will > unravel the secrets used by molecular anthropologists in terms > understandable to any non-science major. > > 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Q& A PANEL: ASK THE EXPERTS > Bennett Greenspan, Anita Lustenberger, Meriwether Schmid, Megan Smolenyak > > Bring your questions to our speakers and two other experts in DNA testing, > genetics, and genealogy. > > 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM DNA TESTING > > > OUR SPEAKERS AND Q&A EXPERTS > > Bennett Greenspan is President and CEO of Family Tree DNA, a world leader > in > the field of Genetic Genealogy and the first genealogy-driven and most > popular DNA testing service in the United States. An entrepreneur and > life-long genealogy enthusiast, Mr. Greenspan founded Family Tree DNA in > 1999, turning a hobby into a full-time vocation. > > Anita Anderson Lustenberger, CG is a certified genealogist and a certified > genetic counselor, who worked for twenty years in genetics and birth > defects > clinics in New York. She is a NYGBS Trustee. > > Meriwether Schmid, FGBS, is a Trustee of the NYGBS, Secretary of the New > England Historic Genealogical Society, Genealogy Chair of the Historical > Society of the Town of Greenwich, Trustee and DNA project administrator > for > the Meriwether Society, and project administrator for the Cowgill Cousins > Group. > > Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak has been an avid genealogist for more than three > decades and is an expert at family history research and a DNA project > administrator. She is a consultant with the U.S. Army's Repatriation > project > using genealogical research and DNA testing to trace families of > servicemen > killed or MIA in Korea and Vietnam. A popular speaker throughout the > country, she is the author of the several books, including Honoring Your > Ancestors and the newly-released Trace Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic > Tests to Explore Your Family Tree. > > > COST > > Purchase the combined workshop and Y-12 DNA testing (for men) or pay just > the price of the workshop and decide about the testing at the workshop. > > Workshop and buffet lunch: $60 members/ $90 non-members > Workshop, buffet lunch, Y-12 DNA test (for men): $159 members/ $189 > non-members > > Upgrades to Y-25 and Y-37 DNA tests for men, as well as mtDNA tests for > men > and women are available at discounted conference prices upon request. > Results in approximately 7 weeks. > > Space is limited. Please visit www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org or call > 212-755-8532 to register. > >