GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Thursday Evening E-News

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s

Thursday Evening

E-News, Edition

August 23, 2018

Curious about the status of your GFO Membership?

We’d love to have you as a GFO Member!

For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932.

For a complete GFO CALENDAR click here. The current Insider newsletter awaits you HERE.

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DNA Interest Groups

As a beginner or intermediate level DNA tester, are you struggling with finding common ancestors for your autosomal DNA matches? Are your matches not responding to your emails? Do your find it difficult to organize your DNA data to keep track of your connections? Then this class is for you!

WHERE? GFO’s Multipurpose Room
HOW? This class is completely FREE and open to the public!
WHEN? Saturday, August 25th, 9 a.m. – noon

Emily’s presentation “From atDNA Testing to Connecting the Family Dots: A beginner’s guide to autosomal testing and finding your common ancestors” will review autosomal DNA briefly, highlight the advantages and disadvantages for the five DNA testing companies, and focus on five steps to help discover your common ancestors, establish good communication with matches, and organize the information.

As a side bar, Emily will cover some tips on using AncestryDNA’s website to help you locate pedigree charts, matches’ emails, and getting around the lack of a chromosome browser.

Download the handout HERE and please bring it to class. You’ll also want to please review it before attending.

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Microfilm Is Back In Style!

Microfilm Reader Digital at GFO

Think microfilm is too outdated to be useful? Think again!

According to a recent article from The Atlantic, “digital documents usually omit the context. The surrounding pages in the morning paper or the rest of the issue of a magazine or journal vanish when a single, specific article can be retrieved directly.”

Such easy, but limited access to research content can be detrimental to family history investigators who want more than the simple facts to post on their latest and greatest family trees.

We’re pleased to offer hundreds of microfilms at the GFO library, including Oregon land claim records from the earliest days of the state, foreign voter registration records, Native American records, and much more.

Read all about how microfilmed research is making a comeback in this article from The Atlantic HERE.

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Thank you, donors! GFO’s Acquisitions Corner this week includes…

Book Donations

Donations to the library from Harold Hinds:

Bounty and Donation Land Grants in British Colonial America
The War if 1812: An annotated bibliography
Mastering Immigration and Naturalization Records
Tracing Your Civil Was Ancestor
First Guide to Civil War Genealogy and Research
Civil War Research Guide: A guide for researching your Civil War ancestor
The Roster of the General Society of the War of 1812: 1989
And the NGS Research in the States volumes for Massachusetts, Michigan, and Rhode Island
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$10 Off OHS Membership for GFO Members

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Did you know your GFO membership is worth $10 off when you join the Oregon Historical Society?
We’re pleased to be an affiliate of OHS and provide you this benefit.

When you sign up at the OHS all you need to do is note your membership on the application. (Including your GFO member number would be beneficial). If you’re joining in person or by phone, let the person you’re talking to know you are an affiliate member.

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SATURDAY, August 25th

DNA Beginners Group 9 a.m. – noon

This Special Interest Group (SIG) will be led by the ever-knowledgable Emily Aulicino, whose presentation “From atDNA Testing to Connecting the Family Dots: A beginner’s guide to autosomal testing and finding your common ancestors” will review autosomal DNA briefly, highlight the advantages and disadvantages for the five DNA testing companies, and focus on five steps to help discover your common ancestors, establish good communication with matches, and organize the information.

Download the handout HERE and please review before class.

SUNDAY, August 26th

Library Work Party 9 a.m. – noon

There’s another work party at the GFO library today for those of you who can come. There’s lots to do and we’d love to have your help. Doors open at 9 and work usually wraps up around noon. Some people come for just an hour or so; others work the full time. You are welcome to do either. Any time you can share is valuable. Hope to see you there.

WEDNESDAY, August 29th

Bulletin Editorial Group (BEG) 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

First meeting of the new Bulletin Editorial Group (BEG). To all lovers of GFO’s quarterly publication, The Bulletin: Committee members help keep The Bulletin going strong by seeking articles and authors, keeping tabs on volunteer needs, and helping to recruit more participants.

If you’re interested in helping support The Bulletin, please plan to attend. If you have questions, please send them to Bulletin@gfo.org.