Northeast Washington Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

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11 May 2016 meeting of the “Colville” group… any interested genealogist in the area is welcome to attend!

Another month and our May meetings are this next Wednesday, the 11th. The Computer Interest Group will meet at 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room down the hall from the Family History Center at the LDS church on Juniper. Norma Yost will introduce us to GEDmatch.com, which according to wikitree.com, “helps find shared ancestry between persons who have uploaded their autosomal DNA (atDNA) results from 23andMe, AncestryDNA, or Family Tree DNA’s Family Finder.” She will share with us how it can help get the most from your DNA results. Be sure to download the three handouts that Norma has prepared by logging in to the Members section of our website, then selecting Secure Downloads, and then the Computer Meeting Handouts. The three files should appear at the bottom of the list and be flagged “New” with titles starting with “GEDMatch.”

After a break for lunch, our afternoon meeting will be held in the same place at 1:30 p.m. After a short business meeting Dennis Vaagen, the new President of the Stevens County Historical Society, will give us an update on the Keller Heritage Center and share his future plans for the museum. Pat Graham will then try to stump us with a fun trivia game on local knowledge.
It should be a fun and interesting day and we hope to see you Wednesday. … Susan