I'm Off to a Genealogy Conference

Thank you I had a great time and it is good to have time together with my oldest friend.

It is $99 and often goes on sale for about $79. It is still very expensive if you want the whole works, Y DNA, Mito and autosomal. $300 and up.

@moffittjc That is interesting about being able to trace back that far since the records are sketchy at best, you must have aristocratic roots lol Sometimes family tree has the autosomal for $59, however, I prefer Ancestry since they have a bigger database.

@BelleStarr Wow, that is pretty expensive! My family has been lucky enough (or smart enough?) to keep extensive records of our ancestry. On my dad's side of the family, we have been able to trace our roots back to medieval Scotland, and on my mom's side of the family back to medieval Ireland. I know that doesn't give a complete answer to the makeup of my DNA, but at least we have solid records dating back to then. Someday I would like to find out what all I'm made up of, so maybe I'll give it a try in the future!

@BelleStarr geneology. Thats very interesting indeed

Thank you I did indeed learn quite a few new things.

Thank you, Catherine, I did, it was a good time with my friend and I learned a lot too.

@BelleStarr , those are the best kind of times.

Yes it is and I had a great time. Sharing a room with my best friend was fun too lol

@BelleStarr I'll bet! Can't wait to hear more!

Had a great time, I always enjoy these conferences but they exhaust me.

@BelleStarr welcome back. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

It was very educational. I learned enough to keep me going for a while.

Yes I did learn quite a few new strategies.

I did learn quite a lot and I will try to pass some of it on to my fellow MyLoters.

I think family tree explains it best. Autosomal DNA tests utilize DNA from the 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes. Autosomal DNA is inherited from both parents. Therefore, an autosomal DNA test may be taken by either a male or a female.

@BelleStarr Thank you.

It was a good time and I learned even more than I expected.

I could probably help you if you are interested, at least with some good suggestions on what might work. Depends a lot on where and the nationalities when it comes to getting back to Europe. War plays havoc on records.

While forensics is quite different from the type of DNA I will be working with it is a fascinating field.

@BelleStarr It sure is.

I did learn quite a lot.

@BelleStarr thats good

Thank you, I did and learned a lot too.

I share a room with one friend and my to other friends were across the hall at the hotel. We have meals together but take whatever classes interest us.

@Fleura I had Kaiser schnitzel and red cabbage. It was delicious.

We had a wonderful German meal which was by far the best food we had while we were gone.

@BelleStarr that sounds good, what did you have?

lol Not so much about myself but I did learn some new techniques I can use with some of the genealogies I am working on.

@DeborahDiane I have already trained one of my grandsons to take over for me so all won't be lost. I need to get it into some sort of order for everyone.

@BelleStarr - I'm sure your family will appreciate having the genealogy you put together.

Thank you, I did indeed and now I am really enjoying putting what I learned to good use.

Pretty much lol a combination of a strange bed, being off schedule and walking back and forth to the conference center.