Gene Tree offered the same or similar deal several years ago. Both Rene and I applied for our mtDNA results as obtained from Sorenson. As I recall it took...
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Xenia Stanford
president@...
Oct 27, 2009 8:11 pm
HI Suddie Bill, I don't know if you are saying Sorenson does mtDNA whereas FTDNA offers Y-DNA. Just to clarify Family Tree DNA offers both maternal (mtDNA) and...
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Bill Mumford
mumford@...
Oct 27, 2009 8:22 pm
No, FTDNA does a complete mtDNA as well as just the HV zones. It also covers a plethora of Y DNA test plus additional panels and all sorts of exotic stuff....
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Joan Miller
luxegen@...
Oct 27, 2009 8:40 pm
Hi all, I had my brother submit DNA to FTDNA (for the family name KERR) http://www.familytreedna.com/landing/paternal-maternal-test.aspx They had a fast turn...
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Mertie Beatty
mertiebeatty@...
Oct 27, 2009 11:14 pm
TO ALL WHO REPLIED WITH HELP AND SUGGESTIONS REGARDING DNA RESULTS: Thank you for all who took the time to reply to my e-mail and to telephone me with...
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Christine Hayes
Christine.Hayes@...
Oct 28, 2009 10:48 pm
It is the end of October so that must mean we are having another General Meeting. In fact, it is on Monday November 2 at 7PM at the River Park Church. Our...
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Christine Hayes
Christine.Hayes@...
Nov 2, 2009 11:44 pm
While this isn't strictly a genealogy program, I know there are a lot of you who are also interested in history in general so I am sending out the details of a...
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Joan Miller
luxegen@...
Nov 7, 2009 4:21 am
Hi all, I received a note that FTDNA <http://h2r6.com/134595173>; has a special on until the end of the year. We found connections up to 67 markers when my ...
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ANN WILLIAMS
astridge@...
Nov 7, 2009 1:49 pm
I'm forwarding an e-mail with good news for those with ancestors from Devon. Another recent e-mail from the FFHS announced that: The General Register Office...
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Ronna L. Byam
rleeb@...
Nov 7, 2009 7:33 pm
Hi Everyone, I have discovered a great database at http://www.ourroots.ca/ for anyone doing research in Canada. It has digitized local histories and other...
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Lynne Kleingertner
kleingen@...
Nov 7, 2009 10:29 pm
Hi everyone, I'm passing this along on behalf of Phyllis Lake in case there are any Petro Canada Retirees in AFHS. Petro Canada offers a grant to...
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Xenia Stanford
xenias@...
Nov 8, 2009 10:38 pm
Hi everyone, I am looking for Walter Amos. Can anyone tell me his whereabouts? I have a long-time friend of his who has lost contact. Xenia...
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Gord Hulbert
Gordon@...
Nov 9, 2009 2:28 am
** *Computer SIG Meeting* *14 Nov 2009* Lounge Area of the LDS Family History Centre, 17 Ave & 19A St. SW "Beginner Session" @ 9:30 AM "Main Session" @ 10:30...
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william campbell
wacampbell@...
Nov 9, 2009 4:28 am
Hi Lynne: Thanks for that good alert. Yes, there are other firms that do the same, for instance, Shell Canada. However, some provide it only for capital...
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Gord Hulbert
Gordon@...
Nov 11, 2009 4:49 pm
Hi all: I just got a call from a gentleman standing outside the 17th Ave. LDS Church wondering where everyone was for the Computer SIG Meeting. He swore he...
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Marion Peterson
mlpeterson@...
Nov 11, 2009 11:14 pm
The Program Committee needs your help. We've sent out a dist-gen message and advertised in the Breeze, but so far only four people have offered to "Bring and...
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Judie Riddell
judier@...
Nov 13, 2009 6:17 pm
Yesterday while working at the AFHS Library a patron told me about a wonderful site honouring deceased RCMP Officers. The webmaster is in Ottawa and has done...
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Charles W Aubin
cwaubin1@...
Nov 16, 2009 6:25 pm
Hi All: I do not know if anyone caught the add on TV yesterday. Apparently there is a new show called FIND MY FAMILY, starting on Monday, November 23 on ABC. ...
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Xenia Stanford
president@...
Nov 16, 2009 8:53 pm
Hi all, Does anyone have an ancestral connection to Women (and others) brought to Canada by the: United British Women's Emigration Association and could write ...
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Mabel Kiessling
m.kiessling@...
Nov 17, 2009 3:35 pm
Hello fellow dist-gen members: Does anyone know if passenger lists exist for immigrants that took trains from the port of Montreal to their destinations,...
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Rene Dussome
rdussome@...
Nov 17, 2009 8:21 pm
Mabel: My daughter and I came by train from Montreal to Calgary in 1952 and we are on the ship's passenger list (Ascania) but I doubt if there was any list ...
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Charlie Hansen
4Charlie@...
Nov 18, 2009 6:26 am
... It depends on the years involved. On the Ancestry.ca listings of passenger lists shown under "Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935" the future wife of a...
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ANN WILLIAMS
astridge@...
Nov 19, 2009 9:54 pm
The next meeting is on Saturday, November 21 at the AFHS library at the new start time of 10 a.m. This is our pre-Christmas meeting and at 10 o'clock we'll...
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Xenia Stanford
president@...
Nov 20, 2009 7:49 am
Hi everyone, Ann Williams has been doing book reviews and will continue to do so as she has time. However, here is an opportunity for you to let others know...
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ANN WILLIAMS
astridge@...
Nov 20, 2009 4:14 pm
If anyone has announcements for the December Breeze please send to me by Thursday, December 3rd - Thanks, Ann Williams...
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Xenia Stanford
president@...
Nov 21, 2009 4:32 am
Hi Mabel, What you need is called “overland” passenger or traveller lists. Some trains in some periods did keep such records. Louis Rasmussen has published...
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Charlie Hansen
4Charlie@...
Nov 22, 2009 10:29 pm
I have extracted the comments and URLs from my PowerPoint presentation to the Genealogical Computing SIG on November 14 to an "Early Calgarians.rtf"; file with,...
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Wendy Pitcher
wpitcher@...
Nov 24, 2009 4:18 am
I have just received word that Monday November 30th, 2009 will be the last day that we will have the "UK 1911 Census" available. I do not know if or when we...
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Lois Sparling
lsparling@...
Nov 25, 2009 1:59 am
The next meeting of the Celtic SIG is tomorrow night, Wed. Nov 25 at 7 PM at the AFHS library. The library is located at 712 - 16th Ave NW. There is parking...
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Lorna Laughton
lornalaughton@...
Nov 27, 2009 5:13 pm
Hi Everyone: The following article about the TV program Ancestors in the Attic was referenced in the newsletter from Global Genealogy yesterday. I thought that...
