Jun
16
2011
Finland Project News for Thursday, 16th of June 2011
Author: tiskiallasRecent news items of potential interest to Finland DNA Project members.
FamilyTreeDNA sale
- FTDNA is offering an upgrade sale for those who have ordered tests from them in the past. The deadline for ordering your DNA upgrade testing is midnight, the 22nd of June.
- On ordering the Family Finder upgrade, Suomi DNA-projekti admin Lauri Koskinen sent out the following email to project members yesterday: Avaa Order tests & upgrades DNA-testitulossivullasi: esimerkiksi Family Finder 199$ (normaalihinta 289). Family Finder vertaa kaikilta esivanhemmilta tulevaa kokonaisperimää. Se löytää yllättävän paljon DNA-serkkuja muiden Family Finder -testattujen joukosta. DNA-serkut luokitellaan vertailussa läheisiin ja kaukaisiin. Kun Family Finder -testattuja tulee jatkossa lisää, uusia DNA-serkkuja ilmestyy testitulossivuillesi. Jos menet sukuseuran kesäkokoukseen, kysy sukuseuratarjousta administraattorilta koskinen.lauri@gmail.com
FinnFest
- This year’s FinnFest will be held in San Diego California and runs from Wednesday the 10th of August through Sunday the 14th. The genealogy program includes ten lectures of great potential interest to project members, including three that specifically discuss DNA: FTDNA’s Jane Buck on using genetic genealogy as another tool for the genealogist to make both recent family and ancient historical connections; Finland DNA Project’s founder and admin Lauri Koskinen on his experience with the project; Auvo Kostiainen and his work on tracing the roots of Delaware’s New Sweden colonist John Morton. Following the above lectures, on Friday, August 12th at 3:30, project member and geneablogger CeCe Moore will moderate a panel discussion on DNA. It will cover questions both specific to Finnish DNA, as well as on DNA in general. Panelists will include Jane Buck, Auvo Kostiainen, Lauri Koskinen and Paula Erkkila.
- FinnFest 2012 is slated to be held somewhere in the New York/New Jersey area.
- FinnFest 2013 will be held in the Michigan Upper Peninsula’s Copper Country June 19th-23rd, 2013 and the theme is “a Midsummer Eve’s Dream.”
As of today, the Finland DNA Project is the third largest hosted by FamilyTreeDNA, and includes 2365 project members from multiple countries around the world tracing their roots as well as seeking to connect with known and previously unknown DNA cousins. Online, many of us have been getting to know each other better through a Finland DNA Project group hosted by facebook. Please come join us! Whether you are already in the project or simply interested in what it’s about, all are welcome.
June 17th, 2011 at 10:57
Hi Laura,
The DNA panel discussion at FinnFest will be held on Friday at 3:30. I will be moderating and participating are Jane, Auvo, Lauri and Paula Erkkila.
Thanks!
CeCe
June 17th, 2011 at 11:55
Thanks for the info, CeCe; I will update the post accordingly! Anything else going on? Any informal get-togethers planned and/or do you know if anybody will be live tweeting the lectures, as was done from last weekend’s SCGJ?
Laura
June 17th, 2011 at 12:21
I haven’t heard of anything yet, but I can help Tweet the lectures since I am going to be moderating Thursday afternoon’s speakers as well. Thanks for keeping everyone updated!
CeCe
June 17th, 2011 at 14:07
CeCe, I’ll continue to follow FinnFest 2011 news on twitter and facebook but if you happen to hear a piece of news elsewhere you think project members and prospective attendees might be interested in, send it my way and I’ll post it to the blog and fb group.
June 24th, 2011 at 12:47
The above website was provided to me by Liisa Karppinen as an invitation to attend the 11th meeting of the Heikkinen Society to be held in Kajaani 30-31.7.2011. Heikkinen is one of the most common names in Finland.Liisa is the event contact. Publishing the event agenda and a follow-up of the minutes, etc. would be very interesting. DNA may also be on thei agenda and could be used at Finnfest. Just a suggestion!
June 24th, 2011 at 19:31
Hi Betty,
What an excellent suggestion. If you’d like to forward me any contact info you might have I would be happy to post announcements, the event agenda, the minutes and any commentary from the meeting of the Heikkinen Society, regardless of whether or not DNA is discussed. I intend this blog to cover not just Finnish DNA and the Finland Project, but also Finnish emigration/immigration, Finnish genealogy and any relevant events whether they be ancient and/or current.
You can post in comments here, or email me directly: tiskiallas@gmail.com
Laura
August 14th, 2011 at 00:04
The FinnFest Facebook pages says this: SAVE THE DATES: FinnFest USA 2012 will be in Tucson, AZ from Thursday, November 8th – Sunday, November 11th!!!
Also, I just posted on my blog about yesterday’s FinnFest http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2011/08/genetic-genealogy-news-from-finnfest.html
CeCe
August 17th, 2011 at 19:40
Thanks, CeCe – for the outstanding work you did helping with DNA program planning, writing it up on your blog, and also the heads-up about next year’s event. I’m particularly happy to hear that they’ve chosen Tucson for next year’s location; since my in-laws live there it gives me an excuse to visit them *and* to finally attend a FinnFest.