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.
