Thursday's focus at RootsTech was DNA.
I was fortunate to do an on camera interview with CeCe Moore of DNA Detectives. You may
have seen her on Finding Your Roots
or 20/20. Once the interview is
through production, I'll post it here on The
Turning of Generations.
DNA
Matching on MyHeritage - Dana Drutman
MyHeritage is a new kid on the block in the DNA
arena. If you've tested with another company, you can still take advantage of
their offer to upload your DNA data to your MyHeritage account for free. Or
alternatively purchase one of their kits. Three highlights of this session:
1.
In line with their strength as an international
genealogy company, MyHeritage is identifying groups who have lived in an area
for centuries and test those populations. They use this data to calculate your
ethnicity estimates when you test with MyHeritage. You can than use your
ethnicity results to compare to events in your family tree for research clues.
2.
If you transferred your DNA from another
company, you can't take advantage of the ethnicity results and tools. Since
they are having a great conference sale price, I took their DNA test on the
spot so I can evaluate the ethnicity features. More on that in a month or two
after the results come in.
3.
A chromosome browser is in the works.
Also on today's docket was helping
Dear Myrtle and Cousin Russ in their computer lab workshop, Smart Phones, Tablets & computers, Oh,
My! They briefly discussed LibraryThing, the website for cataloging your
personal library. There is an app called LibraryThingScanner. It's now on my
smart phone so I can scan the barcodes on books rather than manually entering
them in my LibraryThing account. Anything to avoid purchasing multiple copies
of the same genealogy book!
Noticeably absent in the exhibit hall
this year is the free soda bar. Note to self: come prepared with caffeine
tomorrow!
Disclaimer: I (Michelle Goodrum)
am a RootsTech 2017 Ambassador and received complimentary registration to
RootsTech along with other perks.
Any opinions expressed are my own.
© 2017, copyright Michelle Goodrum
Michelle,
ReplyDeleteThank you for helping us in the computer Lab. You were right there when a member of the class needed a little assistance.
Always a pleasure to see you and spending a few minutes with you. The work you did in the Lab was very special.
Thank you,
Russ
Russ, It was my pleasure!
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