I've noticed something when I go to the Southern California Genealogy Society's Jamboree in Burbank, California. Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has a booth. It seems to me that whatever is on sale there seems to go on sale at the Sizzling Summer Sale. FTDNA has said there would be an upgrade sale around Father's Day (in America, that is June 16th, so I'd say mid-June).
I'd also like some of you who have really good pedigrees to consider DNA testing (the Family Finder test). What I mean by good pedigrees is that you have just about all your lines back a good 200 years or more. My dad's Portuguese lines are back over 200 years. Doug da Rocha Holmes is back over 200 years. So are many others. Let's say that my dad, Doug (or his dad), and Rick Pimentel and Nancy Jean Baptiste all descend from Manuel & Maria. And we all know this on paper and we know how we connect to each other (via which child of Manuel and Maria). DNA doesn't help us. But "Sue" comes along and she has that pai incognito line. And she happens to match me, Doug, Rick, and Nancy Jean. Guess what? She descends from our Manuel & Maria. Based on the centoMorgans and science, we can narrow down which generation she is coming from and probably find the right ancestor for her, given some time and detective work. But the project needs people with 200 years worth of documented ancestors who know how we connect with each other to help those who aren't back that far or whose ancestors immigrated earlier in the 1800s or those who are stuck in some black hole of lost records. Please consider doing DNA. And if not this sale, they do have one for sure at the end of the year, called their Holiday Sale (in December; sometimes they start it in November). They will probably have a couple of other smaller sales during the year, but the administrators don't know when. Will keep everyone posted on the conference prices, as they seem to reflect the Sizzling Summer Sale prices. -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
