We will continue to meet the first Wednesday of each month, 7-9pm.

I have been able to confirm the following meeting rooms at Kilmer Middle
School, 8100 Wolftrap Rd., Vienna, VA.

Dec 2, 2009 will be in Classroom G100 (Best entrance is #15).
Jan 6, Feb 3, March 3, April 7, and May 5 will all be in the Library.
June 2 will be in Classroom G100.
July 5 will be in the Library.



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J. J. (Jim) Logan
Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
===================================================================

GenGen-NV members

On Saturday 7 Nov, I am scheduled to conduct a half day class on DNA for
Genealogy at the Ashburn Stake (LDS) Family Fair.  I have a PowerPoint
presentation on DNA from there that I plan on presenting at our meeting
tomorrow night.  If you have questions about basics of DNA, this would
be a good time to ask.

Seven pm, Dolly Madison Library

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J. J. (Jim) Logan
Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
===================================================================

Special announcement to SIG members.

A few months ago, we spent the entire session on the basics of Y-DNA.
Since that time I have had questions about mtDNA.  This would be a good
time to not only introduce mtDNA but also review all types of DNA, its
testing, and applications.

Note: this will be our last meeting at Dolly Madison library since it
will be closing later this month for renovations.  Future meetings are
planned for the Kilmer Middle School, 8100 Wolf Trap Rd., Vienna VA.  We
will continue with the first Wednesday of each month.

Jim

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J. J. (Jim) Logan
Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
===================================================================

Hi, Jim,

• I am interested in the SIG group and was one of the three who
attended the Sept meeting.

• I missed yesterday's meeting due to a conflict.

• Other than occasional tutorials, I might suggest asking the
'regulars' to give a presentation on what they are doing and how it
fits into the genetic/genealogy picture. Your discussion of the
sleuthing about the Logans, and Marie Rundquist's sleuthing about her
Canadian ancestry are cases in point. There are other local folks who
might give good presentations, too. Just because someone has delivered
one a few years back doesn't mean that they have not achieved success
in the interim or they may have taken a turn in another promising
direction in their work.

- Bye from Bill Howard

----- Original Message -----

From: J. J. (Jim) Logan

To: GenGen-NV

Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:01 AM

Subject: [GenGen-NV] Member Roll Call of the SIG on Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy

 

Greetings:

If you received this email, it is because you ar on the mail list for
the GenGen-NV group at Yahoo. This mail list was established to support
the Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy SIG of the Fairfax
Genealogical Society. I would appreciate a response from each of you
indicating your level of interest and providing suggestions for future
courses of action.

Furthermore, our last meeting was held on the 2nd of September at the
Dolly Madison public library in McLean VA with a change of venue from
Tysons Corner. Only three persons in were attendance. I would like to
know why.

Please answer the following:

1) Are you interested in future meetings of the SIG. If not, I can
remove you from the mail list.

2) If you did not attend the last meeting, was it because of lact of
interest in the announced subject? Conflict is schedule? Went to the
wrong location? Difficulty of getting to Dolly Madison? Other?

3) Do you have suggestions for meeting place? Change of schedule?
Future meeting subjects? Possible presenters?

The future of the SIG depends upon the answers that I receive.

Thanks you.

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J. J. (Jim) Logan
Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
===================================================================

Members of my GenGen-NV mail list.

See below forwarded from Whit Athey


-------- Original Message --------
Subject:  ASHG 2010 Meeting in DC
Date:  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:19:36 -0400
From:  Whit Athey <wathey@...>
Reply-To:  <wathey@...>
To:  'Bonnie Schrack' <bschrack1@...>, 'Vince Vizachero'
<dna@...>, <Pathoscafe@...>, J. J. (Jim) Logan
<JJLNV@...>



Dear Friends,

The annual meeting of ASHG will be in Washington next year (2010), so I
just wanted you to know ahead of time so you might think about
submitting an abstract for a poster.  Bonnie and I had one accepted for
the 2006 meeting in New Orleans.  I think that you need to have at least
one ASHG member as a co-author.  I'm a member and it is usually worth
your while to join if you plan to attend the meeting (the cost of
membership + member-registration is not much more than non-member
registration, and you get the journal for a year, or the cost of
member-registration is even less if you choose on-line access rather
than hard copy of the journal).  The deadline for abstract submission is
June 2, 2010.  The dates of the meeting are Nov. 2-6, which is about the
same time as the FTDNA meeting, so I hope they don't conflict (maybe I
should send a note to Bennett or Max).

Jim, could you forward this to your NVIG members.

Whit



-----Original Message-----
*From:* ASHG Meetings [mailto:ashgmeetings@...]
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 22, 2009 9:09 AM
*To:* wathey@...
*Subject:* ASHG 2010 Invited Proposals Submission Site Now Open -
Deadline: December 7, 2009

Dear Thomas:

ASHG members are invited to *submit online proposals for Invited
Scientific, Education, and Social Issues Sessions* to be presented at
the 2010 ASHG Annual Meeting in Washington, DC over the dates of
November 2-6, 2010. The submission of proposals offers members an
opportunity for direct participation in the program and over the years
has resulted in excellent and diverse sessions. Through the review
process, the best program possible is assembled. The deadline for
submission is *December 7, 2009*. If proposals are received prior to
October 10, 2009 they will receive initial review at the Program
Committee Meeting during the 2009 Annual Meeting in Hawaii.

Proposals may only be submitted online at
http://www.ashg.org/2010meeting/proposal/

NOTE: The submission site for abstracts will open in March 2010. The
deadline to submit an abstract to the 2010 Annual Meeting is June 2, 2010.

We look forward to receiving your submission. If you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact us <mailto:ashgmeetings@...>.

Thank you!

Joann A. Boughman, PhD
Executive Vice President
American Society of Human Genetics


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J. J. (Jim) Logan
Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
===================================================================

Jim Logan suggested that I post this note to the group:
----------------------------
> There will be a documentary followed by a talk on the subject:
> "Epigenetics: The Ghost in Your Genes" by Randy Jirtle, Director of
> the Epigenetics and Imprinting Laboratory at Duke University Medical
> Center as part of the Smithsonian Associate's series on Thursday,
> October 15 from 6:45 to 9 pm. Generally this is given at a site
> adjacent to the Smithsonian Castle off the Mall.
> Cost is $30 for Resident Members, $27 for Senior Members and $40 for
> General Admission.

> There are many sites on the web about this, but you might want to go
> first to:
>
>
http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNumber=2\
18154&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Snet&utm_content=TWTrap&utm_campaign=TWTrap&\
tmssource=180730

- Bye from Bill Howard

----- Original Message -----

From: J. J. (Jim) Logan

To: GenGen-NV

Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:01 AM

Subject: [GenGen-NV] Member Roll Call of the SIG on Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy

 

Greetings:

If you received this email, it is because you ar on the mail list for
the GenGen-NV group at Yahoo. This mail list was established to support
the Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy SIG of the Fairfax
Genealogical Society. I would appreciate a response from each of you
indicating your level of interest and providing suggestions for future
courses of action.

Furthermore, our last meeting was held on the 2nd of September at the
Dolly Madison public library in McLean VA with a change of venue from
Tysons Corner. Only three persons in were attendance. I would like to
know why.

Please answer the following:

1) Are you interested in future meetings of the SIG. If not, I can
remove you from the mail list.

2) If you did not attend the last meeting, was it because of lact of
interest in the announced subject? Conflict is schedule? Went to the
wrong location? Difficulty of getting to Dolly Madison? Other?

3) Do you have suggestions for meeting place? Change of schedule?
Future meeting subjects? Possible presenters?

The future of the SIG depends upon the answers that I receive.

Thanks you.

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====================
J. J. (Jim) Logan
Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
===================================================================

Hi, Jim,

I am replying to your questions on Gen-Gen about forthcoming meetings
- I was one of the three who attended.
I believe that too many things conspired against having a large group
this past time, among which were:

• The first meeting after the hiatus of the summer break
• Settling down to a new Fall routine with school, etc.
• The new location (which I very much favor)
• The topic of the meeting.  Many surname administrators already
attend past sessions and I think they get a lot out of the
discussions, but I suspect that the others don't aspire to be a
surname administrator yet have a deep interest in DNA testing and
analysis.

The one thing you did not mention was that our meeting with only three
present lasted from 7 until 9. We had wide ranging discussions of many
DNA-related topics, primarily because you and Bill Hurst are so
knowledgable of the DNA process. If any others had attended, the
discussions could have been oriented toward their problems as well.

I would vote for staying at the McLean Library, keeping the hours we
have, and going forward. You might take a look at past session topics
and rotate to those which have been well-attended in the past.

I would call our last meeting attendance as a statistical fluctuation
- I think we have interested people who just could not attend last
time and the topic might have been too restrictive if attendees don't
aspire to be surname administrators.

Keep up the good work!
- Bye from Bill Howard


----------------------------------------
Monthly financial summaries (Sept 2008 until a few months ago) that I
send to my Stock Letter subscribers can be seen at the following web
site. The URL is: http://web.mac.com/weh8/Financial/Financial_Comments.html

Hello, Jim,

I'm Marie Rundquist of Independence Avenue, the GW Parkway, 495 and I270 --
where I live in Gaithersburg.  Even with a carpool, and access to the HOV lanes,
I am finding that making a 7:00 p.m. engagement ANYWHERE in this town is
impossible -- Try as I might, I can't make it any further than Old Georgetown
Road by that time.  The move to Northern Virginia I had anticipated for my
Government client never worked out -- we are still downtown (my client and I). 
My extracurricular availability for week night activities is nil ... and this I
regret as I did enjoy your group and participating in it was a shot in the arm.

I'm engaged heavily with my Amerindian Ancestry out of Acadia FTDNA Project --
we're at 126 members now and showing a strong Amerindian trend in the Y
haplogroups for our participants, with the C3b haplogroup, the only known Native
American subgroup of Haplogroup C showing up in the matches for 5 of our
participants.  I am coordinating my data with the other C/C3 Administrator
through Roberta Estes, who is engaging in further research of the Haplogroup C.
We have posted 5 FGS results to the NIH Genbank and continue to put our markers
on the map this way.

I continue to meet my maternal ancestor Anne Marie descendants through our
project - and just attended two Mi'kmaq-Acadian festivals in Nova Scotia where
her descendants can be found living in the villages along the Southern Coast.
What a wonderful time we had up there this year -- eating the Moose Meat,
Mussels, Bar Clams, and Eel..visiting with cousins and exchanging stories...how
great it is to be alive in your heritage!

An email circular would be great -- I can read better late at night.  I am
simply unable with my schedule and work to participate in anything early
evening.  I am "evening disabled," I suppose - based on this ridiculous
Fall/Winter commuting schedule.

Best to everyone!

Marie Rundquist

--- In GenGen-NV@yahoogroups.com, "J. J. (Jim) Logan" <jjlnv@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings:
>
> If you received this email, it is because you ar on the mail list for
> the GenGen-NV group at Yahoo.  This mail list was established to support
> the Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy SIG of the Fairfax
> Genealogical Society.  I would appreciate a response from each of you
> indicating your level of interest and providing suggestions for future
> courses of action.
>
> Furthermore, our last meeting was held on the 2nd of September at the
> Dolly Madison public library in McLean VA with a change of venue from
> Tysons Corner.  Only three persons in were attendance.  I would like to
> know why.
>
> Please answer the following:
>
> 1)  Are you interested in future meetings of the SIG.  If not, I can
> remove you from the mail list.
>
> 2)  If you did not attend the last meeting, was it because of lact of
> interest in the announced subject?  Conflict is schedule?  Went to the
> wrong location?  Difficulty of getting to Dolly Madison?  Other?
>
> 3)  Do you have suggestions for meeting place?  Change of schedule?
> Future meeting subjects?  Possible presenters?
>
> The future of the SIG depends upon the answers that I receive.
>
> Thanks you.
>
> --
> ====================
> J. J. (Jim) Logan
> Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
> Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
> ===================================================================
>

Fairfax City library would be closer to  me but I don't know about everyone
else.

Kathi
---- "J. J. (Jim) Logan" <jjlnv@...> wrote:
> Thanks, Cathy
>
> ====================
> J. J. (Jim) Logan
> Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
> Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
> ===================================================================
>
>
>
> Catherine Creede wrote:
> >
> >
> > Jim,
> >
> > 1.  I am interested in future meetings of the SIG.
> >
> > 2.  The reason I missed the September meeting is that I was attending
> > the FGS conference in Little Rock.
> >
> > 3.  Dolly Madison is ok with me.  If the SIG members would rather meet
> > at the Fairfax City library, they allow meetings to continue after
> > hours in their first floor conference rooms.  The Irish SIG has done
> > this.  My only suggestion for presentations is to schedule beginner
> > sessions from time to time.
> >
> > Cathy
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     *From:* J. J. (Jim) Logan <mailto:jjlnv@...>
> >     *To:* GenGen-NV <mailto:GenGen-NV@yahoogroups.com>
> >     *Sent:* Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:01 AM
> >     *Subject:* [GenGen-NV] Member Roll Call of the SIG on Surname
> >     Projects and Genetic Genealogy
> >
> >
> >
> >     Greetings:
> >
> >     If you received this email, it is because you ar on the mail list for
> >     the GenGen-NV group at Yahoo. This mail list was established to
> >     support
> >     the Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy SIG of the Fairfax
> >     Genealogical Society. I would appreciate a response from each of you
> >     indicating your level of interest and providing suggestions for
> >     future
> >     courses of action.
> >
> >     Furthermore, our last meeting was held on the 2nd of September at the
> >     Dolly Madison public library in McLean VA with a change of venue from
> >     Tysons Corner. Only three persons in were attendance. I would like to
> >     know why.
> >
> >     Please answer the following:
> >
> >     1) Are you interested in future meetings of the SIG. If not, I can
> >     remove you from the mail list.
> >
> >     2) If you did not attend the last meeting, was it because of lact of
> >     interest in the announced subject? Conflict is schedule? Went to the
> >     wrong location? Difficulty of getting to Dolly Madison? Other?
> >
> >     3) Do you have suggestions for meeting place? Change of schedule?
> >     Future meeting subjects? Possible presenters?
> >
> >     The future of the SIG depends upon the answers that I receive.
> >
> >     Thanks you.
> >
> >     --
> >     ====================
> >     J. J. (Jim) Logan
> >     Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
> >     Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
> >     ===================================================================
> >
> >
>

Hi Jim,

I haven't attended any meetings but would like to remain on the mailing list if
possible.

Thanks,
Kathi Williams
---- robert mclaren <bobmclaren@...> wrote:
> Jim,
>
> !.  Yes, I am interested in future meetings.  I do miss a lot of them since I
do a lot of traveling plus I sometimes have conflicting meetings on the first
Wednesday.  I attend when I can.
>
> 2.  I did not attend the last meeting since I was in Little Rock, Arkansas for
the 2009 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference.
>
> 3.  The meeting place does not matter to me.  Since I live in Hayfield Farm
(off of Telegraph Road), both Dolly Madison and Tysons Corner are about the same
distrance for me.  As for topics, what you have been running is fine with me.  I
am always willing to give a presentation on a wide range of DNA topics.  I gave
a more advanced one at the 5th Internation Conference of Genetic Genealogists in
Houston this spring that I would be glad to give.  I can also give a
presentation of the very basics of DNA testing (somewhat along the lines of what
I gave to you before).
>
> Yours aye,
>
> Boib McLaren
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: J. J. (Jim) Logan
> To: GenGen-NV
> Sent: 9/15/2009 10:03:08 AM
> Subject: [GenGen-NV] Member Roll Call of the SIG on Surname Projects and
Genetic Genealogy
>
>
>   Greetings:
>
> If you received this email, it is because you ar on the mail list for
> the GenGen-NV group at Yahoo. This mail list was established to support
> the Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy SIG of the Fairfax
> Genealogical Society. I would appreciate a response from each of you
> indicating your level of interest and providing suggestions for future
> courses of action.
>
> Furthermore, our last meeting was held on the 2nd of September at the
> Dolly Madison public library in McLean VA with a change of venue from
> Tysons Corner. Only three persons in were attendance. I would like to
> know why.
>
> Please answer the following:
>
> 1) Are you interested in future meetings of the SIG. If not, I can
> remove you from the mail list.
>
> 2) If you did not attend the last meeting, was it because of lact of
> interest in the announced subject? Conflict is schedule? Went to the
> wrong location? Difficulty of getting to Dolly Madison? Other?
>
> 3) Do you have suggestions for meeting place? Change of schedule?
> Future meeting subjects? Possible presenters?
>
> The future of the SIG depends upon the answers that I receive.
>
> Thanks you.
>
> --
> ====================
> J. J. (Jim) Logan
> Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
> Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
> ===================================================================
>
>

----- Original Message -----

From: J. J. (Jim) Logan

To: GenGen-NV

Sent: 9/15/2009 10:03:08 AM

Subject: [GenGen-NV] Member Roll Call of the SIG on Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy

 

Greetings:

If you received this email, it is because you ar on the mail list for
the GenGen-NV group at Yahoo. This mail list was established to support
the Surname Projects and Genetic Genealogy SIG of the Fairfax
Genealogical Society. I would appreciate a response from each of you
indicating your level of interest and providing suggestions for future
courses of action.

Furthermore, our last meeting was held on the 2nd of September at the
Dolly Madison public library in McLean VA with a change of venue from
Tysons Corner. Only three persons in were attendance. I would like to
know why.

Please answer the following:

1) Are you interested in future meetings of the SIG. If not, I can
remove you from the mail list.

2) If you did not attend the last meeting, was it because of lact of
interest in the announced subject? Conflict is schedule? Went to the
wrong location? Difficulty of getting to Dolly Madison? Other?

3) Do you have suggestions for meeting place? Change of schedule?
Future meeting subjects? Possible presenters?

The future of the SIG depends upon the answers that I receive.

Thanks you.

--
====================
J. J. (Jim) Logan
Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
===================================================================

2) If you did not attend the last meeting, was it because of lact of
interest in the announced subject? Conflict is schedule? Went to the
wrong location? Difficulty of getting to Dolly Madison? Other?

3) Do you have suggestions for meeting place? Change of schedule?
Future meeting subjects? Possible presenters?

The future of the SIG depends upon the answers that I receive.

Thanks you.

--
====================
J. J. (Jim) Logan
Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
===================================================================

Thanks, Susan.  We are moving the subject from last the September
meeting and thus will be discussing the starting and management of
surname projects.

====================
J. J. (Jim) Logan
Group Administrator, J-mtDNA and Logan DNA Project
Owner/Moderator, J-mtDNA and GenGen-NV Discussion Groups on Yahoo
===================================================================



kleinjwsh@... wrote:
>
>
> Jim,
>
> I hated to miss the last meeting, but we were in MN for a family
> wedding.  I was interested in the topic - I have not looked up at how
> to get to Dolly Madison, but intend to do so for the next one.  Thanks
> for all you do.  Susan Klein
>
>