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New “My Heritage” DNA Service

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My Heritage recently began to offer DNA testing services.  But if you already have had your DNA tested with 23&Me, Family Tree DNA or Ancestry DNA you can now upload your raw data for free. (You will receive the “matching services” for free. Only folks who purchase the “My Heritage kit” receive an ethnicity estimate.)  
My Heritage has a large network of international trees. They offer three different plans for posting your family tree. One of the plans is for free.  Check out the site an see if this is right for you.  https://www.myheritage.com/dna
(Post Submitted by Jeanne Bayer)

MEMBER NOTICES

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Handouts from Philip Sutton talk on NY Public Library, New Welcome Guide in Member Resources, Next issue of Newsletter in production.

The slide presentation from last month’s talk by Philip Sutton on genealogy research at the New York Public Library is now on our website in PDF format in the Handouts section under Member Resources.

A “Welcome Guide” has been added to website Member Resources.  This guide provides a road-map to the Forum’s activities and available genealogy resources. It provides useful information for beginners and seasoned pros alike.

Our next issue of the Newsletter is currently in production.  If you have an article, letter to the editor, book review etc. which you would like to have considered, please submit to newsletter@ifhf.org.

NEW WEBSITE

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Welcome to our new website and to the “Frank O’Connor Memorial Blog”.  The website utilizes the latest technology and software, which provide for much more flexibility in displaying content and interacting with our members.  Some of the new features are:  easier member registration, easier access to our online resources, enhanced ability to view the website on a variety of electronic devices, numerous pictorial displays of our various activities, and our new Blog.

The Blog is titled in remembrance of Frank O’Connor, a deceased former member, whose family made a donation in his name several years ago.  These funds were used to cover the major share of the cost of the new website. The Blog page will be utilized to keep our members up-to-date on Forum activities and developments in genealogy research.  All members are invited to submit items for consideration. They can be submitted in a Word document to blog@ifhf.org

We will be ironing out the kinks during the next several months, so please try the site out and be sure to visit our newly revised Links page, About Us, Upcoming Events, the Online Library Catalogue, the Surname Database, the Newsletter Archives, Upcoming Events, Discussion Board, and Meeting Handouts.  Please provide any comments / suggestions to our Website Committee.  We really need your feedback and – best of luck searching.

Upcoming Meetings & Events


September 21, 2019

Finding Irish Place of Origin in U.S. Records

Everyone on this side of the Atlantic who researches an Irish ancestor hopes to discover the place in Ireland where he or she was born. It’s a search that starts, not with Irish sources, but with U.S. records. Our Education Director Kathleen McGee will kick off the Forum’s fall season with a lecture about American sources that show birthplace, such as draft registration records; birth, marriage, and death records; gravestones; probate records; death notices; some census records; and more. McGee, a librarian at the Plainview Family History Center and a frequent genealogy speaker, is the longtime presenter of our monthly Genealogy Tips sessions.

See calendar/ directions
Meetings are held at
Bethpage Public Library
47 Powell Ave., Bethpage, N.Y.