We had a great meeting yesterday and enjoyed seeing people
we hadn’t seen for a while. It was truly
my vision of “friends helping friends do genealogy”.
We focused on DNA. Usually
I say start at AncestryDNA and do everything you can there. Then start transferring your raw DNA to other
testing sites. Transferring to other sites is especially
important for unknown parentage and for recent ancestors from non-US countries. It's called "fishing in all the ponds." You never know where your critical match may have tested.
Today we are suggesting everyone transfer raw DNA data to
MyHeritage. MyHeritage currently has
free upload and access to all their tools but this will end December 1. Uploading after that will be free but some
tools will have charges. Uploading
before December 1 grandfathers you in…everything free forever. (We hope!)
How to Transfer…The short version: You can do everything
without a membership or a tree. At
AncestryDNA go to Settings in the upper right corner, then Download Raw DNA Data. Follow the directions including entering your
password and responding to an email. At
MyHeritage go to the DNA tab and in the drop-down menu go to Upload Raw Data.
When you create a raw DNA download file, save it. You can use this file to transfer to other
testing sites. It never changes. It is a zip file; don’t unzip it.
If you have tested at multiple services, just pick one. Don’t transfer from all the places you have
tested.
The long version: Thomas
MacEntee wrote a post in January 2018 that covers all the testing companies and
how to download and upload. It’s more detailed and has links to the
instructions at the sites. Enjoy it
here: https://abundantgenealogy.com/dna-download-uploading-dna-test-data/
Our next Genies
meeting is Monday, October 15. Meanwhile, if you are looking for a road trip,
one of my favorite speakers Lisa Louise Cooke will be in Port Townsend for the
fall seminar of the Puget Sound Genealogical Society on next Saturday, September
22. I like her because she is so
practical and so technical and funny.
Her topics have to do with Google, Organization, Cold Case Techniques
and Future Technology. What more could
you ask? It’s all day for $55 including
lunch and all the details are here: http://www.pusogensoc.org/psgs/seminar2018/
See you soon.
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