Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 10 Issue 1 September 1, 2012 September meeting • Thursday, Sept 6th • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • Membership dues • DNA news • Digital photography • Letter from the editor Membership dues September is our traditional time to collect dues. I’m not sure how the rest of you feel about them but to me it’s a bargain. It’s right there with library cards. Since joining I’ve been able to polish and organize my data, it might actually make sense to an outsider now. I’ve been able to expand several of my families using tips from other members. Those tips have inevitably led me around or through brick walls that had thwarted my efforts for years. Our speakers have always provided useful information. At times it might not seem that way, but down the road I’ve found myself saying, “he/she was right”. Our very first seminar was great. The presentations were loaded with stuff, good stuff. Books. More books then money in my wallet. Oh well. We also got to establish a relationship with the other Mason County Gen group in Belfair. Bottom line. $15.00 by itself isn’t much, but add those dues together and pretty soon we’re talking superior speakers and presentations and more seminars for us to enjoy and learn from. DNA Family Trees For $99 Ancestry members can submit their DNA for testing. Afterwards Ancestry will compare the results to their DNA databank of over 10,000 members. So what you might ask? Think adoption. If you’ve been or have someone on your tree that was adopted this might very , OCR Text: Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 10 Issue 1 September 1, 2012 September meeting • Thursday, Sept 6th • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • Membership dues • DNA news • Digital photography • Letter from the editor Membership dues September is our traditional time to collect dues. I’m not sure how the rest of you feel about them but to me it’s a bargain. It’s right there with library cards. Since joining I’ve been able to polish and organize my data, it might actually make sense to an outsider now. I’ve been able to expand several of my families using tips from other members. Those tips have inevitably led me around or through brick walls that had thwarted my efforts for years. Our speakers have always provided useful information. At times it might not seem that way, but down the road I’ve found myself saying, “he/she was right”. Our very first seminar was great. The presentations were loaded with stuff, good stuff. Books. More books then money in my wallet. Oh well. We also got to establish a relationship with the other Mason County Gen group in Belfair. Bottom line. $15.00 by itself isn’t much, but add those dues together and pretty soon we’re talking superior speakers and presentations and more seminars for us to enjoy and learn from. DNA Family Trees For $99 Ancestry members can submit their DNA for testing. Afterwards Ancestry will compare the results to their DNA databank of over 10,000 members. So what you might ask? Think adoption. If you’ve been or have someone on your tree that was adopted this might very , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2012,V10 I1 MCGS Sept 2012 newsletter.pdf,V10 I1 MCGS Sept 2012 newsletter.pdf Page 1, V10 I1 MCGS Sept 2012 newsletter.pdf Page 1