| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> When is it? | 00:50 |
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| valorie | Nov. 3&4 according to the prospectus | 02:58 |
| valorie | how are you, @tsimonq2? | 02:58 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> Aw man, I'll be in Riga for the Ubuntu Summit or I'd totally join you | 04:52 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> I'm okay valorie :) how are you and yours? | 04:52 |
| valorie | very good! Just very busy | 04:53 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> If I wasn't busy it wouldn't feel right :) | 04:53 |
| valorie | I'm pres. of my genealogy society & VP of two others | 04:53 |
| valorie | for sure | 04:53 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> Nice! I've considered doing a test or something like that but am concerned about data mining. | 04:54 |
| valorie | DNA test you mean? | 04:54 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> How do you like it? Learn anything particularly interestingly? | 04:54 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> Yeah :) | 04:54 |
| valorie | well, I learn LOTS from DNA but I get the doubts about data mining | 04:55 |
| valorie | otoh what I do is data mining | 04:55 |
| valorie | doing research towards a book I'm starting | 04:55 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> I guess, where do you draw the line? I'd rather not have it end up in a government database :P | 04:55 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> Nice! | 04:56 |
| valorie | you are IN gov. databases | 04:56 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> It's always fascinated me how many descendents of Ghengis Khan there are... | 04:56 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> oh I'm sure they're watching XD | 04:56 |
| valorie | after going to India, they now have my iris scans | 04:56 |
| valorie | creepy | 04:56 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> ohhhhh that's right | 04:56 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> I almost forgot about the near-instant facial recognition :P | 04:57 |
| valorie | not sure which is worse - the gov. having the DNA, or the big corporations | 04:57 |
| valorie | but I'm all in anyway | 04:58 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> Is it mostly just categorization? How low-level does it go? Or is it mostly historical records and accounts? | 04:59 |
| valorie | well, I've been researching the records for many years, and finding cousins with whom I can collaborate | 04:59 |
| valorie | DNA gives evidence that we're barking up the right tree, so to speak | 05:00 |
| valorie | but people locate unknown parents etc. as well | 05:00 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> I'd imagine some of those records can be quite difficult to obtain | 05:01 |
| valorie | it's quite fascinating science | 05:01 |
| valorie | sure, what's online is a drop in the bucket | 05:01 |
| valorie | but the more ya research, the more you find | 05:01 |
| valorie | and there are lots of great archives, etc. | 05:01 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> My mom has a large book full of The Family Tree, I wonder if that's ever been digitized/recorded elsewhere | 05:02 |
| valorie | possibly yes | 05:02 |
| valorie | Wisconsin has an amazing collection | 05:02 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> We need to catch up one of these times at LFNW (or similar) :) | 05:03 |
| valorie | we had the head archivist speak to our society in June | 05:03 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> Oh wow! | 05:03 |
| valorie | Early American stuff - it's called the Draper Collection | 05:03 |
| valorie | zoom etc makes everyone accessible to everyone now | 05:05 |
| valorie | we have a member who attends from Aus. | 05:05 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> Certainly - interesting stuff. Austin? | 05:05 |
| valorie | pretty damn cool | 05:05 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> Whoops, probably Australia, heh | 05:05 |
| valorie | no, Australia | 05:05 |
| valorie | lol | 05:05 |
| valorie | I don't think we have an Texans who attend regularly, but all around the country | 05:06 |
| valorie | including Wis. | 05:06 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> How many members usually? | 05:08 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> I'd imagine more than a few at that rate | 05:08 |
| valorie | lower in the summer -- about 20 to 30 | 05:08 |
| valorie | up to 50 for the almost weekly meetings, and more than that for speakers every month | 05:09 |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> That's pretty cool - lots of experts? | 05:09 |
| valorie | I lead a lot of the meets, which is why I'm so busy | 05:09 |
| valorie | everybody has their own expertise and experience | 05:09 |
| valorie | just like here... | 05:09 |
| valorie | I've always wanted to make sense of my family which is what draws me to it | 05:10 |
| valorie | plus the solve the mystery aspect | 05:10 |
| valorie | plus it's super cool to see how the family is part of history | 05:13 |
| valorie | it's lovely to talk with you again | 05:14 |
| * valorie heads back to yo-yo ma on the TV machine | 05:14 | |
| IrcsomeBot | <tsimonq2> For sure :) take care valorie, keep me posted | 05:45 |
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