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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tomorrow there is a Conference in Salem, Oregon, for those interested in researching ancestral roots in the ‘Banat’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I will be speaking in the afternoon on using Autosomal DNA as one of the tools in genealogy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://danube-swabians.org/MtAngel/?page_id=397">http://danube-swabians.org/MtAngel/?page_id=397</a> has the information on the conference this week-end and the other speakers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>My Pfau/Schmidt ancestors emigrated in 1904 and settled in Marion County. Many of the emigrants from the Banat region settled in Marion County (Gervais, North Howell, and Mount Angel). <a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~romban/map/xymap.html">http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~romban/map/xymap.html</a> is a link to a helpful map.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Denise Sproed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/denisesproed?fref=ts"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Facebook</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>My genealogy recorded in </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.whollygenes.com/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>The Master Genealogist</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> with the webpage created using John Cardinal's </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://ss.johncardinal.com/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Second Site</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sproed/"><span style='color:blue'>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sproed/</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>and </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/51379704/family"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Ancestry</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>