Upcoming
8 June 2024: Getting Organized at AncestryDNA including the Leeds Method
The Leeds method allows you to organize your autosomal DNA matches in a way that will help you reach your research goals. In this presentation, we will explore how to prepare for and complete the Leeds method to create genetic networks. These approaches can be applied to other sites where you have a DNA test. Come ready to use DNA to guide your research!
8 June 2024: Getting Organized at AncestryDNA including the Leeds Method
The Leeds method allows you to organize your autosomal DNA matches in a way that will help you reach your research goals. In this presentation, we will explore how to prepare for and complete the Leeds method to create genetic networks. These approaches can be applied to other sites where you have a DNA test. Come ready to use DNA to guide your research!
Past Presentations (selected)
WikiTree: What’s In It for Me?
February 20, 2024, 7:00 PM Mountain Time. Grand Prairie Genealogical Society. What exactly can you do at WikiTree? Join us to learn more about how WikiTree can support your genealogy research.
Making WikiTree Work for You
February 24, 2024, 10:30 Eastern Time, Connecticut Ancestry Society. Let’s get practical and learn step-by-step the options for using WikiTree!
YDNA: A Case Study
March 17, 2024, 5:00 PM Eastern Time, Genetics, Genealogy, & You. What can YDNA offer in your genealogy research? We’ll walk through YDNA results for a case study and see how that information transformed an understanding of how the participants were related.
From Genes to Family Trees: Maximizing Your DNA Results with Marie Palmer and Colleen Murray
This two-hour three-session, three-week course assists participants to move forward with using their DNA results at Ancestry. The approaches can be applied to other websites and are a great foundation for all family history research. Each participant also had a 1:1 with one of the instructors before the course began.
Ten Awesome Things You Can Do on WikiTree
December 9, 2023 Members of the Virtual Genealogical Association can access this lecture for six months here. Countdown all the awesome things you can do at WikiTree.
Free Space Page for the Win! Sharing the Letters of Rev. T.O. Ellis
November 3, 2023 As part of the WikiTree Symposium, I shared how I used a Free Space Page at WikiTree to share letters written by my 3x great grandfather. View the page here.
Genetic Genealogy Best Practices
September 24, 2023 This interactive presentation for the Linked Descendants Group of Coming to the Table focused on understanding how to use standards for genealogy and a process to build confidence in using DNA in practice. Q&A with participants about DNA.
Organizing DNA Matches at Ancestry
September 16, 2023 2-hour interactive presentation for the Indiana African American Genealogy Group, covering six ways that Ancestry helps you organize your matches, and how to use the Leeds method at Ancestry.
Introduction to DNA at WikiTree and the US Black Heritage Project
September 16, 2023 Coming to the Table Linked Descendants group: 1-hour interactive presentation demonstrating how DNA is incorporated into WikiTree and how the US Black Heritage Project supports research for African Americans, especially around the time of Reconstruction.
Genealogy Best Practices
March , 2023 Coming to the Table Linked Descendants group: 1-hour presentation using a cooking analogy to introduce the genealogy research practice and the genealogical proof standard.
Communication Skills for Professional Genealogists: Adoption and Unknown Parentage
October 2022 Presented to the Association for Professional Genealogists Virtual Chapter. Communication skills enhance relationships between clients and professionals. This recorded webinar provided an overview of communication skills, how to apply them throughout a research project, how to support informed decision-making and provide information respectfully.
Reconciling Unsettling Truths about Our Ancestors
May 16, 2021 Presented to the Virtual Genealogical Association with Wendy Bradley. How can the family researcher respond when they find surprises or unsettling information in their research? This presentation explored ways to process new and potentially disturbing information and move forward to build a legacy.