{"id":501,"date":"2023-11-28T06:44:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conniedavis.ca\/home\/?p=501"},"modified":"2023-11-28T06:44:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:44:10","slug":"reflecting-on-2023-and-gearing-up-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conniedavis.ca\/home\/reflecting-on-2023-and-gearing-up-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on 2023 and gearing up for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been a busy year in genetic genealogy! I&#8217;m getting a head start on reviewing the year as I plan for 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can still find me as a coach over at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourdnaguide.com\/meet-team\" target=\"_blank\">Your DNA Guide<\/a>. Through that opportunity, I&#8217;ve connected with many people learning how powerful DNA can be to support their understanding of their family and themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to creating course content and coaching people at Your DNA Guide, I&#8217;ve worked with clients who are surfacing their family&#8217;s involvement in slavery. It&#8217;s an honour and privilege to support efforts to face history. Much of this work is on WikiTree as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitree.com\/wiki\/Project:US_Black_Heritage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US Black Heritage Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve also enjoyed many great educational opportunities such as the 15th Annual Conference on Genetic Genealogy and the National Genealogical Society&#8217;s course on Empowering Genealogists with AI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve also provided educational opportunities for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitree.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WikiTree<\/a>, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/comingtothetable.org\/linked-descendants-working-group\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linked Descendants<\/a> group at Coming to the Table, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaagg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indiana African American Genealogy Group<\/a>. I am doing one more presentation this year for the <a href=\"https:\/\/virtualgenealogy.org\/programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virtual Genealogical Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next year, I&#8217;m looking forward to revamping this website, offering <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/from-genes-to-family-trees-maximizing-your-dna-results-tickets-754108427607\" target=\"_blank\">a hands-on cours<\/a>e for people getting started with their DNA, and being part of an instructor team at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/grip.ngsgenealogy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdf\/GRIP-2024-Flyer.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh<\/a> for a course coordinated by my teammate at Your DNA Guide, Kelli Bergheimer. I&#8217;ll be coaching participants in all of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourdnaguide.com\/theacademy\" target=\"_blank\">Your DNA Guide courses<\/a> and supporting other Academy Offerings. As part of the Your DNA Guide team, I will be attending <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/rootstech\/\" target=\"_blank\">RootsTech<\/a>. I&#8217;ll be speaking for a couple of genealogy societies and expect to have a chance to work with others as the year unfolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working on my own genealogy has included moving more of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikitree.com\/wiki\/Davis-50681#Ancestors\" target=\"_blank\">my family to WikiTree<\/a>. This includes the ancestors of my grandchildren, which has given me an opportunity to work with more DNA testers and explore records in new geographic areas! I continue to make slow progress on some of my own DNA puzzles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for following me on this journey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a busy year in genetic genealogy! I&#8217;m getting a head start on reviewing the year as I plan for 2024. You can still find me as a coach over at Your DNA Guide. 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