This presentation offers abundant tips, tricks, and examples for a researcher who’s looking for answers far from home and is not online. Often underused research and resource opportunities are just an email away—and sometimes still a phone call away! The techniques presented here often provide successful means to resolving the mysteries of our ancestors using […]

This presentation takes understanding of the DNA report to the next level. As a warm-up, we will touch on the DNA Ethnicity Report, the DNA Circles, and the DNA Story; more importantly, we will calculate find matches, evaluate the degree of relationship, and compare DNA. This course is geared for those who are beyond beginner […]

Based on the federal census site, this presentation focuses on federal census headings and codes, alternate federal censuses, state censuses, and their use in our research.

Knowing where to look can sometimes be the most difficult part of the research. This presentation is filled with stories and examples of the often unknown, unfound, and unused death […]

When a straight-line pedigree is interrupted by a disappearing ancestor, there are several strategies that can help us in our search. This presentation will demonstrate these proven alternate strategies with […]