DNA in Genealogy:
Testing, Tools and Techniques
Feb. 8 – March 15, 2021
Classes Monday, 10:30 a.m. – noon
Free Six-Part Series
The Office of Senior and Social Services (OSSS) is pleased to bring this series to Bernalillo County residents. The meeting will open up five minutes prior to start time so individuals may enter and be ready to begin at 10:30 a.m. Classes are recorded for playback.
Chromosomes and Centimorgans
and Segments Oh My!!
Are you overwhelmed by the sheer number of DNA matches, and how to start organizing and understanding them in a way that helps you solve the brick walls in your tree? Lark Robart will share her real-life experience in how she did just that in a successful attempt to solve a multi-generational mystery in her family.
Specifically, you'll learn how to . . .
- Review and organize your matches at Ancestry
- Create a "quick & dirty" tree.
- Use the "What Are The Odds" tool at DNAPainter
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About the Presenter
Lark Robart
Lark Robart, a family historian and blogger, first became interested in genealogy when she was about 12 years old. For as long as she can remember, she loved hearing her mother’s stories about her own ancestors. Every summer when Lark’s family made a trip to Montana, where her ancestors settled between the 1860s and 1890s, her Mom made sure to include genealogy research jaunts each and every time.
After retiring as a paralegal in 2015, Lark finally had time to dig into her family roots . . . and that’s when she learned that all eight of her great grandparents had lived in Montana. And it was a deep and rich history on both sides of the family. She launched two blogs, one dedicated to all her great grandparents called Eight Roads to Montana, and the other dedicated solely to her paternal great grandmother, who turned out to be quite a family historian herself. In fact, that great grandmother’s vast photo and ephemera collection, based largely on a very important boom-and-bust mining town, was recently donated to the Montana Historical Society.
Lark has been a member of the Albuquerque Genealogical Society since 2015, and is the current Vice President.
Chromosomes and Centimorgans
and Segments Oh My!!
by Lark M. Robart
lrobart@comcast.net
Below you will find resources regarding the topics discussed in my presentation, as well as resources that will help you learn more about DNA.
REVIEWING AND CATEGORIZING MATCHES
Ancestry YouTube Channel → https://www.youtube.com/user/AncestryCom
Family History Fanatics YouTube Channel →
https://www.youtube.com/c/FamilyHistoryFanatics/featured
Genealogy TV YouTube Channel → https://www.youtube.com/c/GenealogyTV/featured
WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
Located at → https://dnapainter.com/
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/groups/WhatAretheOdds
QUICK & DIRTY TREES
Blaine Bettinger YouTube video → https://youtu.be/UmOZXCxsqNU
OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES
Books
● Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, 2nd edition by Blaine Bettinger
● Genetic Genealogy in Practice by Blaine Bettinger and Debbie Parker Wayne
● Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies by Debbie Parker Wayne
Websites and Blogs
● International Society of Genetic Genealogy → https://isogg.org/
● Kitty Cooper’s Blog → https://blog.kittycooper.com/
● DNA eXplained - Genetic Genealogy → https://dna-explained.com/
● Your DNA Guide → https://www.yourdnaguide.com/
● RootsTech → https://www.rootstech.org/?lang=eng
Facebook groups
● Genetic Genealogy Tips & Techniques (private group; ask to join) →
https://www.facebook.com/groups/geneticgenealogytipsandtechniques
● Autosomal DNA-GEDmatch-FTDNA-23andme-Ancestry-MyHeritage (private group; ask to join) → https://www.facebook.com/groups/DNAandGenealogy
● And so many others! Search your topic of interest to see what’s available. For instance, counties and locations of interest; haplogroups; genetic genealogy tools.
Legacy Family Tree Webinars → https://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/
$49.95 per yr includes “ 1 year unlimited access to our recorded webinars . . . Also includes access to the instructors' handouts, chat logs from live webinars, and 1 year of 5% off anything in the store (must be logged in at checkout), and a chance for a bonus subscribers-only door prize during each live webinar.”
There are 208 recorded webinars on DNA alone! And if you want to try out some webinars before purchasing, check out the FREE webinars first, located under WEBINAR LIBRARY here →
https://familytreewebinars.com/archived_webinars_free.php
Albuquerque Genealogical Society
● Recorded webinars on our website → https://abqgen.org/abcs-dna-videos/
The video mentioned in my presentation, that includes more details on ThruLines TM at Ancestry, is listed at the bottom of this page.
● Upcoming schedule of webinars → https://abqgen.org/abcs-dna-2021-programs/
● Information about our DNA Special Interest Group that meets the 1st Thursday of every month → https://abqgen.org/learning-resources/sig/
This series will use webinar settings in Zoom which disables audio and video of the registrants, but can enable for questions when needed. All registrants are sent a reminder email an hour before each class with the link to join and the password.
If you have specific questions for the class, please email BCOSSS@bernco.gov attn: Veronica Cordova, Subject: DNA Question.
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