 Genealogy Quick Tip: Interview the older generations before time runs out! Don't forget to interview the older generations before time runs out! They're the ones with all of the stories and pictures that's a part of your family history! 😉
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 What a fantastic, fun filled, 4-day event of premier genealogical education that was! There were genealogical presentations in such a wide variety of topics, and from so many well-known speakers! With so many presentations going on live at the same time, you had to pick and choose carefully which ones you wanted to see live and right away. I’m not too worried about missing others that I really wanted to hear, because they’ll be available in a couple of weeks from now, until the end of December!
There were a couple that I really wanted to hear but going on at the same time as my own presentations, and others I really wanted to hear but had work. I did get to hear most of the ones I wanted to for Saturday, and I did take a day off work on one of the days for one of my presentations, and I got to hear a couple that I really wanted to hear. I did make it home from work just in time to quickly go over my presentation for the next morning and still be able to hear the Keynote Speaker. Besides the keynote, everything else for the event ended by about 4pm PST. I don’t usually join presentations on methodology, but did join a couple this time, just to hear how others go about their methodology. I did join the presentation on “Using Evidence Analysis in a Timeline to Separate Individuals of the Same Name” by Diana Elder because it also seemed like a good resource, and I LOVE learning about new resources! I learned about so many different charts you can create, and one that really stuck out, was Airtable! I can’t wait to try it out! I also listened to “Proving Long-Lost Family the Indirect Way” by Patti Gillespie, to hear someone else’s method in how they research this topic. It was an interesting take on it. I heard “Climbing to the Summit: Take Your Time so You Don't get out of Breath before you Arrive” by Jean Wilcox Hibben; “Write and Format Your Genealogy in a Research Report” by Lianne Kruger, that included a lot of software quick tips to format faster and create templates; “5 Elements for Sound Research: A Guide to Applying the Genealogical Proof Standard” by Cheri Hudson Passey; and my favorite “Traveling Back in Time Using Google Earth Pro” by Marie Palmer. I use lots of maps, but never knew that Google Earth Pro can layer historical maps with nowadays! It was amazing! I learned so much in that class, and ALL of it was so useful! I can’t wait until I have time to try it out! I also learned about all the different kinds of indexes and how they are all navigated differently, in “A Hop, a Skip, and a Jump: How to Navigate FamilySearch's Browse-Only Collections More Effectively” by Alice Childs; it was very also very useful. Were you able to join the Summit of Excellence genealogy conference this year? If so, what were you able to learn? Do you use timelines for evidence analysis? If so, what types of charts do you use? Have you used Airtable? Do you know how to create quick templates for your genealogy reports, so that you can use the same one and just copy and paste? Do you know all the different kinds of indexes out there and how to use each one? How sound is your research? Are you using the 5 elements? Do you use Google Earth Pro? If so, have you used it to enhance your genealogy research? Did you know that you can layer your maps, add pictures, add text, add videos, add push pins, and so much more! It’s virtually genealogy that you can share with family! Kids will even want to get involved! If you missed the UGA Summit of Excellence this year, don’t worry, there is always next year! 😉 Learn about more fantastic genealogy events, classes and presentations in Genealogy Events.  Having difficulty locating an ancestor? Have you hit, what you think may be, a brick wall? Are you keeping yourself in a box by relying on online records and research? Remember, only a SMALL portion of records are online for your genealogy research! MOST research is done OFFLINE. 😉
More Genealogy Tips: Find more quick tips under the Genealogy Quick Tips category! 9/3/2022 UGA Summit of Excellence 2022: Learn Almost Everything in Genealogy All in One Place!Read NowSummit of Excellence 2022 | Publishing Your Family History| Who Is That Mystery DNA Match?: Solving a Genetic Genealogy Brick Wall | Diane Henriks
Are you looking for an event with fantastic presentations on a variety of genealogical subjects all in one spot? UGA’s 51st Summit of Excellence is coming up in just a couple of more weeks, and you don’t want to miss out! The Summit of Excellence is the Utah Genealogical Association’s annual virtual conference that provides premier genealogical education. Register for UGA’s 51st Summit of Excellence, and come hear “Publishing Your Family History”, under their Writing and Storytelling Track, and "Who Is That Mystery DNA Match?: Solving a Genetic Genealogy Brick Wall", under their DNA Track, with me, along with so many other fantastic, useful and interesting topics! Distinguished genealogical speakers will be giving presentations on a wide range of topics given over a four-day event, from September 14-17, 2022, with 50 lectures in all! On Wednesday, September 14th, they will have a "Basecamp Day". This day is FREE, and will be on beginning genealogy; that will include such topics as introduction to record types, beginning research methods, tools for online research, and more. Thursday, September 15th will include methodology, writing/storytelling, and European research. On Friday, September 16th, there will be presentations on DNA, records, and cultural research. Saturday, September 17th, topics will include more methodology, online research, and immigration and migration. The best thing about a virtual conference is that you can still attend sessions that you’ve missed, and you will have access to the digital recordings of the sessions for several months after! You won’t want to miss out, and still have time to register! View the schedule here to see all the premier genealogical presentations being offered this year!: Summit of Excellence 2022 Conference Schedule Register here!: Summit of Excellence 2022 Registration Follow more on the UGA Summit of Excellence 2022 here: Publishing Your Family History and Who Is That Mystery DNA Match?: Solving a Genetic Genealogy Brick Wall Utah Genealogical Association's blog Learn about more fantastic genealogy events, classes and presentations in Genealogy Events.  Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family, Genealogy Exhibitor at Genealogy Jamboree 2022! Genealogy Jamboree 2022 | Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family | Diane Henriks The LIVE Jamboree event has come to a close, and a winner has been chosen for the Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family’s 10-hour “Family History and Genealogy Research” Package! The Prize Winner: Congratulations to Pauline Jimenez!  You've won the 10-hour “Family History and Genealogy Research” Package! The winner will be will be posted on the Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family blog and on social media at the Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family Facebook Page and Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family Facebook Group, along with on the Jamboree Blog at: https://genealogyjamboree.blogspot.com/
*The winner was chosen at random, using the Wheel of Names spinner. Thanks to all the participants who entered for this fantastic prize! If you follow my social media and blog, you will soon find an opportunity to enter the NEW, yearly, contest/opportunity, “Genealogy Wish Grants”, coming soon! Jamboree Closing: What a fun, 9-day, genealogy event! There was so much to join! There was the Genetic Genealogy conference; the Genealogy Jamboree conference; the JamboFree classes and sessions; the Ethnic and DNA Round Tables; the Social Hours; the Scavenger Hunt; the Prizes, Show Specials, and exhibitors at JamboExpo; and the recorded sessions! I’ve only had time to watch the LIVE sessions and a few recorded sessions so far, but I’m not worried because EVERYONE who is registered has until October 31st to watch their sessions! Questions: Did you go to the Jamboree event? If so, did you go to the Genetic Genealogy conference or the Genealogy Jamboree conference, or both? Did you join any of the round tables or the social hour? Did you get a chance to play the scavenger hunt game? Did you get lucky enough to win a prize? What were your favorite LIVE sessions? Have you gotten a chance to watch any of the recorded sessions yet? What sessions look the most interesting to you? I’d love to know about your experience! Let me know in the comments below! More Genealogy Events and Presentations: You can find more genealogy events to join and learn from, under the Genealogy Events category. If you want to see where I’ll be speaking next, you can get updates in my blog, under the Genealogy Presentations category or check out my page dedicated to my upcoming Speaking Events!  Legacy Family Tree Webinars is hosting their 3rd annual Webtember!
Webtember 2022: Webtember is a month long, FREE, online genealogy conference that is hosted by Legacy Family Tree Webinars, now a part of MyHeritage. Every Friday, in September, there will be multiple live and pre- recorded webinars on a plethora of topics, by experts in the field! You’ll have till the end of the month to view all the webinars for FREE. There will be LIVE webinars each Friday, along with a few pre-recorded ones, for a total of 31 FREE DNA and genealogy webinars to up your genealogy game! Webtember Genealogy Live Webinars for Friday September 2, 2022: 10 Best Self-Publishing Tips for Family Historians, by Lisa Alzo Changing Places, Changing Borders: Overcoming geographic challenges, by Dave Obee Tracing migrating ancestors: Who, what, where, when, why and how, by Myko Clelland Descendants of the Enslaved and Enslavers – Working Together to Discover Family, by Cheri Hudson Passey and Sharon Batiste Gillins Webtember Genealogy Live Webinars for Friday September 9, 2022: Delivering the Mail: Records of the United States Post Office, by Michael L. Strauss What’s Next When You Are Told Those Records Were “Burnt up”, by J. Mark Lowe An introduction to Filae: the largest source of French archives, by Emmanual Condamine Understanding and Using Scottish Kirk Session Records, by Paul Milner Webtember Genealogy Live Webinars for Friday September 16, 2022: Germany to Pennsylvania: 18th Century Odyssey, by James M. Beidler Using Google Books to Find the Law, by Judy G. Russell The Pros and Cons of Collaboration on Geni.com, by E. Randol Schoenberg Essential Immigration Records for Researching Your Mexican Ancestors, by Colleen Robledo Greene Webtember Genealogy Live Webinars for Friday September 23, 2022: Strategies to Jumpstart Your Research, by Teri E. Flack A Deep Dive into the Map Collections of the Library of Congress, by Rick Sayre Documenting Cemeteries with BillionGraves, by Cathy Wallace Mastering Digital Filing for Genealogists, by Cyndi Ingle Webtember Genealogy Live Webinars for Friday September 30, 2022: The Top Ten DNA Do’s and Don’ts!, by Michelle Leonard Separate Even in Death – Black Funerals and Cemeteries, by Janice Lovelace Controlling Chaos: Managing a Genealogical Project, by Rebecca Koford 50 Mostly “Hot off the Press” Net Sites You Want to Check Out!, by Diane L. Richard Register for FREE Webinars: These Webinars are totally FREE! Register for the ones you are interested in or all of them! You can register here: https://familytreewebinars.com/webtember Interactive Question: Will you be signing up for Webtember?! If so, which webinars are you looking forward to the most? Have you attended Legacy Family Tree Webinars, from MyHeritage, in the past? What are you hoping to learn? Let me know in the comments below; I'd love to see who's going and what you’ve signed up for! More Genealogy Events and Presentations: You can find more genealogy events to join and learn from, under the Genealogy Events category. If you want to see where I’ll be speaking next, you can get updates in my blog, under the Genealogy Presentations category or check out my page dedicated to my upcoming Speaking Events!  Genealogy Jamboree 2022 | Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family | Diane Henriks One of the largest genealogy events, the Genealogy Jamboree conference and Genetic Genealogy conference, starts next weekend and Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family will be there! Don’t miss out! Genetic Genealogy Conference: Learn from genetic genealogy experts! The 9th Genetic Genealogy conference will be live on Friday and Saturday August 19-20, 2022, and will have recorded sessions of over 20 renowned speakers in the field!  Genetic Genealogy Conference at Jamboree Genealogy Jamboree Conference: Learn from genealogy experts! The 52nd Jamboree conference will be live on Friday and Saturday, August 26-27, 2022, and will have recorded sessions of close to 50 world class speakers in the field!  Genealogy Jamboree Conference at Jamboree JamboFree: Do you like FREE? I know I do! There will be FREE happenings at their JamboFREE portion of the event that will be live Monday through Wednesday, August 22-August 24, 2022! JamboFree will include ethnic and DNA Round Tables, an Advanced Beginner Class, FREE lectures, a Social Hour, and more!  JamboFREE, Free Learning at Jamboree JamboExpo: Do you like to win prizes or get huge discounts? I know I do! JamboExpo is Jamboree’s virtual exhibit hall, where you can enter for prizes and/or receive some fantastic discounts from vendors such as MyHeritage, Family Tree DNA, Family Tree Maker, ArkivDigital Swedish Records Online, and so many more! You can win prizes for free genealogy research packages, free DNA test kits, free genealogy software, free genealogy site subscriptions, free memberships, free genealogy bling, and so much more!  JamboExpo, Virtual Exhibit Hall at Jamboree How Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family Is Participating in Jamboree: Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family will be participating in Genealogy Jamboree in a number of ways!
I hope to see you there!
Meet all the speakers: Meet Our Speakers Jamboree Schedule: View the Schedule for Genetic Genealogy and Genealogy Jamboree here to see all the amazing presentations being offered this year!: Jamboree 2022 Schedule Register for Genealogy Jamboree: Register Now Follow Genealogy Jamboree: If you want to keep up with the happenings on this event, you can read updates and news in their blog and/or sign up to receive updates to the event. You can get to their blog here: Genealogy Jamboree Blog More Genealogy Events and Presentations: You can find more genealogy events to join and learn from, under the Genealogy Events category. If you want to see where I’ll be speaking next, you can get updates in my blog, under the Genealogy Presentations category or check out my page dedicated to my upcoming Speaking Events! Interactive Question: Are you going to the Genetic Genealogy and/or Genealogy Jamboree?! If so, what’s your game plan? What are you the most excited about? What are you hoping to learn? Let me know in the comments below; I'd love to see who's going! Related Content: Fantastic Genealogy Prizes and Discounts at Jamboree's Exhibit Hall! Genealogy Jamboree and Genetic Genealogy 2022 Conferences Have a Great Line Up This Year! 8/7/2022 Genealogy Resources: Genealogical Societies, Historical Societies, and Libraries for Genealogical ResearchRead Now Genealogical/Historical Societies and Libraries for Genealogy Records, Research, and Resources Are you tapping into your genealogy resources with genealogical societies, historical societies, and libraries that hold genealogical collections, for your research?
Did you know that genealogical, historical, lineage, hereditary, ethnic, and veterans societies, along with libraries, are fantastic resources for your genealogy research?! With so much readily available online nowadays, many forget that the MAJORITY of genealogy records and resources are found offline. If you’re stuck in your research, and have exhausted online resources, you may want to make one of these fantastic repositories one of your next stops! They often have information that you won’t find anywhere else! Records You May Find at a Genealogical and Historical Society, and Library:
Did you know that many offer classes and have access to online genealogy databases for free, as well as a plethora of records and resources? FREE Resources You May Get at a Genealogical and Historical Society, and Library:
Some U.S. Genealogical and Historical Societies:
*This list is in no way exhaustive, so check every state you need to research for a plethora of genealogical societies and historical societies U.S. Libraries for Genealogical Research:
Interactive Questions: Are you making use of genealogical societies and libraries in your research? Have you used any of these repositories on the list? What genealogy records above have you found specifically at a genealogical/ historical society or a library? Do you have any recommendations to add to the list? I’d love to hear your comments below in the comment section! More Genealogy Resources: Learn about more family history and genealogy resources under the Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page. More Genealogy Records: Learn about more records you can use in your research under the Genealogy Records category.  Genealogy Jamboree 2022 | Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family | Diane Henriks Do you like to win prizes or get huge discounts? Genealogy Jamboree is almost here, just a few more weeks, and Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family will be giving away discounts and one grand prize of a 10- hour package of “Family History and Genealogy Research”! Don’t forget to visit my booth at Jamboree’s virtual exhibit hall, JamboExpo! About JamboExpo: JamboExpo is Jamboree’s virtual exhibit hall, where you can enter for prizes and/or receive some fantastic discounts from vendors such as MyHeritage, Family Tree DNA, Family Tree Maker, ArkivDigital Swedish Records Online, and so many more! You can win prizes for free genealogy research packages, free DNA test kits, free genealogy software, free genealogy site subscriptions, free memberships, free genealogy bling, and so much more! About Genealogy Jamboree: Jamboree is the largest "single society" conference in the U.S. and draws family historians and professional genealogists from all over the world! The 52nd Jamboree conference will be held on Friday and Saturday, August 26-27, 2022, and the 9th Genetic Genealogy conference will be held on Friday and Saturday August 19-20, 2022, along with FREE happenings at their JamboFREE portion of the event that will be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, August 22-August 24, 2022. Usually held yearly at the Burbank Marriott in Burbank, CA, but following last year's event, this year's conferences will be held virtually. Once again, I will be speaking at Jamboree, and the presentations, "Finding Descendants in Your Family Tree" and "Finding Descendants in Your Family Tree: A Deeper Look into Finding Living People Now" will be available in Genealogy Jamboree’s recorded library starting Saturday August 27th. There will be renowned speakers in the field from all over, including speakers from MyHeritage, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, LivingDNA, DNA Painter, the Swedish records site ArkivDigital, AncestryProGenealogists, award winning columnists, Me, and many more! I hope to see you there! Meet all the speakers here: Meet Our Speakers Jamboree Schedule: View the Schedule for Genetic Genealogy and Genealogy Jamboree here to see all the amazing presentations being offered this year!: Jamboree 2022 Schedule Register for Genealogy Jamboree Here: Register Now Follow Genealogy Jamboree: If you want to keep up with the happenings on this event, you can read updates and news in their blog and/or sign up to receive updates to the event. You can get to their blog here: Genealogy Jamboree Blog More Genealogy Events and Presentations: You can find more genealogy events to join and learn from, under the Genealogy Events category. If you want to see where I’ll be speaking next, you can get updates in my blog, under the Genealogy Presentations category or check out my page dedicated to my upcoming Speaking Events! Interactive Question: Are you going to Genealogy Jamboree?! If so, let me know in the comments below; I'd love to see who's going! Related Content: 7/24/2022 AncestryDNA’s Chromosome Painter Feature: A Closer Look into Your Ethnicity Inheritance!Read Now AncestryDNA’s Chromosome Painter Feature: A Closer Look into Your Ethnicity Inheritance!Earlier this week, I noticed a new BETA feature in AncestryDNA, Inheritance Ethnicity Chromosome Painter! This new genetic genealogy tool, for your ethnicity inheritance, has just come out only after launching their Ethnicity Inheritance SideView feature just a few months ago! You can read more about their SideView DNA tool in, Ancestry’s New SideView Ethnicity Inheritance DNA Feature! Another fantastic genetic genealogy tool and resource, from AncestryDNA, that shows you where your DNA connection to a certain inherited ethnicity lies!  Multiple Ways to View: You can view ALL your ethnicities from both parents at one time or from just one parent at a time. You can also choose to view a specific ethnicity in the same manner.  Viewing ALL My Ethnicity Inheritance from Both of My Parents  Viewing ALL My Ethnicity Inheritance from Parent One; in My Case, My Mom  Viewing ALL My Ethnicity Inheritance from Parent Two; in My Case, My Father At first, I didn’t see a lot of use for it, but when I used it in conjunction with a chromosome browser, it was very useful! How the DNA Ethnicity Inheritance Chromosome Painter Tool Is Helping Me with a Genealogy Brick Wall: One of my brick walls is to find where the African ancestry from my mom’s side comes from. The percentage of the ethnicity is small and has changed a bit over the years, with updates, but all 4 companies I had tested with in the past, show this ethnicity in my ancestral DNA. The percentage ranges from 1 percent on Ancestry to 6.3 percent on MyHeritage. Each company also has different regions of Africa in the ethnicity; this is expected, as they are only estimates. Ancestry shows Mali; 23andMe shows Ganaian, Liberian, & Sierra Leonean and Angolon & Congolese; MyHeritage shows North African and Nigerian; and FamilyTreeDNA shows shows West Africa. 23andMe's "Your Ancestry Timeline" feature had once said it most likely comes from a 5th great grandparent, but as we all know, not all of these features are accurate; they are only pulled from the population of matches in their database and are ALWAYS an estimate. 😉 I have researched our matches carefully, and have it narrowed down to one particular line, by taking any and all matches who also have that ancestral ethnicity. I then researched that line carefully but cannot find an ancestral connection. Except for one minor off branch way back in the line, none of our ancestors from that line were slave owners and were all poor farmers. I have been looking into the Melungeon’s as a possibility, as that could be an explanation. Also, if they were a 5th or so great grandparent, as 23andMe shows, that would have been before the slave trade as we know it.  AncestryDNA's Chromosome Painter Showing Where My African Ethnicity Inheritance Comes from on My Mom's Side Using AncestryDNA Chromosome Painter in Conjunction With other Genetic Genealogy Tools: To get the most use out of any of these DNA tools and features, they must be used in conjunction with one another, along with other genealogical methods. For now, using MyHeritage’s Chromosome Browser — One-to-many, in conjunction with Ancestry’s new Inheritance Ethnicity Chromosome Painter, I am able to narrow it down more, by seeing what chromosomes the ethnicity is on and what matches triangulate on that particular segment of the chromosome! Four of these 6 tester matches from my mom's paternal side, the line that I had narrowed it down to a few years ago, triangulate on the same segment in chromosome 4 (one of the chromosomes that shows African ancestry in AncestryDNA's Chromosome Painter; this just helped to see it in another way and confirm it. 😉  Using MyHeritage’s Chromosome Browser — One-to-many in Conjunction with AncestryDNA's Chromosome Painter Tool. You can also share or ask another of your Ancestry DNA Matches to share their Chromosome Painter results to compare findings, which could help in breaking down some of those brick walls, in conjunction with other genealogy research methods!  Share with Your Matches and Have Your Matches Share with You to Help Break Down Brick Walls! I just played around with it a bit, but I’m sure I will find it even more useful as time goes by! If you’ve done your DNA with Ancestry, then go onto Ancestry and check it out, and have fun! How to get to Ancestry’s Ethnicity Inheritance Chromosome Painter:
Interactive Questions: What do you think of this awesome new DNA feature from Ancestry? Does yours seem pretty accurate? How do you find it beneficial? Are you using it in conjunction other DNA tools? Let me know what you think about it after you’ve checked it out, in the comments below! More Genealogy Resources: Learn about more Ancestry features, along with other family history and genealogy resources under the Genealogy Resources category and on my dedicated Genealogy Resources page! More DNA + Genealogy Tips: Get more DNA + genealogy research tips under the DNA Simplified category! More Genealogy Brick Wall Tips: Find more tips for you brick wall research, under the Genealogy Brick Wall Cases category! Genealogy + DNA Coaching: Do you need help figuring out your DNA match’s or where to start, but want to research on your own? I offer private, one-on-one family history and genealogy coaching services! Genealogy + DNA Research Services: Do you need to hire a genealogist for you genetic genealogy braick walls? I offer my “Uncovered Roots Method” DNA Research Service for just that! Other Ancestry DNA Features and Tools that May Be of Interest:
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