October 27, 2025 Personal DNA Testing
September 22, 2025 Sharing Family
August 25, 2025Using Artificial Intelligence in Genealogical Research
AI for Genealogical Research - Slides
June 23, 2025 - FAN Club and Clusters
FAN Club and Clusters - Slides
April 28, 2025 - Early American Migration - Slides
March 24, 2025 - Members Stories of Family
March 9, 2025 - Sally Hemings lecture at Sunday Symposium (note, the audio may not be loud enough so you may have to increase the audio to hear it properly)
February 24, 2025 -Newspaper Research - Presentation
Denise Beeson article on finding Local Newspapers
January 27, 2025 - Jewish Genealogy and Maps
October 28, 2024 - Census records presentation
Links to sites mentioned and summary graphic
September 23, 2024 - Family Memories
August 26, 2024 - Internet Update
May 27, 2024 - Ellis Island - The Real Story
April 22, 2024 - ThruLines
March 25, 2024 - 6 things to know when you begin your genealogy research
February 26, 2024 - Sally Hemings - Jefferson's Concubine
January 22, 2024 - Religious Records
November 27, 2023 - German Genealogy
October 23, 2023 - DNA for Genealogy - Update
September 25, 2023 - Using hints and synchronizing
During the presentation, MyHeritage and its companion software Family Tree Builder were also mentioned as capable of synchronizing with each other. Information on synchronizing can be found here, and includes information on MyHeritage.
August 28, 2023 - What's New on the Internet - and AI and Chat Bots
May 22, 2023 - How to Take an Oral History - Kim Bancroft
Bancroft Considerations in Conducting an Oral History
April 24, 2023 - Daughters of the American Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution (truncated - late start to recording)
March 27, 2023 - Genealogy Research into Enslaved People - Part I
Genealogy Research into Enslaved People - Part 2
February 27, 2023 - Are You Related to Famous People
Links and instructions mentioned in the video
.January 23, 2023 - Introduction to Jewish Genealogy
Video by Christa Cowan on Jewish Genealogy
November 28, 2022 - This presentaion was not recorded, but there is a handout.
October 24, 2022 - Adding your Genealogy information to Family Tree
September 26, 2022 - Names and Brick Walls
August 22, 2022 - What's New on the Internet 2022
May 23, 2022 - Working with Ancestors who stayed in Europe
March 28, 2022 - Getting Ready for the 1950 Census
February 28, 2022 - English, German, and European Research
January 22, 2022 -Introduction to DNA for Genealogical Research
November 15, 2021 - Improving Your Genealogy Research - Immigration
October 25, 2021 - Presentation Improving Your Research Dealing with Name Variations
September 27, 2021 - Presentation Picking a Family Tree Program
Links to Sites mentioned in the program
August 23, 2021 - Presentation Internet Genealogy
Links Links to Sites Mentioned in Presentation
June 28, 2021 - Presentation Beginning Genealogy - June 2021
Slides Beginning Your Genealogy Research
April 26, 2021 - Presentation Endogamy and Pedigree Collapse
Endogamy mapping website: https://learnforeverlearn.com/ancestors/
March 22, 2021 - Presentation DNA Analysis
Links to Sites mentioned in the presentation:
Geneteka -Polish Genealogy
DNA Test Sites
Ancestry - www.Ancestry.com
ftDNA - www.Familytreedna.com
23andme - www.23andme.com
MyHeritage - www.myheritage.com
DNA Analysis Sites
Gedmatch - strong analytical tools, especially chromosome analysis and triangulation - https://www.gedmatch.com/login1.php
DNA Gedmatch - more specialized tools - https://www.dnagedcom.com/
Geni - tie to family trees for ftDNA - https://www.geni.com/home
Genetic Affairs - more tools, especially clustering - http://geneticaffairs.com/
Data on cM matches
Shared cM project Table - https://dnapainter.com/tools/sharedcmv4
NOTE: This table allows you to put in the cM and gives you a probability of each possible relationship. It also allows you to click on a specific relationship, like 1C for first cousin, and it will give you the number of people in each cM grouping for that relationship.
Grouping method - https://thednageek.com/the-limits-of-predicting-relationships-using-dna/
Discussions on DNA analysis
Understanding and using autosomal data - has lots of links https://isogg.org/wiki/Autosomal_DNA_statistics
centiMorgans (cM) - https://isogg.org/wiki/CentiMorgan
Chromosomes - https://isogg.org/wiki/Chromosome
Y-DNA - https://isogg.org/wiki/Y_chromosome_DNA_tests
mt-DNA - https://isogg.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA
X-DNA - https://isogg.org/wiki/X-chromosome_testing
Triangulation - https://isogg.org/wiki/Triangulation
From Jim Bartlett, specialist - https://segmentology.org/
Cluster Analysis - https://dnasleuth.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/clustering-tools-for-dna-matches/
Endogamy and Pedigree Collapse
Endogamy - https://isogg.org/wiki/Endogamy
Pedigree Collapse - https://isogg.org/wiki/Pedigree_collapse
Data and discussion on Ashkenazi analysis https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/09/ashkenazic-shared-dna-survey-september.html
February 22, 2021 - Ethnicity
January 25, 2021 - Researching Women in the 1800s
November 23, 2020 - Slides What's New on the Internet
Video of Meeting November 23 2020 Meeting
Special links from this meeting:
American Ancestors
https://www.americanancestors.org/historic-catholic-records-online
After the slide showing how to pick the database, run the video:
https://catholicrecords.americanancestors.org/#video
Free access is at https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/1708/massachusetts-image-only-roman-catholic-archdiocese-of-boston-records-1789-1920
Family Search
Mayflower Descendants database
https://www.familysearch.org/collection/mayflower-descendants/
Randy Majors (www.randymajors.com)
DNA Analysis
DNA Shared Relationship Project Data
June 26 2020 - Alice Paul
June 19 2020 - Lucy Stone
June 12 2020 - Elizabeth Blackwell
June 5 2020 - Deborah Sampson Gannett
May 29 2020 - Nellie Bly
May 22 2020 - Lucretia Mott
May 15 2020 - Mary Baker Eddy
May 8 2020 - Grimke Sisters
May 1 2020 - Annie Oakley and Febb Ensminger Burn
April 24 2020 - Clara Barton
April 17 2020 - Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman
There are two videos that go with the Sojourner Truth lecture:
- Her original 1851 talk to the Women's Conference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDH4RKX428Y&feature=youtu.be
- A later version from about 1861 which she never approved, but has become quite popular:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry_i8w2rdQY
April 10 2020 - Louisa May Alcott
*Note: The audio on this one isn't great*
April 3 2020 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
March 27 2020 - Carrie Chapman Catt Lecture
March 20 2020 - Susan B. Anthony Lecture
March 25 2019 - Handout for Finding "Waldo" at Ellis Island
February 25 2019 - Personal DNA Testing
February 21 2019 - Presentation to Symphony League
February 2 2019 - Advanced DNA Concepts
Handout for the Advanced DNA lecture
September 2018 - Finding the Lost Children
August 2018 - What's New on the Internet - 2018
June 2018 - Personal DNA Testing
April 2018 - Pre-1850 US Research
March 2018 - Irish Research Sites
Irish Immigration to America & How America Became Irish
February 2018 - Family Tree
November 2017 - Some Military Records and Resources
September 2017 - Newspaper Research Guide
August 2017 - George McKinney - Accessing New FamilySearch Files
June 2017 - Wendy Wheelwright's presentation
June 2017 - Adoption DNA handout
Spring 2017 - Steve Harris Handout - April 2017
Winter 2017 - German-American Ethnic Culture
Winter 2017 - Genealogy Software
Winter 2017 - Cluster Genealogy Research
Fall 2016 - Steve Morse Handout
Fall 2016 - Genealogical Writing - Don Edwards
Fall 2016 - What's New on the Internet
Spring 2016 - Resources for Writing Your Family History - Pat Carhart
Spring 2016 - Breaking through Brick Walls
Winter 2016 - 18th Century Research
Fall 2015 (updated Fall 2016) - DNA 101
Spring 2013 - California Genealogy Websites - Nancy Peterson
Fall 2012 - Cath Trindle websites for Irish Research
Fall 2011 - Marriage in America
Fall 2011 - What's New on the Internet
Spring 2011 - Map Websites
Winter 2010 - Exploring Virginia Slides January 2010 A
Winter 2010 - Exploring Virginia Slides January 2010B
Winter 2010 - Notes on Genealogy Research in Virginia
2009 - A Quick Guide to Google