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RLP 172: RLPDNA Study Group 1 – Assess and Analyze

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana’s RLP with DNA study group project. The first assignment is about analyzing your pedigree and choosing a research question. Diana has decided to study her brick wall to identify Cynthia (Dillard) Royston’s father. She shares how she began by working with a cousin’s DNA matches. Part of this assignment is to assess close DNA matches to help separate the matches into clusters of shared matches. […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer October 25, 2021 Podcast

RLP with DNA Study Group Part 4: Locality Research and Ethnicity

Can DNA help us discover an unknown 4th great-grandfather? In the hopes that it can, I’m returning to my brick wall of identifying Cynthia (Dillard) Royston’s father. The Research Like a Pro with DNA study group is a perfect way to tackle a persistent research question. The structure of the assignments helps me stay on track and the process keeps me moving forward. I’ll be sharing my progress in this series. Will I finally be […]

By Diana Elder October 23, 2021 DNA, Research Tips

RLP 171: Print Resources for African American Research

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about books that Diana has been reading to help her with African American Research. She discusses general reference books as well as locality specific references.There are an abundance of materials available to guide our research these days, and some of those materials are only available in printed books. It’s great to take advantage of the writings of fellow genealogists and historians to help us along the way. […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer October 18, 2021 Podcast

RLP with DNA Study Group Part 3: Timeline, Source Analysis and Citations

By Diana Elder October 16, 2021 DNA, Research Tips

RLP 170: Choosing a DNA Objective Using a Surname Search

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana’s experiment to see if doing surname searches at each DNA testing website could help her find matches about a research question. She then used the results of her searches to decide if she had enough matches to work on this research objective. Mary “Clemsy” Cline, born in 1818 in Missouri, is one of our brick walls. Diana talks about using the search features at AncestryDNA, […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer October 11, 2021 Podcast

RLP with DNA Study Group Part 2: Organize Your DNA Matches and Create an Objective

By Diana Elder October 7, 2021 DNA

RLP 169: IGHR Advanced DNA Evidence Course Part 2

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is part two of Nicole sharing about her takeaways from “DNA as Genealogical Evidence – Advanced,” an institute course coordinated by Karen Stanbary at IGHR this summer. We discuss targeted testing, coverage, performing and writing about pedigree evaluations, Y-DNA STR testing as a comparative test, finding the most efficient pathway to solve an objective, clustering with Node XL, multi-kit analysis, and overcoming burned counties and pedigree collapse. Transcript […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer October 4, 2021 Podcast

RootsFinder Network Graphs

RootsFinder, owned by FindMyPast, is a family tree building and DNA analysis website. The premium level allows the use of DNA features and costs $5 a month. RootsFinder has a DNA feature called the triangulation (cluster) view, which allows you to view your matches in clusters – otherwise known as a network graph. In a network graph, the nodes are DNA matches and the connecting lines are shared match connections. I’m sharing how to view […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer October 2, 2021 DNA, Research Tips

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West: Fall Book Club Selection

Do you have any ancestors who moved to the frontier? What was it like for them to leave their community and create a new home in the wilderness? Historian, David McCullough, provides important insight into the settling of the frontier after the Revolutionary War in his latest book, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West. We meet five major characters instrumental in constructing the settlement of Marietta, Ohio. […]

By Diana Elder October 1, 2021 Book Club, Creating and Sharing Family History

RLP 168: IGHR Advanced DNA Evidence Course Part 1

Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about “DNA as Genealogical Evidence – Advanced,” an institute course coordinated by Karen Stanbary at IGHR this summer. IGHR stands for the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research, an weeklong intensive study program hosted by the Georgia Genealogy Society. Nicole took the course over the summer and shares some of the golden nuggets she learned from the case studies and other lectures. Join us as we discuss […]

By Nicole Elder Dyer September 27, 2021 Podcast

RLP 172: RLPDNA Study Group 1 – Assess and Analyze

RLP with DNA Study Group Part 4: Locality Research and Ethnicity

RLP 171: Print Resources for African American Research

RLP with DNA Study Group Part 3: Timeline, Source Analysis and Citations

RLP 170: Choosing a DNA Objective Using a Surname Search

RLP with DNA Study Group Part 2: Organize Your DNA Matches and Create an Objective

RLP 169: IGHR Advanced DNA Evidence Course Part 2

RootsFinder Network Graphs

The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West: Fall Book Club Selection

RLP 168: IGHR Advanced DNA Evidence Course Part 1

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