Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana’s Dillard project. For the RLP with DNA study group, she is exploring the possibility that a cluster of DNA matches from her second cousin’s network graph are related through Cynthia Dillard’s parents. The MRCA of the cluster appears to be Elijah Dillard. In this assignment, Diana studied Elijah Dillard’s timeline and chose two places to learn more about and create a locality guide – Macon County and Pike County. She also studied the ethnicity results of Victor and his matches, comparing their AncestryDNA communities. Transcript Links RLP with DNA Study...
Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana’s RLP with DNA study group project. She shares how she made a timeline for the hypothesized brother of Cynthia Dillard, Elijah Dillard. We discuss her Airtable timeline as well as citations and FANs. Part of the assignment is to analyze the sources in the timeline as well as the DNA sources. Using the Shared cM Project, Diana compares the proposed relationship with the shared DNA. Transcript Links RLP with DNA Study Group Part 3: Timeline, Source Analysis and Citations – https://familylocket.com/rlp-with-dna-study-group-part-3-timeline-source-analysis-and-citations/ RLP 172: RLPDNA Study Group 1 –...
Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Diana’s RLP with DNA study group project. Diana is sharing her work to diagram Victor’s matches and become familiar with his close matches. She also analyzed a network graph made with Gephi showing Victor’s matches. Diana shares her research objective for the project to discover Cynthia Dillard’s father. Transcript Links RLP with DNA Study Group Part 2: Organize Your DNA Matches and Create an Objective https://familylocket.com/rlp-with-dna-study-group-part-2-organize-your-dna-matches-and-create-an-objective/ RLP 172: RLPDNA Study Group 1 – Assess and Analyze https://familylocket.com/rlp-172-rlpdna-study-group-1-assess-and-analyze/ Research Like a Pro Resources Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist’s Guide book...
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. Transcript Links RLP with DNA Study Group: Part 1 Assess Your DNA Matches & Analyze Your Pedigree – https://familylocket.com/rlp-with-dna-study-group-part-1-assess-your-dna-matches-analyze-your-pedigree/ SNP Tracker website – http://scaledinnovation.com/gg/snpTracker.html...
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. Transcript Links Print Resources for African American Research by Diana at Family Locket https://familylocket.com/print-resources-for-african-american-research/ The One and Only Me: A Book About Genes by...
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, 23andMe, FTDNA, and MyHeritage to filter her match list and find DNA matches with the surname Cline in their family tree. Once she found matches...
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 Links IGHR Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at the Georgia Genealogical Society website https://ighr.gagensociety.org/ Genealogy Standards, second edition at Amazon https://amzn.to/3yDwoNd NodeXL – Visualising...
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 the Genealogical Proof Standard, DNA testing as an active vs. passive tool, and visual phasing. Transcript Links IGHR Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at...
Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about Family Tree DNA’s family matching and bucketing system, which is part of the Family Finder autosomal test. After linking a DNA match to your family tree at their website, the family matching algorithm uses phased matching to assign maternal and paternal icons/buckets to your matches. Adding close matches and up to third cousins helps you take advantage of this helpful tool. Listen in as we discuss how this can help you better use your matches at FTDNA. Transcript Links FamilyTreeDNA Family Matching and Bucketing by Nicole at Family Locket – https://familylocket.com/familytreedna-family-matching-and-bucketing/...
Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about what to do if you have a brick wall genealogy problem that you can’t break down, or if you have a document in another language you need translated. These and other scenarios are perfect times to hire a professional genealogist to assist you with your research. We discuss how to find a genealogist that will fit your research needs, credentials, and tips for working with a professional. Transcript Links Hiring a Professional Genealogist: Why, What, and How by Diana at Family Locket https://familylocket.com/hiring-a-professional-genealogist-why-what-and-how/ Elusive Ancestors: Never Too Poor to Trace –...
