Diana Elder, AG® Lecture Topics Please contact me about speaking at your event – Diana@FamilyLocket.com RootsTech 2020 PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGY When to Hire a Professional Genealogist – A professional genealogist can help you brick down a brick wall in your genealogy by looking at the research with a new perspective. Learn what services professionals offer, how to identify a qualified researcher, and how best to prepare your research for a professional project. Accreditation: A Pathway...
Today’s episode of Research Like a Pro is about how to use a research log in your genetic genealogy research. We discuss the sources and methods to include in your log, how to best keep track of your DNA matches, correspondence logs, and tech tools that will help you be efficient. We discuss how to use a database tool called Airtable to help you with big projects where you have a lot of DNA matches...
After completing a research like a pro with DNA project, you may not have come to a proven conclusion. Or perhaps you finished your objective and are ready to move forward with something else. What’s next? How do you continue to make progress on your goal or choose a new goal? Here are several suggestions. Continue Your Research and Writing Start another iteration of the same objective If you didn’t come to a proven conclusion...
Updated 24 February 2022 When working on a case involving DNA test results, it may feel like you look at hundreds of DNA match pages, reports, family trees, and shared match lists each time you sit down to research. Do you want a better way to keep track of all the sources you consult in a DNA research project? It’s time to take your research log to the next level. In the Research Like a...
Research Like a Pro® with DNA Study Group with Diana Elder, AG® and Nicole Dyer This page was last updated 26 Aug 2026. Research Like a Pro® with DNA is a study group to learn how to use DNA in your genealogical research. We will follow a step-by-step process to help you either test a relationship traced with documentary research or discover an unknown ancestral relationship. The Research Like a Pro with DNA Study Group...
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Research Like a Pro with DNA is a study group to learn how to use DNA in your genealogical research. We will follow a step-by-step process to help you either confirm/reject a relationship you have traced through documentary research or test a hypothesized ancestral relationship. We offer study groups twice a year – Research Like a Pro in the fall and Research Like a Pro with DNA in the spring.
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RootsTech 2026 Virtual Booth Find us at booth #210 in the RootsTech Exhibitor Hall About Us Welcome to Family Locket! Diana Elder, AG, and Nicole Elder Dyer are professional genealogists who educate through their blog, books, and teaching. Diana and Nicole are the mother-daughter team who authored Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist’s Guide and are co-hosts of the free Research Like a Pro Genealogy Podcast. Diana is an Accredited Genealogist professional specializing in the...
Updated 25 February 2022 I know the feeling–you finally submitted your DNA test, excitedly awaited the results, they finally arrived, you logged in, and then…what? After poking around the website, it all seems interesting, but the question remains…What do I DO with it? There are 4 simple steps that will initially help you to understand and evaluate your DNA matches. As you work systematically through these steps, you will gain a better understanding of...
Research Like a Pro® eCourse with Diana Elder, AG® and Nicole Dyer Would you like a step-by-step process to guide your genealogical research? The Research Like a ProⓇ online course will help you make progress on your goals, whether you’re breaking through a brick wall, organizing research you’ve already done, or building a repeatable method you can apply to any ancestor. Have you been interested in joining a Research Like a ProⓇ Study Group but...
Research Like a Pro® Study Group with Diana Elder, AG® and Nicole Dyer Could you use some structure in your genealogy research? Do you respond well to a group study atmosphere? If so, the Research Like a Pro® study group can give you the motivation and the setting to finally make progress in your research. Attend weekly lessons and work on your own project for the assignments. Receive feedback and learn from others’ assignments. Take...
