Chapters

1. Chapter 1: Take a DNA Test — Robin Wirthlin

2. Chapter 2: Assess Your DNA Matches and Analyze Your Pedigree — Diana Elder

3. Chapter 3: Organize Your DNA Matches Visually with Diagrams and Family Trees — Nicole Dyer

4. Chapter 4: Create a Research Objective — Diana Elder

5. Chapter 5: Write Source Citations for DNA and Documentary Sources — Diana Elder

6. Chapter 6: Analyze Your Sources and Evaluate Your DNA Matches — Robin Wirthlin

7. Chapter 7: Locality Research and Ethnicity — Diana Elder

8. Chapter 8: DNA Tools and Methodology — Robin Wirthlin

9. Chapter 9: Research Planning with DNA — Nicole Dyer

10. Chapter 10: Research Logs and Writing As You Go — Nicole Dyer

11. Chapter 11: Correlating Findings and Finishing the Research Report — Diana Elder

12. Chapter 12: What’s Next? Publishing, Productivity, and Further Education — Nicole Dyer

Appendices

• Appendix A: Supplemental Material

• Appendix B: Source List

• Appendix C: Work Samples

  • Sample 1: Discovering the Father of Jack Green Shaffer — Diana Elder

  • Sample 2: Who was the Father of Barsheba (Tharp) Dyer? — Nicole Elder Dyer

  • Sample 3: Using DNA and Documentary Research to Identify the Biological Parents of Fern Smith Tischer — Robin Wirthlin