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My DNA Brought Me To The Forest, But Where Are All The Trees?
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Finding Your Family in the Grippe of the Spanish Lady – Michelle Spencer
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Genealogy Journaling Workshop – Clare Wilson
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How at-DNA and Big Y-DNA lead to the Big Surprise!
The journey started with at-DNA results of distant cousin matches and admixture estimates that evolved over time and began converging on a narrow yet unknown ancestral path, followed by more at-DNA testing and then the Big Y-DNA test, which uncovered a patrilineal MPE. A detailed review of the discovery timeline and of the documentary, methodological,…
Hidden Information In Old Photographs
The talk follows a timeline of photographic history and how it can relate to your own research. We look at examples where looking at details can help put a photo into a time, place or context. Audience: all levels https://vimeo.com/944275957/5f1210d0ab?share=copy The video can be viewed in fullscreen by clicking on the expand icon (four diagonal…
