About Our Seminars

The Rogue Valley Genealogical Society periodically offers a variety of educational seminars. Seminars are being offered via Zoom and in person at the RVGS Library. RVGS members receive a discount on admission. Watch this website's news and calendar, as well as our eNews and Facebook page for upcoming seminar details. All seminars are $45 for RVGS members and $55 for non-members.

Let's Talk DNA with Diana Elder
Saturday, October 26, 2024
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

• DNA Reports: You've Made a Discovery, Now How Do You Share? Learn strategies for correlating and summarizing your DNA discoveries in a research report to share with clients, cousins, or for your own records.
• Solving A Family Mystery with DNA Learn how combining traditional research with DNA evidence revealed an unknown grandfather in this compelling case study. Follow the project from the beginning steps of creating an objective to writing the conclusions. Discover the importance of a research log and careful tracking of sources. Finally, see how Y-DNA and autosomal DNA used in tandem with the documentary sources solved this family’s mystery.
• Pedigree Triangulation: A Key Methodology for Genetic Genealogy Learn the power of pedigree triangulation in analyzing DNA matches and building your genetic family tree. Discover how to use company tools such as Ancestry’s ThruLines and MyHeritage’s Theory of Family Relativity to boost efficiency and accelerate your discovery of common ancestors. We’ll discuss the basic steps of analyzing the amount of shared DNA, then building incomplete trees and comparing surnames and locations.

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