Weekly Genealogy Meetings

Purpose: Many people have their Autosomal DNA tested but when the results arrive they are not informed about how to interpret the results and in some cases they are asked to get more tests done on other people. As a genealogy researcher, my purpose is not to pay for more tests unless they are absolutely necessary. I'm not in the business of keeping the share holders of any testing company happy but rather in gaining knowledge on my ancestry. These meetings will show you how to interpret your results and how to use them to assist you in making connections with your relatives. No cost is involved. The only thing that I ask is if you want a report on the descendants of a given family line then you must first provide information on how you connect to that line and provide full information on yourself as the information you receive will have full information for those in the report if it is known. Your information is safe as any document that is publically available will be privatized so no private information is out on the net. If you prefer not to give your personal information then the privatized eBooks and reports are available to you. The Privatized eBook library has over 20,000 pages of documents.

I am setting aside a time for weekly meetings if I receive an email in advance  requesting a session. The meetings are being scheduled every Sunday at 1:00 pm CST. Duration 1-2 hrs.
Time will be 4:00pm ADT, 3:00pm AST;
                      3:00pm EDT, 2:00 pm EST;
                      2:00pm CDT, 1:00pm CST;
                      1:00pm MDT, 12:00 pm MST;
                     12:00pm PDT, 11:00pm PST.

Zoom ID code: 469 971 3166
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If you don't have Zoom on your computer, then go to the following link and download a free version of Zoom. This version allows anyone to join a Zoom meeting that lasts for more than 30 minutes provided that the person hosting the meeting has a paid version of Zoom. The free version only allows the user to host a meeting of 30 minutes or less. Download from: https://downloads.digitaltrends.com/zoom/windows

Feel free to join even if you are late as we are just starting and the format of the meetings will develop over time. Roughly 30 min. beginners, 30 min. general, 30 min. advanced, and 30 min. Q &A.
Try to join the meeting at least 5-15 minutes early because if nobody has joined by the starting time then the meeting will be ended at 5 min. after the starting time. To make sure the meeting will take place and have sufficient attendees, contact some of your friends and have them join the meeting and let me know they are attending and I can send out an email with full information on joining provided I have their email address. My email page . Please do not use Ancestry messaging to contact me about any meetings.

If you have your Autosomal DNA tested at Ancestry then here is some information on how to share your matches with others who are your cousins. To see the amount of shared DNA from the viewpoint of the two people that match is a very  powerful tool. This helps greatly in trying to determine where the common family is located in your respective Pedigrees. A new page has been developed to show precisely what is required to achieve this sharing and how to use it after you are sharing with someone. If someone shares their matches with you, in all fairness you should share your matches with them. There is nothing secret or no way that a person can do you harm by sharing information. The person who shares is responsible and must not use any of the information in a bad way to cause problems for anyone. Look at it like the "Golden Rule" Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

 Last updated: 08 Oct 2021