We are into Genes and Genealogy
What do you get when you mix Eowyn and Mags with too much pumpkin spice? You get a great hour of Halloween fun, delightfully creepy banter and wicked stories of ghosts in our great big ole shared tree. Join us Halloween night for an hour of Ghosts in the Tree, starting at 9pm EDT.
Saturday November 25 at 3:00PM EST - Surname Studies Studies by Kirsty Gray. Everything Surnames Studies from the Surname Society Chair, Kirsty Gray. Join Mags as WikiTreer Kirsty Gray introduces us to Surname Studies and One Name Studies. How they work, why to do them and we will answer some G2G posts about Surnames as well as your questions … Continue reading "WikiTree LiveCast – Surname Studies by Kirsty Gray"
Grandma's Genes will be present and accounted for at the i4gg conference this weekend in San Diego. Two days of networking and talking and presentations and... From the website for i4gg: "The DNA Detectives brings back i4GG 2017 in SAN DIEGO CA December 9 and 10, 2017, 9am to 6pm. The event will cover traditional … Continue reading "2017 International Conference on Genetic Genealogy"
Oh yes I will be at Roots Tech. I'll be the one walking around in Orange. :-)
Your favorite Blueberry loving Genetic Genealogist will be presenting Workshops on Friday June 1st at the Ontario Genealogical Society Conference in Guelph, Ontario. Friday Afternoon DNA and the Global Family Tree DNA and adding your DNA connections to a Global family tree. Attempting to breakdown brickwalls using DNA can be daunting. Which “Global” family Trees are truly … Continue reading "DNA Workshops at OGS Conference 2018"
Source-a-What? This is our third 72-hour sourcing marathon. The first one in 2016 was lots of fun and together we added sources to over 22,000 profiles. Last year we had almost 500 participants and added sources to over 53,000 profiles! Our goal is to clear out the Unsourced Profiles category on WikiTree. Although including sources is in our community's Honor … Continue reading "WikiTree Source-A-thon Hangouts"
WikiTree In The House! I will be attending the 2018 International Genetic Genealogy Conference in San Diego and will be sporting the latest in WikiTree Orange. See if you can find me - it will be like where's waldo, but with an orange twist! This event is sponsored by the Institute for Genetic Genealogy and … Continue reading "i4gg – San Diego"
I'll be one of many WikiTree splashes of orange at Roots Tech 2019. Stop by the WikiTree booth to meet some of the people you have only met Virtually - Chris Whitten, Eowyn Langholf, Jaime Nelson, Me (Mags), Michael Stills, Peter Roberts, Karen Tobo, Susie McCleod, Sarah Rojas, Barbara Shoff, and more! I will be … Continue reading "Roots Tech 2019 – WikiTree in the House!"
A scientist in Ottawa, wants to know what his real last name is. The family lore? The great grandfather, Samuel, was adopted by an African-Canadian gentleman, Abraham. The adoptee, Samuel, was the son of Abraham’s wife’s sister. Family photographs of Samuel’s children reveal Anglo-Canadian boys. Taking all the information from a family Genealogy done previously and adding aspects of traditional, forensic and genetic genealogy we will extend the story, finding the truth to this family’s rich history. Along the way we will discover their real identity, and their story, beyond Samuel Gorge and into the dark history early African families in Ontario.
An Introduction to Collaborative Genealogy, WikiTree - September 19, 2020, 11am-12pm, ISBGFH - International Society for British Genealogy and Family History. Working your family lines on sites like Ancestry, Geni and Family Search are great ways to move your research forward IF you can find people willing to collaborate with you. One of the biggest … Continue reading "An Introduction to Collaborative Genealogy, WikiTree – September 19, 2020, 11am-12pm, ISBGFH"