Roots Tech 2022 Guild speaker sessions Posted 4 March 2022 by W Paul Featherstone Piling on the chromosomes Debbie Kennett (Watch anytime) Pile ups are regions of the genome that are prone to over-matching. Failure to recognise pile-ups can result in misinterpretation of your DNA matches. We will look at some of the reasons why these pile-ups can occur and explore the way that AncestryDNA’s Timber algorithm works. Finally, we will look at different ways of identifying your own personal pile-ups using third-party tools. Maximising Messages Michelle Patient (Watch anytime) Before reaching out to your DNA matches, there are things to consider regarding construction and timing. Where else you might find family tree information if they don’t reply? In this presentation Michelle will share the tips she has learnt along the way to help to make the most of your contact with others. Ask us about DNA Talking Family History 12:55 (MT) (GMT 19:55) A live Question and Answer session with Talking Family History genealogists Fiona Brooker from New Zealand and Australian Michelle Patient and their guest Laura House from AncestryProGenealogists. Between them they have experience using DNA for family history research, including the Leeds Method, the Shared cM project, building ‘quick and dirty trees,’ unknown parentage and testing companies 23andMe, AncestryDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, LivingDNA and MyHeritage. So bring along your DNA queries. There is no passcode for this event. Please make sure Zoom is updated if you are asked for a passcode. By attending this event, I consent to the use of my photograph, voice, likeness, and image in broadcasts of this event and subsequent productions drawn fromAsk us about DNA Talking Family History A live Question and Answer session with Talking Family History genealogists Fiona Brooker from New video or audio recordings of this event. English Putting Things In Their Place: Paying it forward in the digital age Michael Cassara (Watch anytime) Have you ever found an old photograph, scrapbook, or family keepsake from someone *else’s* family, and wondered how you might track down a descendant? This talk explores the many fascinating ways in which people are doing just that – helping to preserve our unique heritage and return things to where they belong! Organizing Your Genealogy Research Process Drew Smith (Watch anytime) The research process includes goals, questions, sources, information, evidence, and conclusions. Learn to use task management software, research logs, and other tools to make this process more effective. Your Ancestor’s FAN Club: Using Cluster Research to Get Past Brick Walls Drew Smith (Watch anytime) Part 1. Our ancestors were each surrounded by family, associates, and neighbors. By researching them, we discover additional records pointing to our own ancestors. Your Ancestor’s FAN Club: Using Cluster Research to Get Past Brick Walls Drew Smith (Watch anytime) Part 2. Our ancestors were each surrounded by family, associates, and neighbors. By researching them, we discover additional records pointing to our own ancestors. Organizing Your Genealogy Research Process Drew Smith (Watch anytime) The research process can be broken down into several distinct categories or stages: goals, questions, sources, information, evidence, and conclusions. Learn to use task management software, research logs, and other tools to make the process more efficient and effective. Ideas for Researching Non-Conformist Ancestors Jackie Depelle (Watch anytime) A Family Historian’s first port of call for researching before 1837 is usually the Baptism, Marriage and Burial entries in the nearest Church of England’s Parish Registers. However, many of our ancestors chose to not to belong to the Anglican Church and are therefore missing from these records. The alternative denominations are often collectively known as Nonconformists who created similar vital records with some useful variations. Similarly there were circumstances when the Church of England was the only option. This talk will review a variety of Nonconformist material, highlight key dates and legislation as well as picking up on clues that take us away from Church of England records. Family Photographs and a Sense of Belonging Janet Few (Watch anytime) This session focuses on our emotional response to our family photographs. Are we more attached to relatives whose images we possess? Does it make a difference if we met them in real life? Do we feel differently about a candid shot, as opposed to a studio photograph? Is a strong family resemblance important? This thought-provoking presentation considers these and other reactions to images of our ancestors. How to Handle Sensitive Topics in Family History Janet Few (Watch anytime) This presentation examines the ways in which we present our family stories and considers those ancestors whose lives we may deliberately or unintentionally be misrepresenting and why. It discusses why it is important to present a rounded portrait of our families, the good, the bad, the ugly and the marginalized. The potential impact of telling unbalanced stories on current family members will be considered. There will also be suggestions for handling difficult material in a sensitive manner. Else Churchill, Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists in London gives a short overview of an innovative project to digitise thousands of manuscript pedigrees and family trees being held in the SoG’s Library. (Watch anytime) Else Churchill, Genealogist at the Society of Genealogists in London talks about the genealogical resources made available from the Society’s library relating to the places where your ancestors come from in the United Kingdom (Watch anytime) Else Churchill, Genealogists at the Society of Genealogists, London talks about the resources and digital collections from the Society’s Library that are available online so family historians can interact with the SoG at home and at a distance. (Watch anytime) https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/