DNA: What Do I Do With It Now That I Have It? Working With DNA Test Results

DNA: What Do I Do With It Now That I Have It? Working With DNA Test Results

 Laura Street Chaplin

Monday, August 8, 2022

Members ONLY

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Once you get your DNA test results back, how can you best understand and utilize them?  This presentation will cover lots of tips, such as: transferring raw DNA results, skeleton DNA tree, and working with other people’s tests.  PLUS learn about analysis tools like Dots SuperPower, Shared Matches, Matches spreadsheet, Known Relationships, and Quick & Dirty trees,.

Owner of Willowtree Research Genealogy Services, and currently living in Sugar Grove, Illinois, Laura was raised in southeastern Iowa and has lived all around the Midwest: Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Ohio.

She and her husband were inspired by the "Roots" miniseries in college, which began a lifelong love of research and genealogical learning, raising their three daughters tramping through graveyards – now with 6 grandkids in training!

In addition to her genealogy business doing client work and offering on-line Study Groups, Laura is a former History & Genealogy Manager at the Lawrence J. Martin Heritage Center in Elburn, IL She has been active as a genealogical presenter for several years. She is a member of the APG, GSG, Board member for the Kane County Genealogical Society, a Director on the Governing Board for the Illinois State Genealogical Society, and a member of several local societies.