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I’ve Got My Ancestry DNA Report: Evaluating My Test Results For Connections (Intermediate)

February 3, 2023 By Patti Gillespie Leave a Comment

This presentation takes understanding the DNA report to the next level. As a warm-up, we will touch on the DNA Ethnicity Report and the DNA Story; more importantly, we will calculate find matches, evaluate the degree of relationship, and compare DNA. This course is geared for those who are beyond beginner and looking to build a greater knowledge of the power of genetics in genealogy.

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I’ve Got—Or I’m Getting—My DNA Report: Now What Do I Do? (Beginner)

February 3, 2023 By Patti Gillespie Leave a Comment

 

Presented from a non-genetic genealogist point of view, this presentation explains in a fun and visual way how to choose a test, a company, what to do while waiting for the report, and how to maximize the report results. This session will be helpful for beginners.

 

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16 Death Records that Will Bring Your Research to Life!

February 3, 2023 By Patti Gillespie Leave a Comment

Knowing where to look can sometimes be the most difficult part of research. This presentation is filled with stories and examples of often unknown, unfound, and unused death documents.

Tagged With: death records, Genealogy, genealogy presentation, hopkins county tx, texas

I’ve Got—Or I’m Getting—My DNA Report: Now What Do I Do? (Beginner)

February 17, 2020 By Patti Gillespie Leave a Comment

Presented from a non-genetic genealogist point of view, this presentation explains in a fun and visual way how to choose a test, a company, what to do while waiting for the report, and how to maximize the report results. Whether deciding who to contact, how to use the research within the DNA report, or just how to link our trees to our DNA results, this session will be helpful. Besides spending time reviewing the report, the potential use of raw data is introduced with a visual step-by-step procedure for uploading raw data to other sites.

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Brick Wall Busting Strategies: Hammering at the Wall

February 17, 2020 By Patti Gillespie Leave a Comment

This is a fun presentation with strategies, sources and a variety of documents that just might hammer down that frustrating brick wall. Examples of brick walls broken down are demonstrated by using vital records, military records, census, prison, land records, newspapers, passenger manifests, and divorce records including a complicated story tracking a woman whose name changed 3 times in public records.

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Welcome to Family Lines and Stories

Patti Todd Gillespie brings energy and humor to her classes. She is a believer in lifetime learning and inclusive presenting. An avid hobby genealogist for 30 years, Patti formed Family Lines & Stories, her own research company, 9 years ago. She stays busy researching for clients and speaking to groups, small and large, in and out of Texas. In 2023 she was invited to present at RootsTech in SLC, Utah Genealogical Association Virtual conference, virtually in Ohio, and over 20 times in Texas. In 2022 and she presented three sessions to Utah State Genealogy Society; she presented two sessions at RootsTech 2019 and RootsTech Connect 2021; in 2020 she presented several sessions for the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS); she has spoken several times at Texas State Family History Conference. She continues as 5th term president of Wise County Genealogical Society while waiting for a willing soul to step up. A former teacher of French & English, Patti very much enjoys presenting. She watches genealogy webinars and South Korean and Chinese television shows when not attending to her husband, children, grandchildren, landscaping, and rescue dog. Eventually Patti plans to continue her blog for the 25 avid readers she treasures

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Patti Gillespie, MS

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940-328-2104
FamLStories@gmail.com

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