“Trace Your Patrilineal Ancestry and Knock Down Brick Walls Using Y-DNA”

Presented by James Larry Vick. Treasurer-registrar of the Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County and the Society’s past librarian. He is a director of the Joseph Vick Family of America and is the Association’s newsletter editor. Additionally, Larry is the administrator of the VICK Surname DNA Project and a co-administrator of the RUST Surname DNA Project. He is a member of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) and was one of six 23andMe Ancestry Ambassadors. Finally, he is a member of the Personal Genome Project (PGP) at Harvard University where his whole genome sequence (WGS) results are publicly available. 

 

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://nova.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkf-yhrjwtGNXpRcHv0B5b_yau6Kc7iLp8  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

Larry will provide participants with his email address for a copy of the presentation in PDF form (no syllabus).

Presented by Daniel Horowitz, Expert Genealogist at MyHeritage.  Daniel will show us the different options you have available today, and the best practices for digitally collecting, storing, preserving, publishing, and sharing your research, in an inexpensive way. Be better prepared to contribute, continue, and share this with younger generations, to let them enjoy, contribute, and continue your work.

 Registration at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8581326924544618508

Searching; ethical dilemmas in genealogy; adoption; ethnicity and identity. Presented by Dr. Penny Walters who is a Psychology and Business Studies University lecturer. Penny was adopted at birth, and recent DNA testing revealed 94% Irish heritage, which was a huge but
lovely surprise. Dr. Walters Penny has recently published her books Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy, and ‘The Psychology of Searching’ (Amazon).

Please note this meeting is on the second Sunday of the month due to January 3rd is on New Years Weekend.

 

The presentation will concentrate on Hamilton's experiences in researching hard to find ancestors, with ideas and resources to help you find your hidden ancestors. Presented By Karen Hamilton, author of "Lostmans Heritage: Pioneers in the Florida Everglades', the story of her slave ancestors who pioneered the last Florida frontier, the Florida Everglades.

This class covers how to use social media to help further your research and connect and share with family. I cover Facebook, blogs, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram. Presented by Tamara Hallo, MLS & Professional Genealogist

In this presentation, Dr. Schmitt Lavin will provide an overview of work done by herself, her colleague Dr. James Doan and students while teaching this subject in an Honors course over the past 15 years. Ms. Abbas will then present highlights from her Honors thesis focusing on the central themes in her family’s narrative including the refugee experience in escaping from India to Pakistan during the Partition, and how this has aided in the process of her own self-discovery. Creating an
ethnographic memoir can serve as a guide to others who are looking to understand their own identity through exploration of their cultural and familial roots.

Presented by Ms. Feza Abbas, NSU Biology Student and Dr. Emily Schmitt Lavin, Professor and Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, Halmos College of Arts and
Sciences, Nova Southeastern University

 

Please note this is the second Sunday of the month because April 4th is Easter Sunday

Stepping up your game: Genealogical educational opportunities that you never heard about-mostly free. Presented by Make Fearer, ancestraldiscovery.com.

Has your concern for privacy prevented you or a family member for taking a DNA test? What about sharing your genealogy research data online with practical strangers (even though you might be related)? Presented by Thomas MacEntee- is a genealogy professional specializing in using technology and social media to improve genealogy research and to connect with
the family history community.

 

Registration link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApceGppzopE9LA02QJjBZ3kKMUOUwYV
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Please note this is the second Sunday of the month.  June 6th is NSU's Graduation Events.

 

Genealogy is a great treasure hunt, but sometimes the clues are easy to misunderstand, or to miss altogether.  Learn to dodge eight obstacles that can get in your way. Here's your chance to learn from my mistakes without making them yourself! Presented by Pam Vestal professional genealogist and speaker from Oregon.

Please not this is the second Sunday of the month as July 4th is Independence Day.

 

 

Presented by Dr. Josh Goodman, Ph.D., Archives Historian, State
Archives of Florida . 

More information will be available, please check back!