My sides are always online at https://slides.com/kittycooper

My 2025 Presentations are:

• May 18 via Zoom – For the Connecticut Jewish Genealogical Society – Working with Jewish DNA 2025: Click here for the slides and members can view the video on the site.

My 2024 Presentations were:

• • February 11: – When to use Ethnicity in your Search – i4GG
  • February 17: –What is ISOGG and how to use its resources – NSDCGS DNA Interest Group
  • March 7: – A Beginner’s Guide to GEDmatch – Family Tree University
  • April 4: Using GEDmatch with Jewish DNA – Dallas Genealogy Society, Jewish SIG
  • April 21: – Tools for DNA Cousin Matching-  Questing Heirs Genealogical Society in Long Beach CA

My 2023 Presentations were:

• • • February 19: Using GEDmatch for Jewish DNA matches – JGSNY via Zoom, click here for the slides
    • March 25: Using DNA to break Norwegian genealogical brick walls -for N-AGA via Zoom, Click here for the slides

My 2022 Presentations were:

• April 9-10  – What’s New at GEDmatch – click here for the slides – Institute for Genetic Genealogy (i4GG)
• April 23-24 East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference (ECCGC):
  • Unknown Parentage Searches – click here for the slides.
  • Tools for DNA Cousin Matching- click here for the slides.
  • Advanced Tools at GEDmatch: Using Segment Data- click here for the slides.
• August 19-20 – The Basics of Unknown Parentage Searches- click here for the slides –  SCGS Jamboree Genetic Genealogy

Many Recordings of my 2022 and 2021 Presentations are Online and Free

• Finding a Jewish sperm donor – RootsTech Connect 2022 – click here for the slides
• Using DNA for Adoption Searches – 25 October 2021  for Indian Trails Library – click here for the slides
• Using DNA for Unknown Parentage for RootsTech Connect Feb 2021 click for slides part 1 – slides part 2
• Why Contribute Your Research to a One World Collaborative Tree for RootsTech Connect Feb 2021 click for slides
• Using DNA to find family at MyHeritage – click here for the video on FaceBook – or here for my slides
• Challenges of Endogamy: Jewish DNA testing for the Jewish SIG of the Dallas Genealogy Society– or here for my slides

Other Recent Presentations

When DNA Ethnicity Predictions Are Useful and Accurate – SCGS Webinar January 2022

Finding Cousins for the SCGS Jamboree June 2021 

The Basics of Using GEDmatch, Feb 2021 for FHF

CAGGNI GeneaQuest – multiple talks on DNA and Norwegian research: Sept 12, 2020:

Ask the DNA experts at the IAJGS virtual conference Aug 11 2020:

Feb2-3 2020 i4GG :

• i4GG – GEDmatch in 2020
• i4GG – Automated Tree Building Tools

January 18, 2020: An updated version of this presentation for the North San Diego DNA Special Interest group

• New tools for DNA cousin matching

For the Colony Cousins Genealogy Club in Murietta:

• New tools for DNA cousin matching

At the Utah Genealogical Association virtual conference 24 Sep 2019

• Unknown Parentage Searchs 2019

At SCGS Jamboree – videos available

• Using DNA and GWorks for Solving Unknown Parentage Cases – Southern California Genealogy Society Jamboree Thursday May 30, 2pm
• Crossing the Atlantic to Norway – using online resources to find your Norwegian ancestors – Southern California Genealogy Society Jamboree (audio only)

At i4GG December 7-9 (videos available)

• GEDmatch 2018 – what’s new and the latest on Genesis: Saturday 1:30-2:30
• Solving Unknown Parentage with GWorks: Saturday 5:00-6:00

For sale:

all the SCGS Jamboree conference videos

• Downloadable MP4s (mine from 2018 are Triangulation and Using GWorks for Unknown Parentage)

from the 2017 i4GG conference

• What’s new at GEDmatch in 2017 (and Genesis)

from the 2016 i4GG conference

• Finding relatives with GEDmatch.com

My available presentations (bolded titles have their slides online):

GENETIC GENEALOGY

• • New tools for DNA cousin matching
  • Unknown Parentage Searches
  • DNA Basics for Genealogists
  • What to do with your DNA test results
  • Using GWorks for Unknown Parentage Searches
  • Using DNA for adoption searches
  • The Challenges of Jewish DNA testing
  • Breaking Brick Walls with DNA Testing
  • Using the Utilities at GEDmatch
  • Tier 1 Utilities at GEDmatch
  • Ancestry composition at GEDmatch
  • DNA Triangulation

GENEALOGY

• The Advantages of working with a One World Tree
• Crossing the Atlantic to Norway (Doing Norwegian Genealogy Online)

Also most any blog post here can be turned into a presentation

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