My sides are always online at https://slides.com/kittycooper
My Upcoming 2023 Presentations
- February 19: Using GEDmatch for Jewish DNA matches – JGSNY via Zoom
- March 11-12: – What’s New at GEDmatch – at i4GG and live
- March 25: Using DNA to break Norwegian genealogical brick walls -for N-AGA via Zoom
- October 6-8: East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference (ECCGC): TBA
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):
- 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 :
January 18, 2020: An updated version of this presentation for the North San Diego DNA Special Interest group
For the Colony Cousins Genealogy Club in Murietta:
At the Utah Genealogical Association virtual conference 24 Sep 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
from the 2016 i4GG conference
My available presentations (bolded titles have their slides online):
GENETIC GENEALOGY
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- 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
2 Comments
Hi Kitty, I sent you an email but just in case you did not receive it or it went to SPAM folder, the Colony Cousins Genealogy Club in Murrieta is looking for a speaker on DNA for Tuesday 1pm, September 13th, 2022. Please contact me. Thanks so much.
Hi Kitty, the Irish Genealogy Society of Michigan is looking for a speaker on DNA for any of Saturday February 18, March 25, or April 15, 2023 by Zoom.
Breaking Brick Walls with DNA Testing
New tools for DNA cousin matching
are of special interest.
Please contact me. Thanks so much.