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Sessions are listed as

Time, TRACK, Skill Level
Title
Speaker
Description

Friday, 2 JUNE 2023

8:00 a.m, BCG SKILLBUILDING, Advanced
Mrs. Simmons’ Father: A Case Study of Indirect Evidence in Colonial Maryland
Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL
Colonial research can be difficult when researching females. Land records are the basis for the success of this indirect evidence case study in Maryland.

9:30 a.m, BCG SKILLBUILDING, Advanced
Incorporating DNA Evidence in a Kinship-Determination Project (KDP)
Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA
Genetic evidence can help prove family relationships in a KDP. This type of project balances documenting each generation with telling the story of the family.

11:00 a.m, VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBORS, All
Virginians: Where They Went When
Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FUGA, FVGS
Geography, economics, and war played a role in the migratory patterns of Virginians from its beginning through the Civil War.

2:30 p.m, VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBORS, All
The Road to Decision: Family History in Virginia’s Federal Court Records
Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
Records of Virginia’s federal courts, including the Supreme Court, can provide genealogical gems. Learn what these records are–and where and how to find them.

4:00 p.m, BCG SKILLBUILDING, All
Overcoming Record Destruction with Indirect Evidence, Including at DNA: A Case Study
Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, FASG, FUGA, FNGS
This lecture explains and demonstrates, via a specific case study, using at DNA to strengthen weak conclusions from documentary evidence in contexts of record scarcity.

SATURDAY, 3 JUNE 2023

8:00 a.m, VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBORS, Intermediate
Out of State, Out of Mind? Finding the Answers in Virginia’s Neighbor’s Records
Vic Dunn, CG
Numerous Virginians left records outside of the state in sources such as newspapers, marriages, church, probate, court, and others. Specific geographical migrations are discussed.

9:30 a.m, AFRICAN AMERICAN/JAMES DENT WALKER MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES, Intermediate
The Intersection of Antebellum Property Rights and Slavery
LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, CGL, FASG
Records relating to the property rights of slaveholding families provide genealogically relevant information about the enslaved.

11:00 a.m, VIRGINIA AND HER NEIGHBORS, All
Separating Multiple Generations of Virginians with the Same Name
Diana Elder, AG
When many descendants of the original settler inherit his name, diagramming and careful analysis of land, tax, and probate records can reconstruct families.

2:30 p.m, BCG SKILLBUILDING, Advanced
Wanted! Seeking Unknown Parents
Dana Palmer, CG, CGL
Are you struggling to find your ancestors’ parents? Methodologies of eliminating candidates, researching potential extended families, courthouse research, and military pensions can provide answers.

4:00 p.m, DNA, All
Understanding SideView and Other Tools at Ancestry DNA
Blaine T. Bettinger, PhD, JD
Learn about the new SideView tool at Ancestry that separates your DNA matches into Parent #1 and Parent #2.

 

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