Online training, coaching and consultations for Family History and DNA
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Talking Family History
Virtual Lounge
Each fortnight we’ll chat about some of the websites and records we have worked on recently (with a focus on UK, Australia and NZ records) and will provide tips to help with your research. Our chat starts on Friday night 8:30pm New Zealand time. You might like to use an online time converter to check your local time. We open the room around 8pm so members can chat informally before the formal virtual lounge gets underway at 8:30pm.
Your Full Year subscription covers 22 Talking Family History Friday nights from 11 February to 2 December 2022 and recordings are available for those you have missed live.
Please visit the shop for all the details. You may prefer to subscribe for half a year (11 sessions during the first half of 2022)
Online Consultations
It doesn’t matter where we are on the family history journey, sometimes we just need some help. Why not book a quick 15min friendly chat with Fiona, to can chat about where you are on your journey and whether she can help guide you in the right direction.
Members of:
DNA Discovery First Steps – course
19 January – 9 March 2022
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Our eight-week course covers the fundamentals of DNA testing for Family History. A combination of six pre-recorded sessions to watch and learn at your own time and pace and two live session where there will be lots of time for Q&A. These sessions are aimed at those starting their DNA research. Those attending are expected to have access to results from a DNA test, or be waiting for results from one or more of the main companies, ie: 23andMe, Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA or MyHeritage.
Pre-recorded sessions will be released each week for you to watch and the two live Q&A Zoom sessions are with your tutors Fiona Brooker and Michelle Patient in weeks four and eight. There is a private Facebook group for attendees who have questions along the way and so you can chat with your fellow classmates as well as the tutors.
Week 1: Types of DNA for Family History
(pre-recorded) – Michelle Patient
Week 2: Testing companies and results
(pre-recorded) – Michelle Patient
Week 3: First steps in understanding your results
(pre-recorded) – Michelle Patient
Week 4: Questions and Answers
Live – Michelle & Fiona
Week 5: Grouping & Clustering Workshop part 1
(pre-recorded) – Fiona Brooker
Week 6: Grouping & Clustering Workshop part 2
(pre-recorded) – Fiona Brooker
Week 7: Using and organising your results
(pre-recorded) – Fiona Brooker
Week 8: Questions and Answers
Live – Michelle & Fiona
Live sessions will be recorded for those who can’t make those sessions.
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Who we are
Genealogists Fiona and Michelle have worked and volunteered in the family history world (Australia, England, Ireland, New Zealand, USA and online) for nearly 60 years between them. They have come together to promote, educate and enthuse others interested in researching their family history. Both are members of the Association of Professional Genealogists and work as professional genealogists and educators.
