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Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Fall Seminar with Diahan Southard

 

SMCGS Fall 2021 Seminar

2021 Fall Seminar -- Making Sense of Your DNA Matches

Presenter: Diahan Southard

Saturday, November 6, 2021, 8:30 am - 1:00 pm (social time 8:30 - 9:00 am)

Via Zoom -- the link will be sent via email to registered participants

Diahan Southard is a well-known speaker on using DNA to help solve genealogical mysteries. She is the author of Your DNA Guide—The Book and producer of Your DNA Guide—The Academy, an online learning experience. In this half-day seminar, she will speak on three intermediate-level DNA topics:

  • Three Key DNA Strategies for Finding Ancestors
  • My 1000+ DNA 4th Cousins
  • Connecting Your DNA Matches

An online Silent Auction, with one-year subscriptions to Ancestry World ExplorerFold3, and Newspapers.com, plus an Ancestry DNA Kit will be part of the Silent Auction. For registrants living in the area, there will be bags of mystery books on a variety of topics for sale. The seminar will be held via the Zoom web conferencing system. Links for the seminar and the Silent Auction will be sent via email to registered participants several days before the seminar.

Pricing is $30 for SMCGS members and $40 for non-members. If you join SMCGS now, you may register for this seminar and next year's seminars at the member rate.

You may register online via our secure payment system or by filling out a paper registration form and mailing it to us. For a seminar flyer, including a mail-in registration form, click here. If you register by mail, please do so by October 22, to make sure we receive your registration in time to send you the links to the seminar and the silent auction.

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