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February 2025

Pinning Down Your Ancestors' Locations

  • Presenter: Pam Vestal
  • Date: Tuesday February 18, 2025
  • Time: 7:00 PM Central
  • Webinar Description: Where did your ancestors come from?  Where did they disappear to?  Although finding locations can be the key to following our ancestors back in time, we often slam up against brick walls.  In this talk, we'll explore practical strategies for tracking down our ancestors' whereabouts by overcoming spelling and handwriting problems and using collateral research, gazetteers, image searches, maps, and loads of unexpected and underused resources.
  • Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3737785823555379291


GENE-A-RAMA 2025
Registration is now open!
March 28-29, 2025
Holiday Inn Eau Claire South
4751 Owen Ayres Court, Eau Claire, WI  54701
 
DNA and Societies

  Our presenters!

                         

  Kelli Jo Bergheimer               Russell Horton              Rebecca Hopman  

                         

                                Frank Smoot                  Dr. Bill Hopkins

2025 GAR Registration



WSGS is proud to offer our members the

 

DNA Boot Camp Webinar Series

 

Presented by

Mary Eberle and Thomas MacEntee

Getting Started With DNA and Genealogy Boot Camp

The DNA Boot Camp is a series of 12 webinars giving a basic introduction to genetic genealogy, discussing some of the most popular websites currently being used, and how to use DNA as evidence in your research. The webinars include:


      • Introduction to Using DNA for Genealogy Research
      • Using Autosomal DNA for Genealogy Research
      • GEDMatch — Powerful Tools for Analyzing DNA Results and Finding New DNA Matches
      • Combining DNA and Non-DNA Evidence — A Case Study
      • Using X-DNA for Genealogical Research
      • X-DNA Case Studies
      • Interpreting Your AncestryDNA Results
      • AncestryDNA Hands-On Exercises
      • Intepreting Your FamilyTreeDNA Results
      • Interpreting Your 23andMe Results
      • Researching Difficult DNA Matches
      • Understanding Ethnicity Estimates


To access the DNA Boot Camp, log into your WSGS member account and a link will be available under the Webinars tab.

We hope you enjoy this membership benefit! If you're not already a member, join us today!


Have You Checked Out the WSGS Store?

Our Products Make Great Gifts for Your Genealogy Friends and Yourself!

Wisconsin: Its Counties, Townships and Villages Cover Image

The 2nd edition of Wisconsin: Its Counties, Townships and Villages 

(the "Cow Book") is a must-have research companion.

Picture of items in the beginner's toolkitNeed a little help to get started with your genealogy?  Our "How to Get Started in Genealogy - A Beginner's Kit" will help answer many of those questions.  The 90-page book included in the kit, includes information on how to get started, what forms to use to keep organized and how to fill them out.  Also are many printed and online resources to keep you on your path to success.

How to Get Started in Genealogy - A Beginner's Kit

   Visit our online store today for these and more WSGS products!

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