This is a checklist I originally prepared for the Dec 2016 WCGS presentation - Enhance your Genealogy Research with DNA Testing. Time flies and so much in the genetic genealogy world has changed so quickly, but I think this stands the test of time as a good basic checklist for beginners. - CD   Enhance your Genealogy Research with DNA Testing Progress Tracker for DNA Study   Getting Started:   _ Identify your need, question, or line of descent that needs proving.   _ Identify your subject or subjects.   _ Choose the appropriate tests and company.   _ Order, complete, return, wait.   While you wait:   _ Build your tree back at least 4 generation - 5 or 6 if possible. Also, build it "wide" at the level of your grandparents and great grandparents. Include all siblings, spouses, and descendants that you can. It really helps when you are looking at lines that may descend from one of those female ...

This is a handout that I originally prepared for the Dec 2016 WCGS presentation - Enhance your Genealogy Research with DNA Testing . Time flies and so much in the genetic genealogy world has changed so quickly, I have updated some links and added a few others but this list will get you started up the learning curve that is Genetic Genealogy. - CD DNA Links and Reading List Testing site tutorials AncestryDNA Tutorials  @ Ancestry Support Family Tree DNA Learning Center 23&Me Tutorials My Heritage DNA Wikis International Society of Genetic Genealogy -  isogg.org/wiki Wikipedia -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogical_DNA_test Videos and Webinars  What is Inheritance from Learn.Genetics Foundations in DNA, 5 Part series by Blaine T. Bettinger  ($)   -  Legacy Family Tree Webinars Autosomal DNA: how to use it in practice, Maurice Gleeson  -  Youtube Video Using DNA to solve adopti...

Wake Treasures -  Volume 28, Number 2 – Spring 2018 is now available for viewing and download at the website. This issue incorporates material covering more than 150 years of Wake history and family narrative. Topics include: Golf Membership List - Meadowbrook Country Club, Garner, NC. 1963 1802 Tax List - continuation Eugene Narron Allen of New Light Wake County General Assembly Session Records 1798 & 1806 Thoughts about Yates Mill 1893 Register of Births, city of Raleigh Ad - Bostrom-Brady Manufacturing Raleigh Grocery Ledger (1884-1886) Playing among the Tombs (Historic Oberlin Cemetery) Members may access this and all issues of the Journal online here. If you have personal stories of people, places, and events connected to Wake County, please consider sharing them for inclusion into future editions!  Contact the journal editor. Need this content?  Become a member here.    Access to the Journal online is one of...

Here is another great learning opportunity to check out before the New Year. Edgecombe Community College, in Tarboro, offers a Weekend ContinuingEducation Series in Historic Preservation Trades. This program is run by Monika Fleming, Program Chair for the Historic Preservation curriculum at ECC. Monika presented the WCGS June program - Jewish Immigration in Eastern NC. Classes meet Saturdays for full and half day instruction. The small group setting includes discussion and one-on-one interaction. Early 2019 Topics: Intro to Genealogy Research Historic Property Education & Ancestors Local & State Records Genealogy Websites Military Records Visit the schedule page for details and registration. I have not taken one of these classes myself, but I know several people who have and they all come back raving about the experience due to the small class size.  They all say it is well worth the short trip to Tarboro on a Saturday morning!

Education is the gift that keep on giving. Take advantage of the winter listings from Senior TechEd for yourself or someone on your gift list. View the Senior TechEd Schedule here. Highlights this season include a series of lessons on working with Ancestry.com. The series is offered twice, in January and again in February. Also MS Excel 1&2 - We use spreadsheets for everything from name disambiguation and timelines to DNA sorting and match correspondence. This time will be well spent. Other topics of interest: Windows Backup File Explorer Cloud Computing Google Photos Android Smartphone Apps IOS, Ipad, and Iphone Much more... Take a look. Return to the WCGS Website

Plan a Research Trip to Wake County Reprinted from the  Spring 2018 Issue of  Wake Genealogy Watch  -  the newsletter of WCGS: I was asked by someone living remotely for advice in planning a genealogy research trip to Wake county. I thought my resulting notes might be helpful to others. Please note that all blue text is a working hyperlink, valid as of  2-9-2018. Special thanks to Barb, Ann, and John for their suggestions. - CD When planning a Wake County research trip, your top 3 must-visit destinations are:  •  Olivia Raney Local History Library This is the repository for all things historic pertaining to Wake county. Contact the  research librarians via ORL email , for specific sources that would be useful for your research. Check out their online  Collections page .  And the  Local History Information Guide . **Note: ORL is expected to open sometime mid 2021 post renovation and post covid. Access will be by...

Request from Wake Treasures quarterly journal editor, Diane L. Richard:  Going forward, we would love to include more narrative pieces in the pages of the Wake Treasures Journal – case studies, family stories, short memory pieces of life back when, etc. Stories don’t need to be long or involved. They can be stories about family, about communities, about activities (church, sports, service organizations, scouts, schools, businesses, and so on), buildings and landmarks that existed and no longer do so, and the list is endless. Any bit of Wake County history involves people … History is invaluable to our genealogical research and our search into family histories provides value and context to history.  Do you live in Wake County and like me don’t have family here?  We all live and/or drive by places where history happened – let’s learn more about this history or share what we already do know! No Wake County ancestry is needed for these types of contributions. Ple...

Updated to add the Utah Genealogical Society DNA SIG . They have some great webinars up thru the end of 2019 including a virtual conference on Sept 24, 2019. Most are free with preregistration. Stay educated and entertained with these great webinar offerings. Most are free. Visit individual sites for details! Thanks to   Barbara McGeachy   for curating this list for us!     Legacy Family Tree Webinars  - most are free for seven days after broadcast.     Southern California Genealogical Society     Florida State Genealogical Society     Illinois State Genealogical Society        Georgia Genealogical Society     North Carolina Genealogical Society     Wisconsin Genealogical Society     Utah Genealogical Society     Utah Genealogical Society - DNA Special Interest Group     Minnesota Genealogical Society    Association of Professi...

This is the weekend to research your WW1 ancestors! Free search opportunities:   Family Search New WW1 records Find My Past WW1 Burial Cards @ NARA  - new resource. Happy Ancestor Hunting. See all WCGS blog posts here

Wake County Genealogical Society is the proud recipient of three awards from the North Carolina Genealogical Society at its October 27, 2018  Conference and Meeting.   Awards are as follows (left to right in photo): -Excellence in Periodical Publishing-Journal:  "Wake Treasures,"   editor  Diane L. Richard. -Excellence in Periodical Publishing-Newsletter: "Wake Genealogy Watch,"  editor  Cyndi Deal. -Excellence in Web Presence- WCGS website : webmaster  Cynthia Gage.   Photo - Steve Deal A full description of the categories and winners can be  viewed on the NCGS website .   Congratulations to WCGS. Thanks and appreciation to the winners. We are indebted to them and their teams for the hours of hard work and dedication to produce a quality product on an consistent basis. This speaks well for our society as a whole.     Way to go Team Wake!! Return to the WCGS Website