Documents + DNA + Method + a little bit of Luck: Combining Tools to Find Biological Family
Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG®
Content
Welcome
1:38
Speaker's Introduction
0:54
Introduction
12:03
Anna in 1905
8:07
Don't Overlook the Others
12:27
DNA Matches
11:48
Baptism Record
12:13
Announcements / prizes
6:49
Questions / answers
16:24
About this webinar
Finding an adopted child's biological family is especially challenging for genealogists. This presentation list the steps one can take to identify an unknown parent or grandparent and dissects a successful case to show how good methodology combined with document research and DNA matches can put a decades-old question to rest.
About the speaker
Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG®, is a professional board-certified genealogist. She is in her fourth term as president of the Northland Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists, was co-e...
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Comments (110)
Just watching this now (thanks Learning Paths) and still very impressed with and learning from the methodology. Thank you! For me the webinar also underscores the importance of “reasonable exhaustive” research. Because if the baptism record was found earlier on in the process (going from the marriage record with the name of the church), one still would have needed to do the DNA to proof the fact that he is the biological father as well as finding some of the documents needed to correlate the information. Very helpful!!
Wow. Excellent.
Great info! Although I was able to get my grandmother's original 1891 birth certificate, the mother used a false name for herself and a fictitious dead husband. She also testified falsely under oath during the proceeding (I got the file too, with 1 page of testimony). That misled me for a long time and it took DNA and methodology to solve it. Birth certificates can be wrong.
Such a great webinar with methodology steps. Loved it!
Wow! This case study was a fantastic real-life demonstration of how to effectively utilize methodology to successfully solve an unknown parentage mystery. Thank you Elizabeth!
Totally engrossing. I started out half listening to the webinar while watching Master Chief. Gordon Ramsey was quickly placed on the back burner.
Very informative and presented in a way that was easy to understand. I have been working with DNA for years but I learned new skills tonight.
The techniques for family history have changed dramatically during the past decade. Thoroughly enjoyed virtually attending the webinar. Shannon Bridget Murphy