Collaboration is a key principle of genetic genealogy analysis. In this session explore tips and tricks for successful collaboration with your genetic cousins. Identify useful information you can request from them. Tap into the full power of DNA test results by improving your correspondence with your genetic cousins!
From a young age, Paul Woodbury fell in love with genealogy research. To pursue his passion for this field, he studied genetics and family history at Brigham Young University. To aid in his desire to share his knowledge with others, he has also re
A lot of good ideas to use in contacting DNA matches
Absolutely fantastic! Can’t wait to try some of these tips out for myself. Thank you so much.
All of the “what to write” & “what not to write” was very helpful!
another good webinar
Another one to rewatch
As always, Paul provides excellent and useful information. Thank you!
Brilliant webinar with lots of great advice.
Excellent
Excellent
excellent lecture Thank you Much appreciated
Excellent information which I will watch again.
Excellent information!Excellent presentation and information
Excellent presentation. Great ideas for good approaches to DNA matches!
Excellent presentation. Many useful tips. Thank you!
Excellent speaker – information was clear and concise. Gave me many ideas of connecting with DNA matches and assessing matches. A lot of really good information. Thank you.
Excellent suggestions, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Excellent webinar. Paul Woodbury is obviously very knowledgeable but is also a great presenter of that knowledge.
Fantastic. Thank you, Paul, for your suggestions of how to make initial contact with one of our 2ed-5th cousins whom we have Never met. I appreciate your wisdom in how to contact them.
Gave me some ideas on how to tailor my requests.
Gave some helpful hints
Good advice! Good organization and smooth presentation.
Good advice.
Good advice. I’d like some advice to be given to the people that don’t answer – and I don’t think they have all died. I’ve had a few people write a short note ie we’re moving and things are in chaos. I’ll respond later. That was so helpful. And if someone doesn’t know any more, its OK to just write I really don’t know anything else. Short and sweet. Nice presentation by a person who obviously knows a lot Thank you.
good exampls for mrssages
Good ideas about contacting DNA matches.
Good ideas!
Good ideas. Thank you.
good info for asking a woman to take a mtDNA test to find out if we have Native Am in the tree
Good pacing and ideas
Good slides.
Good talk, practical advice.
Good tips to get a response from DNA matches!
Got into the session late but still found it very good.
Great advice for messaging !
Great advice.
Great content, and very well presented
Great correspondence ideas!great examples and ideas!
Great examples of how to prepare and communicate with DNA matches. I thought I was doing OK; I can do better! Thanks.
Great ideas and tips.
Great ideas!
Great ideas! Very well presented! Thanks so much!
Great ideas. Thanks!
Great info on how to encourage replies to DNA match questions. Thanks for sharing.
Great information
Great information at all levels.
Great information!
Great information.
Great information. I hope I didn’t already make these mistakes that he mentioned. I can see that being overly anxious to get information could be a problem when we contact people so we need to be sensitive to these new people. Thank you.
Great information. The presenter was terrific!
Great presentation
Great presentation, thanks
Great presenter, great ideas and experiences, and lots of good help. Thank you, Paul.
great so many ideas
Great suggestions for contact!
Great suggestions!
gREAT TIPS!
Great tips. I always enjoy Paul’s webinars.
Great topic & very well presented
Great work on how to approach contacts!great
Great!! couldn’t write fast enough. Thank you. do it again. Hugs
Have been try to figure out how to approach possible kin. Lots of great ideas here.
He covered a lot of angles and gave good suggestions. I will use his approach when contacting genetic cousins
He gave me a lot to think about, and great advise!
He gave several good examples of questions for correspondence but it dragged out too long
He speaks a little to fast. But English is not my commun language.
He was excellent! Gave me a lot of great ideas and information.
helpful data for varying levels of communication with matches on trees or no trees.
Helpful hints on how to ask questions
I always enjoy Paul’s talks. He covers excellent points and is easy to follow. Like that he solicited some ideas from the audience, too. Thank you!!!
I could recognize some of my own early failed attempts to engage with matches in Paul’s ‘not recommended’ list. I got better with time and his hints are great; I may even try again with one or two matches who didn’t respond but are the only matches along one family line. Thank you.
i learned alot very good.
I learnt a “hell” of a lot !!!!!!! Thanks
Informative and helpful! Thanks!
e x c e p t i o n a l! Will check out his other webinars. Many thanks, Paul
it gave me some different ideas on what to say when I write to my DNA matches.
It was what I needed to hear. Having problems with responds. Learn something from the webinar. Thank you for this 24 hour learning webinar.
Learned a lot of new contact ideas. Thank you
Liked the focus on being sensitive/aware of how the recipient of correspondence might feel or react. Thank you!
Lots of excellent points and an extensive syllabus. Great webinar!
Lots of good ideas.
Lots of great comments on contacting matches to get results. Thank You
lots of great info!
LOTS of info! Looking forward to rewatching, reviewing syllabus
Nicely done. Thank you.
OK too much text, not enough pictures in the presentation…….
Outstanding. Looking forward to his next Webinar!
P & Qs are important
Paul always shares great ideas!
Paul is a fabulous researcher. I usually am overwhelmed by his presentations but enjoy the challenge and always come away with new skills. Today’s presentation was just right and I’m ready for more!
Paul is always full of info
Paul is so knowledgeable and he always makes any topic accessible!!
Paul Woodbury is one of my favorites. Always useful tips and strategies
Paul Woodbury was in the house, lol Excellent presentation on correspondence and collaborating!!!
picked up a few good hints
Really helpful. Thank you.
So informative! I am in the process of contacting some of my matches in order to determine who my great grandparents are. This webinar has bee very helpful. Thank you.
So many great idea’s and hints for good correspondence!! Very worthwhile and enjoyed his class!!
Some good information.
Some good tips on corresponding with matches.
Some great ideas. Thanks so much.
Some really useful tips to try!
terrific!!!
Thank you
Thank you! Very informative & helpful!
Thanks for your solid advise on how to communicate with DNA matches. I enjoyed your webinar immensely!
Thanks Paul – Great ideas on how to approach shared matches
The presenter was fine, but the presentation was really general.
There is so much good information that I need to watch it again. Thank you.
This info is pertinent to me personally. While I already do some of it this will improve my chances even more! Thanks!
This particular webinar was very timely. I have six kits that I’m monitoring and the results are just starting to come. I haven’t reached out to anyone yet, but have responded to a couple of people that have reached out to me. It will be good to get more information before I start reaching out.
This was a great webinar!
This was a real learning point for me. I have had several DNA matches, but I never really knew what to write to these people. This webinar was full of ways to get a good response. Thank you!
This was a useful review for me and some new things that I haven’t thought about
This, for me, was most timely and helpful in providing ways and methods to contact people you really don’t know.
Thoughtful presentation, especially for those who have not gained experience contacting genetic relatives.Thrilled that I will be able to listen to this later in the week. I use me age, 73 yrs as my excuse for being a computer dunce.
Thanks for making the webinars available for a week, I plan to subscribe for a year after my road trip of late May/mid June.
Timely information on correspondence, good ideas!
useful information–good to be reminded to be patient!
Very detailed information
Very excellent advice and suggestions. Helpful to know the best way to reach out to new DNA matches without scaring them away! So glad I didn’t miss this one!
Very good and I learned a lot!
very good info and commentsVery good information with a lot of wonderful tips.
Very good information.
Very good information. I already do some of the things Paul suggested. But many of his suggestions might make it easier to contact DNA matches.
Very good presentation with valuable information. Thank you.
Very good, enjoyed his comments and preparation.
very helpful
Very helpful presentation… easy to follow basics. Thank you
Very helpful that other web style resources were suggested as well as the url and alternative affiliates. Interesting approach regarding DNA match initial contacts. Much thanks.
very helpful!!!
Very helpful, lots of good ideas. Thank you!
Very helpful.
Very informative
very informative and helpful for a task that I have put off too long. Thank you
Very informative and helpful. Time for me to re-craft some of my communication! Thank you!very informative
VERY informative! Now to practice what I’ve learned!
Very informative. Thank you
Very informative. Thank you. I do like the 50 minute format. However, It is a ton of fun information! Thank you!
very interesting
Very interesting points. Good suggestions on how to approach or respond to DNA matches after submitting a DNA test.
very interesting! thanks Paul
Very interesting.
Very specific and answered a lot of concerns
Very useful; I have asked some genealogists about this and they are hedgey, so good to get one persons ideas. Thanks.
Well done! Great information! Thanks!
Well laid out with good examples
Well organized
Well organized and delivered in terms I could understand. Gives me a push to get back to my DNA matches. Excellent presentation.
Well organized, iteresting! Thank you!
Well organized. Excellent syllabus.
Well presented information on the follow up after taking the DNA tests. How to work with the results of your tests is not something most of us know what to do about.
Well presented. Thank you
well thought out and reminded me to re-examine my initial contact messages. Thank you.
What not to say was especially important. Thanks.
Wonderful ideas. now maybe i will get some replies!
Wonderful presentation. I am inspired!
Woodbury is outstanding at everything he does.
You need to address communicating with people who only want ethnicity estimates and aren’t looking for more family members. Then there are the people who just won’t take “no” for an answer. They usually want “free” genealogy research, too. In other words, address both sides of this very personal subject. Thanks.
Anchors are the Way: Leveraging Multiple forms of DNA Evidence in your Research
Autosomal DNA, Y-DNA, X-DNA, and mtDNA testing and results all have their pros and cons for helping to solve a genealogy mystery. When used in tandem, the synergy of these various forms of DNA evidence aids in pinpointing (or ruling out) relationship scenarios and the source of shared DNA.
Autosomal DNA, Y-DNA, X-DNA, and mtDNA testing and results all have their pros and cons for helping to solve a genealogy mystery. When used in tandem, the synergy of these various forms of DNA evidence aids in pinpointing (or ruling out) relationship scenarios and the source of shared DNA.
Fishing in Your Match List with MyHeritage DNA Tools
MyHeritage's AutoClusters are a great way to start exploring the clusters of your genetic cousins and narrow in on potentially pertinent genetic cousins, but sometimes AutoClusters can only take you so far. Learn to leverage MyHeritage's Theories of Family Relativity, shared matching and DNA match labeling to isolate pertinent genetic cousins for a research question and solve your family history mysteries.
MyHeritage's AutoClusters are a great way to start exploring the clusters of your genetic cousins and narrow in on potentially pertinent genetic cousins, but sometimes AutoClusters can only take you so far. Learn to leverage MyHeritage's Theories of Family Relativity, shared matching and DNA match labeling to isolate pertinent genetic cousins for a research question and solve your family history mysteries.
Covering Your Bases: An Introduction to Autosomal DNA Coverage
Autosomal DNA tests are utilized in genetic genealogy to solve historic research questions by exploring the genetic traces left by deceased ancestors in the genomes of their living descendants. Any given descendant only inherits a portion of their ancestor’s DNA, and different descendants inherit different portions of that DNA. Based on the relationships between tested descendants of a research subject, it is possible to estimate how much of an ancestor’s DNA is represented in any given database. This information can help in prioritization of testing candidates and can also aid in interpretation of shared DNA between multiple groups of individuals.
Autosomal DNA tests are utilized in genetic genealogy to solve historic research questions by exploring the genetic traces left by deceased ancestors in the genomes of their living descendants. Any given descendant only inherits a portion of their ancestor’s DNA, and different descendants inherit different portions of that DNA. Based on the relationships between tested descendants of a research subject, it is possible to estimate how much of an ancestor’s DNA is represented in any given database. This information can help in prioritization of testing candidates and can also aid in interpretation of shared DNA between multiple groups of individuals.
Right Place, Right Time, Right Person: Intersections of DNA and Document Evidence
While genetic evidence can aid in the resolution of research obstacles, at the end of the day, genetic genealogy is just genealogy and must be considered within the context of documentary evidence. Even so, the aims of documentary research to make sense of anomalies in genetic evidence often center around finding the right person in the right place at the right time to be an ancestor of a research subject. Learn how to creatively use documentary evidence to recognize and detect intersections of DNA and document evidence.
While genetic evidence can aid in the resolution of research obstacles, at the end of the day, genetic genealogy is just genealogy and must be considered within the context of documentary evidence. Even so, the aims of documentary research to make sense of anomalies in genetic evidence often center around finding the right person in the right place at the right time to be an ancestor of a research subject. Learn how to creatively use documentary evidence to recognize and detect intersections of DNA and document evidence.
Seeking the Best Evidence: Targeted Testing for Genetic Genealogy Proof
According to the genealogical proof standard, part of pursuing thoroughly exhaustive research is seeking the best available evidence to address a research question. In genetic genealogy research problems, the evidence we use is the test results of living descendants of a research subject, and pursuing the best evidence requires targeted testing of those whose DNA is most likely to help address the research question. In this session, learn to identify, prioritize and invite the best testing candidates to address a research question.
According to the genealogical proof standard, part of pursuing thoroughly exhaustive research is seeking the best available evidence to address a research question. In genetic genealogy research problems, the evidence we use is the test results of living descendants of a research subject, and pursuing the best evidence requires targeted testing of those whose DNA is most likely to help address the research question. In this session, learn to identify, prioritize and invite the best testing candidates to address a research question.
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Syllabus
A FEW GOOD IDEAS I’d NOT HAD.
A good review (for me)
A lot of good ideas to use in contacting DNA matches
Absolutely fantastic! Can’t wait to try some of these tips out for myself. Thank you so much.
All of the “what to write” & “what not to write” was very helpful!
another good webinar
Another one to rewatch
As always, Paul provides excellent and useful information. Thank you!
Brilliant webinar with lots of great advice.
Excellent
Excellent
excellent lecture Thank you Much appreciated
Excellent information which I will watch again.
Excellent information!Excellent presentation and information
Excellent presentation. Great ideas for good approaches to DNA matches!
Excellent presentation. Many useful tips. Thank you!
Excellent speaker – information was clear and concise. Gave me many ideas of connecting with DNA matches and assessing matches. A lot of really good information. Thank you.
Excellent suggestions, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Excellent webinar. Paul Woodbury is obviously very knowledgeable but is also a great presenter of that knowledge.
Excellent!
Excellent! Thank you!
Excellent, information-packed webinar. Great, relevant examples.
Explained clearly
Fantastic tips!
Fantastic. Thank you, Paul, for your suggestions of how to make initial contact with one of our 2ed-5th cousins whom we have Never met. I appreciate your wisdom in how to contact them.
Gave me some ideas on how to tailor my requests.
Gave some helpful hints
Good advice! Good organization and smooth presentation.
Good advice.
Good advice. I’d like some advice to be given to the people that don’t answer – and I don’t think they have all died. I’ve had a few people write a short note ie we’re moving and things are in chaos. I’ll respond later. That was so helpful. And if someone doesn’t know any more, its OK to just write I really don’t know anything else. Short and sweet. Nice presentation by a person who obviously knows a lot Thank you.
good exampls for mrssages
Good ideas about contacting DNA matches.
Good ideas!
Good ideas. Thank you.
good info for asking a woman to take a mtDNA test to find out if we have Native Am in the tree
Good pacing and ideas
Good slides.
Good talk, practical advice.
Good tips to get a response from DNA matches!
Got into the session late but still found it very good.
Great advice for messaging !
Great advice.
Great content, and very well presented
Great correspondence ideas!great examples and ideas!
Great examples of how to prepare and communicate with DNA matches. I thought I was doing OK; I can do better! Thanks.
Great ideas and tips.
Great ideas!
Great ideas! Very well presented! Thanks so much!
Great ideas. Thanks!
Great info on how to encourage replies to DNA match questions. Thanks for sharing.
Great information
Great information at all levels.
Great information!
Great information.
Great information. I hope I didn’t already make these mistakes that he mentioned. I can see that being overly anxious to get information could be a problem when we contact people so we need to be sensitive to these new people. Thank you.
Great information. The presenter was terrific!
Great presentation
Great presentation, thanks
Great presenter, great ideas and experiences, and lots of good help. Thank you, Paul.
great so many ideas
Great suggestions for contact!
Great suggestions!
gREAT TIPS!
Great tips. I always enjoy Paul’s webinars.
Great topic & very well presented
Great work on how to approach contacts!great
Great!! couldn’t write fast enough. Thank you. do it again. Hugs
Have been try to figure out how to approach possible kin. Lots of great ideas here.
He covered a lot of angles and gave good suggestions. I will use his approach when contacting genetic cousins
He gave me a lot to think about, and great advise!
He gave several good examples of questions for correspondence but it dragged out too long
He speaks a little to fast. But English is not my commun language.
He was excellent! Gave me a lot of great ideas and information.
helpful data for varying levels of communication with matches on trees or no trees.
Helpful hints on how to ask questions
I always enjoy Paul’s talks. He covers excellent points and is easy to follow. Like that he solicited some ideas from the audience, too. Thank you!!!
I could recognize some of my own early failed attempts to engage with matches in Paul’s ‘not recommended’ list. I got better with time and his hints are great; I may even try again with one or two matches who didn’t respond but are the only matches along one family line. Thank you.
i learned alot very good.
I learnt a “hell” of a lot !!!!!!! Thanks
Informative and helpful! Thanks!
e x c e p t i o n a l! Will check out his other webinars. Many thanks, Paul
it gave me some different ideas on what to say when I write to my DNA matches.
It was what I needed to hear. Having problems with responds. Learn something from the webinar. Thank you for this 24 hour learning webinar.
Learned a lot of new contact ideas. Thank you
Liked the focus on being sensitive/aware of how the recipient of correspondence might feel or react. Thank you!
Lots of excellent points and an extensive syllabus. Great webinar!
Lots of good ideas.
Lots of great comments on contacting matches to get results. Thank You
lots of great info!
LOTS of info! Looking forward to rewatching, reviewing syllabus
Nicely done. Thank you.
OK too much text, not enough pictures in the presentation…….
Outstanding. Looking forward to his next Webinar!
P & Qs are important
Paul always shares great ideas!
Paul is a fabulous researcher. I usually am overwhelmed by his presentations but enjoy the challenge and always come away with new skills. Today’s presentation was just right and I’m ready for more!
Paul is always full of info
Paul is so knowledgeable and he always makes any topic accessible!!
Paul Woodbury is one of my favorites. Always useful tips and strategies
Paul Woodbury was in the house, lol Excellent presentation on correspondence and collaborating!!!
picked up a few good hints
Really helpful. Thank you.
So informative! I am in the process of contacting some of my matches in order to determine who my great grandparents are. This webinar has bee very helpful. Thank you.
So many great idea’s and hints for good correspondence!! Very worthwhile and enjoyed his class!!
Some good information.
Some good tips on corresponding with matches.
Some great ideas. Thanks so much.
Some really useful tips to try!
terrific!!!
Thank you
Thank you! Very informative & helpful!
Thanks for your solid advise on how to communicate with DNA matches. I enjoyed your webinar immensely!
Thanks Paul – Great ideas on how to approach shared matches
The presenter was fine, but the presentation was really general.
There is so much good information that I need to watch it again. Thank you.
This info is pertinent to me personally. While I already do some of it this will improve my chances even more! Thanks!
This particular webinar was very timely. I have six kits that I’m monitoring and the results are just starting to come. I haven’t reached out to anyone yet, but have responded to a couple of people that have reached out to me. It will be good to get more information before I start reaching out.
This was a great webinar!
This was a real learning point for me. I have had several DNA matches, but I never really knew what to write to these people. This webinar was full of ways to get a good response. Thank you!
This was a useful review for me and some new things that I haven’t thought about
This was great info. for what I needed!
This, for me, was most timely and helpful in providing ways and methods to contact people you really don’t know.
Thoughtful presentation, especially for those who have not gained experience contacting genetic relatives.Thrilled that I will be able to listen to this later in the week. I use me age, 73 yrs as my excuse for being a computer dunce.
Thanks for making the webinars available for a week, I plan to subscribe for a year after my road trip of late May/mid June.
Timely information on correspondence, good ideas!
useful information–good to be reminded to be patient!
Very detailed information
Very excellent advice and suggestions. Helpful to know the best way to reach out to new DNA matches without scaring them away! So glad I didn’t miss this one!
Very good and I learned a lot!
very good info and commentsVery good information with a lot of wonderful tips.
Very good information.
Very good information. I already do some of the things Paul suggested. But many of his suggestions might make it easier to contact DNA matches.
Very good presentation with valuable information. Thank you.
Very good, enjoyed his comments and preparation.
very helpful
Very helpful presentation… easy to follow basics. Thank you
Very helpful that other web style resources were suggested as well as the url and alternative affiliates. Interesting approach regarding DNA match initial contacts. Much thanks.
very helpful!!!
Very helpful, lots of good ideas. Thank you!
Very helpful.
Very informative
very informative and helpful for a task that I have put off too long. Thank you
Very informative and helpful. Time for me to re-craft some of my communication! Thank you!very informative
VERY informative! Now to practice what I’ve learned!
Very informative. Thank you
Very informative. Thank you. I do like the 50 minute format. However, It is a ton of fun information! Thank you!
very interesting
Very interesting points. Good suggestions on how to approach or respond to DNA matches after submitting a DNA test.
very interesting! thanks Paul
Very interesting.
Very specific and answered a lot of concerns
Very useful; I have asked some genealogists about this and they are hedgey, so good to get one persons ideas. Thanks.
Well done! Great information! Thanks!
Well laid out with good examples
Well organized
Well organized and delivered in terms I could understand. Gives me a push to get back to my DNA matches. Excellent presentation.
Well organized, iteresting! Thank you!
Well organized. Excellent syllabus.
Well presented information on the follow up after taking the DNA tests. How to work with the results of your tests is not something most of us know what to do about.
Well presented. Thank you
well thought out and reminded me to re-examine my initial contact messages. Thank you.
What not to say was especially important. Thanks.
Wonderful ideas. now maybe i will get some replies!
Wonderful presentation. I am inspired!
Woodbury is outstanding at everything he does.
You need to address communicating with people who only want ethnicity estimates and aren’t looking for more family members. Then there are the people who just won’t take “no” for an answer. They usually want “free” genealogy research, too. In other words, address both sides of this very personal subject. Thanks.