Karen Stanbary
Back by popular demand! Proving Your Pedigree with DNA, coordinated by Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG, will lead you in applying your DNA analysis skills to the documentation of one of your ancestral lines back to a second great-grandparent couple. Learn to incorporate genetic evidence in a proof of parentage as part of a fully […]
Have you ever wanted to take a course that engages you in both DNA and writing? Do you want hands-on experience crafting proof arguments to the Genealogical Proof Standard for your conclusions about genetic relationships? The Course DNA Dreamers in Action: Writing Proof Arguments will take you on an exciting writing and DNA evidence journey at […]
Are you looking for hands-on practice with DNA? A way to apply what you have learned so far about genetic genealogy in your personal research? How about taking one of your ancestral lines, applying DNA analysis skills, and proving that line back to your second great-grandparents, with the experts guiding you along the way? Karen Stanbary’s […]
“The practice of genealogy evidence evolves as new developments and technologies emerge.” The second edition of Genealogy Standards was created to “keep pace” with emerging practices – most notably adding seven new standards relating to the use of DNA evidence. Whether personal researcher or client-serving professional, it is imperative that we stay on top of these emerging practices. […]
This is a unique course for advance practitioners. Most courses and lectures approach genealogy standards from the perspective of how to meet standards and how to produce work that meets standards. During this course—a supervised practical application of Genealogy Standards—the students will be the judges. This is a forum for discussions of each standard and […]
On Saturdays beginning on October 12th and running through November 23rd, students have the opportunity to tackle five complex cases, one each week. The five cases for the Virtual All-DNA Practicum will be brand new this year. This unique course tests a student’s ability to plan, research, analyze, correlate, and solve complex genealogical research problems […]
FGS opens on Wednesday, August 21st in Washington, DC. For those attending SLIG in 2020, you can get a preview of what you will experience, since many SLIG instructors and coordinators will be sharing their expertise throughout the conference. If you are still undecided about whether a week-long institute with expert instructors is for you […]
FGS opens on Wednesday, August 21st in Washington, DC. For those attending SLIG in 2020, you can get a preview of what you will experience, since many SLIG instructors and coordinators will be sharing their expertise throughout the conference. If you are still undecided about whether a week-long institute with expert instructors is for you […]
On Saturdays beginning on October 12th and running through November 23rd, students have the opportunity to tackle five complex cases, one each week. The five cases for the Virtual All-DNA Practicum will be brand new this year. This unique course tests a student’s ability to plan, research, analyze, correlate, and solve complex genealogical research problems […]
From the website of Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) in discussing the need for their book on standards: “Genealogy Standards begins with the simple fact that accuracy is fundamental to genealogical research. Without it, a family’s history would be fiction. That first edition of the manual presented the standards family historians use to obtain […]