DNA for Genealogists - Clusters vs Clutter

Saturday, March 20th, 2021, 1:00 pm
Zoom Webinar

 

This class will provide you an overview of clustering and the various platforms available. Additionally, you’ll learn one method to manage your DNA matches. This course is a follow-on to last year’s DNA 101 for genealogists by Margaret Kline.

 

This webinar is FREE and open to the public, but you must register. After registration you will receive an email with a Zoom Link to join the webinar on March 20th. Do not loose that email or link.

 

Click Here to Register!

AVAILABLE NOW for everyone. Click Here for the great presentation by Prisca Barnes, founder and CEO of Storytime Village, Inc.

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Mark your calendar for our 2021 Monthly Webinars and Meetings. We have an interesting and informative schedule of programs for you. Beginning in January, we will continue with our virtual programs – presented via the Zoom application. As the year progresses, we hope to be back in front of you in the Wichita Public Library. Please watch for announcements about each meeting.

 

January 16	Today’s DAR and the Genealogical Treasures That It Holds, by Julie Crawford
February 20	Prisca Barnes  presents Wichita's Dockum Drugstore Sit-In
March 20	DNA for Genealogy - Clutter or Clusters by Margaret Kline
April 17	Creating a Research Guide by Rosie Wiley
May 15	Quarterly, Bonnie Johnson Suzanna Midora Salter, 1st Woman US Mayor
June 19	The G.A.R. in Kansas: A Treasure Chest of Civil War Genealogy by Gary Clark
July 17	The Western History Collections by Jason Felihkatubbe
August 21	Quarterly, Orin Friesen History of Country Music in Wichita from the 1920s On
September 18	Native American Indian Genealogy by Jason Felihkatubbe
October 9	Annual Conference with Lisa Louise Cooke
November 20	Quarterly, Gary and Margaret Kraisinger, Texas Cattle Trails Across Kansas, 1850s to 1880s
December	No Meeting – Happy Holidays

Click Here for a printable calendar (PDF).

The following facilities and conferences have been impacted by the Covid-19. See the associated updates.

 

The Wichita Libraries are currently closed to in-person activities. You can reserve book on their website and pick them up from the drive-up facilities. Unfortunately, the Research Pavilion in the Advanced Learning Library is also closed. Visit https://wichitalibrary.org/covid-19 for details of the library opening.

 

We are conducting monthly webinars of genealogy related topics. December we are usually closed, hence no webinar is provided. A full program has been developed for 2021 and will be released in December 2020.

 

Have free time on your hands? Now is a perfect time to look deeper into your interests. Here are a couple free opportunities.

Digital Public Library of America
Are you aware of the Digital Public Library of America (www.dp.la)? It is a non-profit organization with a wide collection and offerings for genealogists. This includes The Family Research Guide to DPLA - https://dp.la/guides/the-family-research-guide-to-dpla. The following statement from DPLA describes this guide:

DPLA is totally free to use and open to all – no library card, subscription, or sign-up required! Our collection, with items from many institutions, offers a unique research resource for family historians and genealogists.

Ancestry Library Version
The Wichita Public Library is temporarily providing access to the Library Edition of Ancestry from your home or other remote location. This is normally only available from a library PC in the ALL or a branch. You still need a library card number to login and access this great service. For those who already have a subscription to Ancestry, there is still added benefit to using the library edition. While it cannot access your trees, it does provide many records that are only available on the World Edition. Take a look.

With your internet browser connect to: https://catalog.wichitalibrary.org/Polaris/Search/misc/esources.aspx, click on Ancestry Library Edition and follow login instructions. This link is also available from the libraries COVID-19 page:  https://wichitalibrary.org/covid-19. 

Note:  This remote access could change when the library re-opens.

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