A post script to our (already lengthy) report in the October edition of the Newsletter -
An apology in late September, Wendy suggested that we put together a list of questions on DNA and Family Research to ask Jim Burnell, who is happy to come back to talk to us again. Wendy has begun to develop a list from questions appearing on the Facebook group page she belongs to. The class wholeheartedly agreed to Wendy's suggestion.
During the session, Bev briefly introduced 'Cluster Research', which stresses the importance of thinking laterally when we come across family secrets, brick walls and dead ends - for example, looking into siblings lives for hints, census pages in the neighbourhood surrounding the person being sought, and more. Here's a video if you would like to look into this further -
An apology in late September, Wendy suggested that we put together a list of questions on DNA and Family Research to ask Jim Burnell, who is happy to come back to talk to us again. Wendy has begun to develop a list from questions appearing on the Facebook group page she belongs to. The class wholeheartedly agreed to Wendy's suggestion.
During the session, Bev briefly introduced 'Cluster Research', which stresses the importance of thinking laterally when we come across family secrets, brick walls and dead ends - for example, looking into siblings lives for hints, census pages in the neighbourhood surrounding the person being sought, and more. Here's a video if you would like to look into this further -
