Course curriculum

    1. Meet Your Instructor: Lisa A. Alzo

    2. What You'll Learn

    3. Course Access: July 29 - August 25, 2024

    4. Watch: Learn To Use the Course Player

    5. Before we begin ...

    6. Contact Us

    1. Getting Started

    2. Benefits of Your Finds

    3. When and How to Use Cluster and Collateral Approaches

    4. DNA and Collateral Research

    5. Getting Started Discussion

    6. Quiz One

    1. Calculating Cousinhood

    2. Records for determining kinship

    3. Government Vital Records

    4. Church Records in Cluster Research

    5. Newspapers Announcements

    6. Determining Kinship to DNA Matches

    7. Additional Records

    8. Determining Kinship Discussion

    9. Quiz 2

    1. Using What You Find on Collateral Relatives

    2. What Boston’s Kids Say about Boston’s Residences

    3. Separating Close Relatives From the Surname Pack

    4. Using Collateral Research to Find African American Ancestors

    5. Reconstructing the Johnson Family

    6. Other possible scenarios

    7. Collateral Relatives Discussion

    8. Quiz 3

    1. Migration Groups and Other Clusters

    2. Narratives

    3. Other Types of Clusters

    4. Identifying Clusters

    5. Case Studies

    6. Think Big: Large Migration Groups and Clusters

    7. Use DNA to explore migratory clusters

    8. Other Cluster Group Discussion

    9. Quiz 4

    1. Introduction to Keeping Track of Your Ancestor’s Clusters

    2. Using Associations in RootsMagic 9

    3. Using Other Relationships in FamilySearch

    4. Identifying Clusters with Airtable

    5. Keeping Track Discussion

About this course

  • $99.99
  • 45 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

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Instructor

Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A. is a professional writer, instructor, and internationally-recognized lecturer. She is the author of 11 books, including The Family Tree Polish, Czech and Slovak Genealogy Guide, and hundreds of magazine articles.

Lisa A. Alzo

Instructor

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