Unlock the Past in Seattle
with Blaine Bettinger and Maurice GleesonProgram
Subject to minor change
TWO STREAMS
– DNA
– Irish / general
REGISTRATION
9.00am – outside the Washington Mutual Foundation Meeting Room – level 4
Click here for speaker biographies dnd descriptions of presentations
STREAM 1 – DNA – (Microsoft auditorium – level 1)
9.25am – welcome and introduction
9.30am – Using Y-DNA and mtDNA to explore your ancestry – B. Bettinger
10.30am – break and bookshop/exhibition
11.00am – Using Autosomal DNA for 18th and 19th century mysteries – B. Bettinger
12noon – Challenges with Irish genetic genealogy – M. Gleeson
12.45pm – break and bookshop/exhibition
2.15pm – prize draw
2.30pm – Using third-party tools to analyze your Autosomal DNA – B. Bettinger
3.30pm – break and bookshop/exhibition
4.00pm – Phasing and mapping your DNA – B. Bettinger
5.00pm – close
STREAM 2 – Irish genealogy and more – (Washington Mutual Foundation Meeting Room – level 4)
9.25am – welcome and introduction
9.30am – Tracing your immigrant ancestor to Ireland – a strategic approach – M. Gleeson
10.30am – break and bookshop/exhibition
11.00am – Genealogy and the Little Ice Age – W. Shepheard
12noon – The hidden web: digging deeper – C. Ingle
12.45pm – break and bookshop/exhibition
2.15pm – prize draw
2.30pm – Navigating Irish birth, marriage & death records – M. Gleeson
3.30pm – break and bookshop/exhibition
4.00pm – Newspapers, gravestones & probate: rich sources for Irish genealogy – M. Gleeson
5.00pm – close