Content
Welcome
27s
Speaker's Introduction
55s
Introduction
8m 25s
Principles of Communication
10m 32s
What to Ask
18m 16s
Credibility
6m 29s
Building Relationships
1m 56s
Announcements / prizes
1m 8s
Questions / answers
2m 50s
About this webinar
Collaboration is a key principle of genetic genealogy analysis. In this session explore tips and tricks for successful collaboration with your genetic cousins. Identify useful information you can request from them. Tap into the full power of DNA test results by improving your correspondence with your genetic cousins!
\nAbout the speaker
From a young age, Paul Woodbury fell in love with genealogy research. To pursue his passion for this field, he studied genetics and family history at Brigham Young University. To aid in his desire to ...
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This was great info. for what I needed!\n\nThis, for me, was most timely and helpful in providing ways and methods to contact people you really don't know.\n\nThoughtful presentation, especially for those who have not gained experience contacting genetic relatives.Thrilled that I will be able to listen to this later in the week. I use me age, 73 yrs as my excuse for being a computer dunce.\n\nThanks for making the webinars available for a week, I plan to subscribe for a year after my road trip of late May/mid June.\n\nTimely information on correspondence, good ideas!\n\nuseful information--good to be reminded to be patient!\n\nVery detailed information\n\nVery excellent advice and suggestions. Helpful to know the best way to reach out to new DNA matches without scaring them away! So glad I didn't miss this one!\n\nVery good and I learned a lot!\n\nvery good info and commentsVery good information with a lot of wonderful tips.\n\nVery good information. \n\nVery good information. I already do some of the things Paul suggested. But many of his suggestions might make it easier to contact DNA matches.\n\nVery good presentation with valuable information. Thank you.\n\nVery good, enjoyed his comments and preparation.\n\nvery helpful\n\nVery helpful presentation... easy to follow basics. Thank you\n\nVery helpful that other web style resources were suggested as well as the url and alternative affiliates. Interesting approach regarding DNA match initial contacts. Much thanks.\n\nvery helpful!!!\n\nVery helpful, lots of good ideas. Thank you!\n\nVery helpful. \n\nVery informative\n\nvery informative and helpful for a task that I have put off too long. Thank you\n\nVery informative and helpful. Time for me to re-craft some of my communication! Thank you!very informative\n\nVERY informative! Now to practice what I've learned!\n\nVery informative. Thank you\n\nVery informative. Thank you. I do like the 50 minute format. However, It is a ton of fun information! Thank you!\n\nvery interesting\n\nVery interesting points. Good suggestions on how to approach or respond to DNA matches after submitting a DNA test.\n\nvery interesting! thanks Paul\n\nVery interesting. \n\nVery specific and answered a lot of concerns\n\nVery useful; I have asked some genealogists about this and they are hedgey, so good to get one persons ideas. Thanks.\n\nWell done! Great information! Thanks!\n\nWell laid out with good examples\n\nWell organized\n\nWell organized and delivered in terms I could understand. Gives me a push to get back to my DNA matches. Excellent presentation.\n\nWell organized, iteresting! Thank you!\n\nWell organized. Excellent syllabus.\n\nWell presented information on the follow up after taking the DNA tests. How to work with the results of your tests is not something most of us know what to do about.\n\nWell presented. Thank you\n\nwell thought out and reminded me to re-examine my initial contact messages. Thank you.\n\nWhat not to say was especially important. Thanks.\n\nWonderful ideas. now maybe i will get some replies!\n\nWonderful presentation. I am inspired!\n\nWoodbury is outstanding at everything he does.\n\nYou need to address communicating with people who only want ethnicity estimates and aren't looking for more family members. Then there are the people who just won't take "no" for an answer. They usually want "free" genealogy research, too. In other words, address both sides of this very personal subject. Thanks.
It was what I needed to hear. Having problems with responds. Learn something from the webinar. Thank you for this 24 hour learning webinar.\n\nLearned a lot of new contact ideas. Thank you\n\nLiked the focus on being sensitive/aware of how the recipient of correspondence might feel or react. Thank you!\n\nLots of excellent points and an extensive syllabus. Great webinar!\n\nLots of good ideas.\n\nLots of great comments on contacting matches to get results. Thank You\n\nlots of great info!\n\nLOTS of info! Looking forward to rewatching, reviewing syllabus\n\nNicely done. Thank you.\n\nOK too much text, not enough pictures in the presentation.......\n\nOutstanding. Looking forward to his next Webinar!\n\nP & Qs are important \n\nPaul always shares great ideas!\n\nPaul is a fabulous researcher. I usually am overwhelmed by his presentations but enjoy the challenge and always come away with new skills. Today’s presentation was just right and I’m ready for more!\n\nPaul is always full of info\n\nPaul is so knowledgeable and he always makes any topic accessible!!\n\nPaul Woodbury is one of my favorites. Always useful tips and strategies\n\nPaul Woodbury was in the house, lol Excellent presentation on correspondence and collaborating!!!\n\npicked up a few good hints \n\nReally helpful. Thank you.\n\nSo informative! I am in the process of contacting some of my matches in order to determine who my great grandparents are. This webinar has bee very helpful. Thank you.\n\nSo many great idea's and hints for good correspondence!! Very worthwhile and enjoyed his class!!\n\nSome good information.\n\nSome good tips on corresponding with matches.\n\nSome great ideas. Thanks so much.\n\nSome really useful tips to try!\n\nterrific!!!\n\nThank you\n\nThank you! Very informative & helpful!\n\nThanks for your solid advise on how to communicate with DNA matches. I enjoyed your webinar immensely! \n\nThanks Paul - Great ideas on how to approach shared matches\n\nThe presenter was fine, but the presentation was really general.\n\nThere is so much good information that I need to watch it again. Thank you.\n\nThis info is pertinent to me personally. While I already do some of it this will improve my chances even more! Thanks!\n\nThis particular webinar was very timely. I have six kits that I'm monitoring and the results are just starting to come. I haven't reached out to anyone yet, but have responded to a couple of people that have reached out to me. It will be good to get more information before I start reaching out.\n\nThis was a great webinar!\n\nThis was a real learning point for me. I have had several DNA matches, but I never really knew what to write to these people. This webinar was full of ways to get a good response. Thank you!\n\nThis was a useful review for me and some new things that I haven't thought about
Fantastic. Thank you, Paul, for your suggestions of how to make initial contact with one of our 2ed-5th cousins whom we have Never met. I appreciate your wisdom in how to contact them.\n\nGave me some ideas on how to tailor my requests. \n\nGave some helpful hints \n\nGood advice! Good organization and smooth presentation. \n\nGood advice.\n\nGood advice. I'd like some advice to be given to the people that don't answer - and I don't think they have all died. I've had a few people write a short note ie we're moving and things are in chaos. I'll respond later. That was so helpful. And if someone doesn't know any more, its OK to just write I really don't know anything else. Short and sweet. Nice presentation by a person who obviously knows a lot Thank you.\n\ngood exampls for mrssages\n\nGood ideas about contacting DNA matches. \n\nGood ideas!\n\nGood ideas. Thank you.\n\ngood info for asking a woman to take a mtDNA test to find out if we have Native Am in the tree\n\nGood pacing and ideas\n\nGood slides.\n\nGood talk, practical advice.\n\nGood tips to get a response from DNA matches!\n\nGot into the session late but still found it very good.\n\nGreat advice for messaging !\n\nGreat advice.\n\nGreat content, and very well presented\n\nGreat correspondence ideas!great examples and ideas!\n\nGreat examples of how to prepare and communicate with DNA matches. I thought I was doing OK; I can do better! Thanks.\n\nGreat ideas and tips. \n\nGreat ideas!\n\nGreat ideas! Very well presented! Thanks so much!\n\nGreat ideas. Thanks!\n\nGreat info on how to encourage replies to DNA match questions. Thanks for sharing. \n\nGreat information\n\nGreat information at all levels.\n\nGreat information!\n\nGreat information.\n\nGreat information. I hope I didn't already make these mistakes that he mentioned. I can see that being overly anxious to get information could be a problem when we contact people so we need to be sensitive to these new people. Thank you. \n\nGreat information. The presenter was terrific!\n\nGreat presentation\n\nGreat presentation, thanks\n\nGreat presenter, great ideas and experiences, and lots of good help. Thank you, Paul.\n\ngreat so many ideas\n\nGreat suggestions for contact!\n\nGreat suggestions!\n\ngREAT TIPS!\n\nGreat tips. I always enjoy Paul's webinars.\n\nGreat topic & very well presented\n\nGreat work on how to approach contacts!great\n\nGreat!! couldn't write fast enough. Thank you. do it again. Hugs\n\nHave been try to figure out how to approach possible kin. Lots of great ideas here. \n\nHe covered a lot of angles and gave good suggestions. I will use his approach when contacting genetic cousins\n\nHe gave me a lot to think about, and great advise!\n\nHe gave several good examples of questions for correspondence but it dragged out too long\n\nHe speaks a little to fast. But English is not my commun language.\n\nHe was excellent! Gave me a lot of great ideas and information.\n\nhelpful data for varying levels of communication with matches on trees or no trees. \n\nHelpful hints on how to ask questions\n\nI always enjoy Paul's talks. He covers excellent points and is easy to follow. Like that he solicited some ideas from the audience, too. Thank you!!!\n\nI could recognize some of my own early failed attempts to engage with matches in Paul's 'not recommended' list. I got better with time and his hints are great; I may even try again with one or two matches who didn't respond but are the only matches along one family line. Thank you. \n\ni learned alot very good.\n\nI learnt a "hell" of a lot !!!!!!! Thanks\n\nInformative and helpful! Thanks!\n\ne x c e p t i o n a l! Will check out his other webinars. Many thanks, Paul \n\nit gave me some different ideas on what to say when I write to my DNA matches.
A FEW GOOD IDEAS I'd NOT HAD.\n\nA good review (for me) \n\nA lot of good ideas to use in contacting DNA matches\n\nAbsolutely fantastic! Can't wait to try some of these tips out for myself. Thank you so much.\n\nAll of the "what to write" & "what not to write" was very helpful!\n\nanother good webinar\n\nAnother one to rewatch\n\nAs always, Paul provides excellent and useful information. Thank you!\n\nBrilliant webinar with lots of great advice.\n\nExcellent\n\nExcellent \n\nexcellent lecture Thank you Much appreciated \n\nExcellent information which I will watch again.\n\nExcellent information!Excellent presentation and information\n\nExcellent presentation. Great ideas for good approaches to DNA matches!\n\nExcellent presentation. Many useful tips. Thank you!\n\nExcellent speaker - information was clear and concise. Gave me many ideas of connecting with DNA matches and assessing matches. A lot of really good information. Thank you.\n\nExcellent suggestions, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!\n\nExcellent webinar. Paul Woodbury is obviously very knowledgeable but is also a great presenter of that knowledge.\n\nExcellent!\n\nExcellent! Thank you!\n\nExcellent, information-packed webinar. Great, relevant examples.\n\nExplained clearly\n\nFantastic tips!