Where else to look? When matches don’t reply

Michelle Patient
Jan 4, 2021
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About this webinar

Having trouble with a match that isn't replying, or hasn't got a publicly-available tree? Where else can you find their family tree and thus make the most of your DNA results? This talk shows you hints and tips to help get around the problem of absent or inadequate or private family trees associated with your DNA matches.

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About the speaker

Michelle Patient is an Australian genealogist, computer geek, and DNA enthusiast, with qualifications in Chemistry, Geology and Family History. She grew up with a grandmother whose family stories, pho...
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  1. LT
    Legacy Family Tree
    5 years ago

    Really helpful, practical, considerate suggestions. Thanks, Michelle.\n\nReceived lots of valuable information. Thanks \n\nSharing with all testing labs, the information/benefits of going deeper. Appreciate this webinar and speaker!\n\nShe is wonderful. Great sense of humor. Excellent tips. Thank you Michelle.\n\nSo many great ideas! Thanks!\n\nSpeaker was knowledgeable; good, clear speaking voice.\n\nThank you so much. Very informative. I can now expand my search.\n\nThank you, Michele & Geoff. Lots of fantastic info.\n\nThank you, Michelle, for so many good ideas and new ways of thinking, new ways of approaching matches and new tools. I appreciate your perspective and look forward to watching more of your webinars!\n\nThank you. Well worth staying up past my bed-time.\n\nThanks for the webinar good information which I had not put to use befoe. Will now.\n\nThe speaker was very easy to follow and quite knowledgeable.\n\nThe Webinars are always super. I just wish I didn't miss some of them... :-(\n\nThank you so much for giving us the opportunity to search beyond....\n\nThis was an excellent webinar! It was chock full of useful and practical information for making the most of your DNA matches. I especially liked that the presenter gave tips related to all of the major DNA testing sites. I can't wait to use what I've learned today!\n\nUseful information. Thank you!\n\nVery clear speaker. Reassured me I can't find the impossible with obscure username, no tree, no location etc.\n\nVery helpful and informative. Lots of new options to research. Thanks to Geoff and to host speaker, Michelle. Have a safe and happy new year. Happy Hunting & Successful Searches!\n\nVery helpful ideas\n\nVery helpful information throughout and I particularly liked the advice toward the end regarding contacting people. Thank you!\n\nvery helpful information, well presented\n\nvery helpful thank you\n\nVery helpful. I always learn something new. Thanks.\n\nvery informative\n\nVery informative, great examples, and at a great pace! Thank you both.\n\nVery informative.\n\nVery informative. Some of the things Michelle covered I was already aware of, some of them I had forgotten or not fully utilized, and I learned some new things, too!. A lot of great tips. Thank you!\n\nVery knowledgeable presenter. Learned a couple new techniques and websites to explore. THANK YOU!\n\nWell organized, easily understood, kept us engaged, much information to apply, very inspirational. Thank you!

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  2. LT
    Legacy Family Tree
    5 years ago

    Fantastic! I came away with some new tricks I just can't wait to try out! Thank you so much for offering this webinar.\n\nA lot of information for a beginner, but I am glad I can view it gain.\n\nA pot of helpful tips there. And reminders of things we often forget.\n\nA very good webinar\n\nThe presentation was great! I learned things never presented before. Thanks!\n\nalways learn something new!!!\n\nAsGeoff says, there is always something new to learn. She gives some great insights as to why folks don't respond, and ends with a suggested 'letter' to send. Great info throughout.\n\nAwesome information. A bit overwhelming with no experience in this area. Glad to be able to listen again.\n\nConfirms many of the research techniques I currently employ, but definitely provided some new angles. Thank you!\n\nEasy to understand and very interesting\n\nEnjoyed the webinar. Great information!\n\nExcellent\n\nExcellent \n\nExcellent speaker and very useful information. Thank you .\n\nExcellent webinar Michele. Always enjoy your talks. Hope to see you soon at GSQ\n\nExcellent webinar, it was very helpful and included some good resources I had not thought of.\n\nExcellent webinar. Wish I'd had more time to take notes!\n\nExcellent webinar; I will watch this again.\n\nFantastic webinar with lots of great information and tips for improving researches in family history hunting.\n\nGood basic review for a beginner researcher. \n\nGood presenter. Very useful examples. Great syllabus.\n\nGreat approach to tips to follow. Many useful ideas about follow-up and not losing hope.\n\nGreat info\n\nGreat info\n\nGreat information.\n\nGreat information.\n\nGreat job! Lots of great ideas for paths to pursue. I great sharing of a wealth of knowledge. Wish we were related!\n\nGreat presentation by Michelle and lots of information.\n\nGreat presentation.\n\nGreat presentation.\n\nGreat presenter, would like more presentations from her.\n\nGreat reminders and tips on working with DNA matches\n\nGreat slides! Great Q. A.\n\nGreat tips\n\nGreat tips for searching. I contacted one person who had many of the same people in his tree but some incorrect information. I emailed him over five years ago, and he just responded this past year. It turns out that his wife is the granddaughter of my great uncle and actually remembers her grandfather. We are sharing the research, information, etc. As I am adopted, this has been a wonderful adventure. -So it is never to late to respond.\n\nGreat! Get Michelle back again anytime!\n\nGreat, clear presentation with lots of logical information about how to approach things. The syllabus and suggested resources will be very helpful.\n\nI am new to DNA information, so some wording was new to me. Did agree that you need more than one source to verify your ancestor.\n\nI am one of those who only do their genealogy once a month or more so Michelle has inspired me to get back on track. I am grateful for the sites she provided.\n\nI enjoy all the webinars including this one. Unfortunately I sometimes have a hard time thinking as fast as the person is talking so I'm very grateful for having a membership at Legacy family search so I can listen to the recorded webinars again and again. They are very very helpful. Really enjoyed this one. Lots of good info can't wait to get using it. Grateful for the Syllabuses as well. I'm a paper person so I always print and keep them. Thank you.\n\nI learned many tips about drilling deeper..thank you!\n\nI was eating dinner and missed most of the 1st hour the last 25 minutes were great I am going to watch the webinar again later. Thanks! \n\nIt was really good. She was clear, and she gave me a lot of ideas about what I can do with the tools that I have.\n\nIt was very encouraging and I thought the recommendations and examples were great as to how to reach out to people.\n\nLoved Michelle -- so easy to listen to, as well as clear in her presentation. Lots of good info!\n\nloved the webinar- well-done, easy to follow, good hints.\n\nMichelle gave a lot of good information. I am a beginner in learning about DNA, so it was all new to me. Thank you. \n\nMichelle is an excellent speaker. Really knows her stuff. Hope to see more presentations by her here. \n\nMichelle Patient is an excellent speaker, shared so much information. Glad that I can watch it again as a member.\n\nMichelle was great and very knowledgeable

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