FREE BCG-SPONSORED WEBINAR
“Lost and Found: Locating Ancestral Origins with FAN Club and DNA”
by Mary Kircher Roddy CG, CGG
Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 8:00 p.m. (EST)
It’s hard to do genealogy well without studying your ancestors’ Friends & Family, Associates,
and Neighbors - their FAN club. If your ancestors are Irish, you might have no luck at all without
those FAN principles. But if you combine FAN club research with DNA, you might have just the
winning ticket to get you back to your Irish ancestor’s origins. In this case study presentation,
learn how focused research pointed the way from Ohio to townlands in County Mayo for an
1850s-era Irish immigrant.
Mary Kircher Roddy, CG, CGG became interested in family history in 2000 in
anticipation of her husband’s sabbatical at the University of Limerick in Ireland. While she
didn’t learn everything about her ancestors while they lived there, she was hooked! Since
then, she earned a certificate in Genealogy and Family History from the University of
Washington, her Certified Genealogist credential in 2019, and her Certified Genetic
Genealogist credential in 2024. She is a co-founder of the Applied Genealogy Institute,
whose motto is “Learn by Doing.” She served as treasurer for the Association of
Professional Genealogists from 2018–2021. She is a trustee of the Board for Certification of
Genealogists. Mary is also co-editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.
BCG’s next free monthly webinar in conjunction with Legacy Family Tree Webinars is “Lost and
Found: Locating Ancestral Origins with FAN Club and DNA” by Mary Kircher Roddy CG,
CGG. This webinar airs Tuesday, December 17, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. EST.
When you register before December 17 with our partner Legacy Family Tree Webinars
(http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=9018) you will receive a confirmation email
containing information about joining the webinar. Anyone with schedule conflicts may access the
webinar at no charge for one week after the broadcast on the Legacy Family Tree Webinars
website.
Following the free period for this webinar, BCG receives a small commission if you view this or
any BCG webinar by clicking our affiliate link (http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=2619).
“BCG promotes continuing education as essential for competent family history research,” said
President David Ouimette, CG, CGL. “We appreciate this opportunity to provide webinars
focused on standards that help genealogists and family historians build their knowledge and skills
and hone their craft.”
To see the full list of BCG-sponsored webinars for 2024, visit the BCG blog SpringBoard
(https://bcgcertification.org/bcg-2024-free-webinars). For additional resources for genealogical
education, please visit the BCG Learning Center (https://bcgcertification.org/learning).
CONTACT: Board for Certification of Genealogists®, PO Box 14291, Washington, DC 20044
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designations Certified Genetic Genealogist and its acronym, CCG, and Certified Genealogical Lecturer
and its acronym, CGL, are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, used under
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