The Genealogy Squad IS for You!

Start your New Year off right! 

Join The Genealogy Squad on Facebook at 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/genealogysquad.

The mission of The Genealogy Squad Facebook group is to provide a positive space for the sharing of appropriate and reliable methods and resources to assist genealogists at all levels. We focus on answering questions and solving problems while demonstrating best practices in all aspects of genealogical research.

The administrators are George G. Morgan of The Genealogy Guys Podcast, Cyndi Ingle who created and maintains more than 337,000 links at Cyndi's List, and Blaine T. Bettinger, Ph.D., JD, the world's leading lecturer on DNA and principle of DNA Central. (Questions relating to the use of DNA testing are better suited for our sibling group, Genetic Genealogy Tips & Techniques at https://www.facebook.com/groups/geneticgenealogytipsandtechniques.) We have two fantastic moderators working with the team at the moment too! They are Mia Bennett of England and Samantha John of Australia. They are experts in their areas and abroad too!

Membership in the group, which launched on 6 May 2019, is currently approaching 27,000. The members, administrators, and moderators answer your questions or they point you to excellent resources. TGS is the friendliest and most helpful Facebook group there is to help you with your genealogical questions.

Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/genealogysquad to join. Just answer a few quick questions and you'll be approved and in The Genealogy Squad in almost no time! And if you're already a member, tell your friends and members of the genealogical societies to which you belong!

The Genealogy Squad is here to help!

New Podcast Episode with Cyndi Ingle, Blaine T. Bettinger, and More!

We published a new episode of The Genealogy Guys Podcast this morning at http://genealogyguys.com that we know you're going to enjoy!

Cyndi Ingle of Cyndi's List joins us with a regular new feature, Cyndi Says, and this time she tells you how to create your own search engine! She joins Blaine T. Bettinger of DNA Central who this week discusses the Shared cM Project with Drew.

We have news, listener email, and information about our speaking schedule to round out this new episode! We hope you'll be as thrilled with our new teammates as we are!

Blaine T. Bettinger, Ph.D, J.D., Joins The Genealogy Guys Podcast

Blaine T. Bettinger, the internationally recognized expert on genetic DNA, speaker, and prolific author, will be joining The Genealogy Guys Podcast beginning on March 5, 2019. Blaine has been a genetic genealogist for more than a decade, with experience in Y-DNA, mtDNA, and autosomal DNA. He is the author of one of the longest-running blogs devoted to DNA testing, The Genetic Genealogist (http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com). He frequently lectures on genetic genealogy locally, at conferences across the country, on genealogical cruises, and in webinars. He has a subscription website called DNA Central at https://dna-central.com/ where he provides top-quality educational materials on the subject of genetic genealogy research.

He holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a J.D. in Intellectual Property Law. He created DNA Central (https://dna-central.com/), the go-to self-educational subscription website with everything you need to understand your DNA. He is the author of two landmark books: The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy (Family Tree Books, 2016) and Genetic Genealogy in Practice co-authored with Debbie Parker Wayne (National Genealogical Society, 2016).

Blaine will join The Genealogy Guys Podcast and will be interviewed by co-host Drew Smith in a regular segment to discuss news, analysis tools, methodologies, and much more. You do not want to miss learning more from Blaine!