A Genealogy and DNA Journey

National Archives at New York City 3rd floor Learning Center

Finding Family Genealogy Series

May 28, 2019 Finding Lost Family: A Genealogy and DNA Journey​

This lecture is about a journey. It’s a path of discovery, and surprise, and shock and bewilderment; and at the end of the jaunt is a story of JOY. Come hear how Patricia Ann Kellner used traditional Genealogy and DNA to FIND LOST FAMILY and prove Sarah was her Grandma’s Sister. Topics will include: how to use the German Genealogy Group and Italian Genealogy Group search engines.... good for anyone with NY ancestors, wild card searches, reading difficult handwriting, Old Fulton Postcards, researching on FamilySearch.org, DNA cousin matching, DNA Painter, Google and Facebook.

Patricia Ann Kellner has found lost family members using Genealogy and DNA, reunited adoptees to their families, and developed successful Genetic Genealogy strategies. Patricia manages over 35 DNA tests, runs Facebook DNA/Genealogy groups, has hosted family reunions, and created an extensive family tree. On Oct 21, 2018, Patricia was featured in a DNA article that was the cover story in Newsday. Patricia is the President of the DNA Genealogy Group of Long Island (https://dggli.com/) and is a founding Board Member. She has presented numerous lectures on a wide variety of Genetic Genealogy (DNA) topics to the Long Island community. Patricia is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild (https://genealogicalspeakersguild.org/member_details.php?member=KellnerP) and has a B.A. in Speech Communications. Her work was recently featured in Newsday’s “In DNA Tests Boom, article October 21, 2018.

RSVP: newyork.archives@nara.gov or call 212-401-1620.