**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.** 

The new Tewksbury Genealogy Group, which generally meets the fourth Tuesday evening of every month, is open to everyone who's interested in genealogy. Each meeting -- which will take place via Zoom -- consists of a presentation from a guest speaker (typically a professional genealogist), followed by a period where members can briefly share their latest genealogy research, and then the library will share a genealogy resource its patrons can access for free. 

The presentation for the January 26 meeting is "Working With Your DNA Results" with Sandy Murray. DNA analysis ranges from basic matchlist comparisons to reconstructing part of the genome of deceased ancestors. This talk will utilize some of the intermediate tools available at various sites including color dot sorting, shared matching, chromosome browsers and chromosome painting, the WATO tool, spreadsheets and auto-clustering. It will compare the sorting tools at My Heritage (Theory of Relativity) and Ancestry (ThruLines) - both versions of descendancy research utilizing DNA and trees. If attendees have completed a genealogical DNA test from any company, they should bring a basic list of close DNA matches (sharing down to about 90 centiMorgans/1.40% or 2-3rd cousin level) to be used in an interactive exercise. Led by Dr. Sandy Murray. After a career as a research cell biologist, Murray now works with DNA in a genetic genealogy setting. She is particularly interested in helping genealogists who have received their "DNA results" and "matches" but have no idea how to work with them. 

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.