Tuesday 22 May 2018

Maurice Gleeson's DNA lecture tour of New Zealand

Maurice Gleeson, the organiser of the annual Genetic Genealogy Ireland conference and Education Ambassador for ISOGG, will be embarking on a tour of New Zealand from next weekend.

The tour begins in Christchurch, where Maurice will be presenting DNA-themed lectures at the New Zealand Society of Genealogists' annual conference, Echoes of Our past, which runs from 2-4 June. See full conference programme or Maurice's website, DNAandFamilyTreeResearch.

The post-conference tour takes in Wellington, Auckland, Te Awamutu and Papamoa.

Dates, venues and lecture topics are below.

Saturday 2 June - Christchurch
New Zealand Genealogical Society, Annual Conference
Christchurch Boys' High School, 71 Straven Road, Christchurch
12.00 - DNA: A Beginner’s Guide to the Three Main Tests
14.00 - Identifying Missing Soldiers of WWI – What Role Does DNA Play?

Sunday 3 June - Christchurch
New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Annual Conference
Christchurch Boys' High School, 71 Straven Road, Christchurch
15.30 - Advanced Surname Project Management using DNA

Monday 4 June
- Christchurch
New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Annual Conference
Christchurch Boys' High School, 71 Straven Road, Christchurch
09.00 - Ireland and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: from Indentured Servants to Slave Masters to Abolitionists

Tuesday 5 June
- Christchurch
New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Annual Conference
Christchurch Boys' High School, 71 Straven Road, Christchurch
09.00 - Using your DNA results in practice - focus on autosomal DNA (3-hour workshop)

Thursday 7 June
- Wellington
NZSG Post-Conference Tour
ASB Sports Centre – Matairangi Room, 72 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington
13.00 - Using DNA to solve unknown parentage cases
14.30 - Marrying DNA and Irish family tree research

Saturday 9 June
- Auckland
NZSG Post-Conference Tour
St Andrew's Church Hall, corner of Ridge Road and Vincent Street, Howick
13.00 - Using DNA to solve unknown parentage cases
14.30 - Marrying DNA and Irish family tree research

Sunday 10 June
- Te Awamutu
Te Awamutu DNA support group
13.00 - Using DNA to solve unknown parentage cases
14.30 - Marrying DNA and Irish family tree research

Monday 11 June - Papamoa
NZSG, Papamoa branch
10.00 - Michelle Patient talks on Researching surnames & the Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS)
12.00 - Marrying DNA and Irish family tree research (MG)

Tuesday 12 June - Papamoa
NZSG, Papamoa DNA Special Interest Group
10.00 - Using DNA to solve unknown parentage cases
12.00 - General Q&A

Saturday 16 June
- Auckland
NZSG, Auckland branch Genealogical Computing Group
St Andrew's Church Hall, corner of Ridge Road and Vincent Street, Howick
14.00 - What's a shrink like me doing in a place like this? (a review of the software and tools that I use in my day to day work)