DNA Track

Administering a Surname DNA Project

Friday, 11:00 a.m., 9 May 2014, F329

Terry Barton is co-founder and President of WorldFamilies.net—which is dedicated to serving the genetic genealogy community—with a focus on projects, project administrators, and the individuals who are using DNA to further their genealogical research.

Terry started administering the Barton Surname DNA project in 2001.  He shares his learnings on the WorldFamilies site and provides Interim Project Administration to hundreds of “orphan projects” at Family Tree DNA, the world leader in testing DNA for genealogy.  He also provides direct project administrative support and/or free project sites to hundreds more projects.

Terry will share his philosophy and approach to surname project administration on Friday morning at the 2014 NGS Family History Conference.  You will get ideas to improve your project whether you are an experienced administrator, a beginning administrator, or a project member who wants to help improve their own project(s).

Terry is a pioneer in genetic genealogy, an ardent family historian and an amateur genealogist.  He serves as Atlanta Area Coordinator for ISOGG, coordinates two DNA Special Interest Groups for his local Genealogical Society, and is one of the founding Board Members of the Journal of Genetic Genealogy.

   

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