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NERGC is excited to have three excellent speakers as our Featured Speakers for the 2025 Conference. Below is a short biography for each speaker as well as their expected presentations for our event.<\/p>

Annette Burke Lyttle<\/h2>
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Annette Burke Lyttle owns Heritage Detective, LLC, providing professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing. She speaks on a variety of genealogical topics at the international, national, state, and local levels and loves helping people uncover and share their family stories. She is coordinator of the Foundations: The Research Process course and the Writing the Stories of Our Ancestors course for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. Annette is past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist.<\/p>

Opening Session<\/strong> <\/p>

How Advertising Caused Ancestors to Migrate<\/em><\/p>

Additional Presentations<\/strong><\/p>

Following Ancestral Migrations: Three Case Studies<\/em><\/p>

How Settlers Guides Can Help us Understand Our Ancestors Lives<\/em><\/p>

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Cari Taplin<\/h2>
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Cari A. Taplin is related to Roy Rogers. Or at least that\u2019s what her family told her. As a result, finding her true heritage has been her focus since the year 2000. She is a native of Wood County, Ohio but now lives in Longmont, Colorado. Cari holds the Certified Genealogist\u00ae credential and has served in a wide variety of volunteer and leadership positions for local, state, and national societies. As the owner of GenealogyPANTS, she writes a blog and provides speaking services. Cari currently works for Ancestry ProGenealogists. Her personal research focuses on midwestern and Great Lakes states.<\/p>

Saturday Banquet<\/strong><\/p>

How Potty Training Helped My Genealogy<\/em><\/p>

Additional Presentations<\/strong><\/p>

Who Lives Next Door<\/em><\/p>

Using Lists to Find Proof<\/em><\/p>

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Diahan Southard<\/h2>
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Diahan Southard, has been helping people use DNA to explore their roots for over 20 years. She started her career at the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation, which created the DNA database that became AncestryDNA. After witnessing the power of DNA for family history\u2013and the difficulties people face in using it effectively\u2013she launched a pioneering career in DNA education.<\/p>

Over the last 20 years Diahan has given hundreds of lectures on DNA from Burbank to Oslo, London to Seattle, to crowds of tens to thousands. Diahan\u2019s talents for making DNA accessible, exciting and relevant are on full display as host of the PBS special, Your DNA Secrets Revealed. Diahan teaches on global platforms such as RootsTech, GenealogyTV and Legacy Tree Webinars. She appears on popular genealogy podcasts and is a DNA columnist for Family Tree Magazine.<\/p>

Thursday DNA Workshop<\/strong> – Do the DNA<\/em><\/p>

Friday Banquet<\/strong> – How DNA Influences Our Identity<\/em><\/p>

Additional Presentation <\/strong>– Combined Power of YDNA & Autosomal DNA: A Case Study<\/em><\/p>

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There will be two additional talks per speaker to be selected from the Call for Presentations by the Program Committee. Stay tuned to this page to see what presentations are selected.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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