One of the fun things about publishing this newsletter is that I get to publish the words of several genealogy experts. Today I am delighted to announce the addition of another writer to the staff: Chris Pomery.
Chris is an experienced genealogist but is best known for his expertise in DNA. In fact, I had a chance to sit in the audience in London, England a bit more than a week ago and listen to Chris deliver "how to" presentations to an enthusiastic group of genealogists. Now Chris has agreed to deliver that same expertise in this newsletter. He will be writing articles about the use of DNA in genealogy.
Chris is a DNA expert focusing on:
- the issues arising from big & small surname DNA projects
- how one runs a project group, or surname study, to cross-fund it
- how to run a combined DNA & documentary research project
Chris is the author of the book DNA and Family History and also of In the Genes, both published by The National Archives. He has run the Pomeroy DNA project since its inception in 2000. He lectures regularly on DNA testing and surname reconstruction.
Chris lives in England and therefore is the first international author added to this newsletter's writing staff.
I have met Chris a couple of times (you can watch a video interview we recorded two years ago at http://rootstelevision.com/players/player_conferences3.php?bctid=932533537&bclid=1415670009). I have been delighted with his expertise in our face-to-face conversations and am thrilled to be able to bring that expertise to you via this newsletter.
Chris' articles will appear on a somewhat irregular schedule in future months, as he has time to write them. The will be published as Plus Edition articles. Please join me in welcoming Chris Pomery to this newsletter.
