Ever found a source record that seemed to be your ancestor, only to discover four other men with the same name in the same place at the same time? Chelley will take you through a process she devised using spreadsheets to untangle a Northern Irish case using 19th century records... and how this helped to advance her 'What are the Odds?' (WATO) hypothesis.

We want to ascertain which James Taylor was our James Taylor for each branch of a tree created to solve a non-parental event (NPE) case for a living person. We will compile BMD records to identify different branches of the Taylor families in County Antrim in mid to late 1800s. Chelley explains how she located the source records, how she compiled and analyzed them to group these families and tease out the branches – without tripping over mistakes in the trees of other matches.

You can enjoy this presentation at the live event or as part of our virtual audience. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and discussion until the scheduled end time, when the broadcast and recording will stop. Attendees at the live event can linger for social time after the program, and have the option of ordering a box lunch.

Registration for the live event is limited to 40 people. Tours of the Research Library and Irish Collection will be offered during the lunch and social time..

There is no limit to the number of virtual attendees. The hybrid program will allow virtual attendees to unmute their microphone and camera for questions or discussion with the speaker following their presentation.

The webinar will be recorded, so any registrant who is not able to attend will have access to the recording.