ABCs of DNA | DNA, What a Tangled Web You Weave! or Lessons from One Small Match

The ABCs of DNA is an ongoing series of in-depth presentations on various DNA topics, presented by well-known speakers as well as knowledgeable AGS members.

Topic: DNA, What a Tangled Web You Weave! or Lessons from One Small Match

Presenter: Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston has been pursuing genealogy for about forty years and feels fortunate to have begun her research when living in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area. There, she was able to learn from the records held by the National Archives, eventually beginning her professional research specializing in pre-WWI military records and federal land records.

Her genealogy educational credits include the Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis course at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, the National Institute of Genealogical Research (now the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records), and she is a 2011 Pro-Gen alumna. Among the courses she has completed in the Zoom era are “Elements of Genealogical Analysis: A Class in Methodology,” taught by the late Robert Charles Anderson, and the NYG&B’s “Empire State Exploration-New Englanders in New York.”

Sue is a co-editor of Source Templates for The Master Genealogist and she has published articles in the NGS Magazine and regional journals. Her personal research focuses on families in New England and the Mid-Atlantic region.

Sue volunteers weekly at the Genealogy Center, where she finally discovered a use for her fourth-grade Spanish, confirming her belief that no knowledge is ever wasted.