NextGen Genealogy: The DNA Connection with David R. Dowell

Published: Jan. 30, 2015, 2 a.m.

b'What do you know about DNA? \\xa0Have you had your DNA tested and still have questions about your results?\\n\\nJoin producer and host Bernice Bennett and co-host Victoria Massie for an engaging discussion with ethicist, author, and lecturer David R. Dowell on\\xa0his book NextGen Genealogy: The DNA Connection.\\n\\nDavid R. Dowell was an academic librarian for 35 years. He has 2 degrees in history and 2 in library science. He has researched family histories since the 1960s. He is an ethicist, lecturer and author whose two most recent books are\\xa0Crash Course in Genealogy\\xa0(2011) and\\xa0NextGen Genealogy: The DNA Connection\\xa0(2014). He formerly taught \\u201cGenealogy Research\\u201d and \\u201cEthics in the Information Age\\u201d at Cuesta College and chaired the Genealogy Committee and the Committee on Professional Ethics of the American Library Association. He blogs on genealogical topics as \\u201cDr. D Digs Up Ancestors\\u201d at\\xa0http://blog.ddowell.com. He coordinates two surname and one haplogroup DNA research projects.\\n\\nDr. Dowell has taught library science courses face-to-face and online for 15 years and made presentations to local, regional and national library groups. He has taught genealogy research classes in both California and Tennessee and made presentations on genetic genealogy to community groups and local genealogy societies in California, Illinois and Tennessee. He is currently lecturing on genealogy research for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt University.'