Texas Genealogy Events Calendar
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The following genealogical events are currently scheduled. This calendar includes Partner Societies that are offering one-day or multiple-day workshops and seminars, as well as national and international conferences. It does not include monthly meetings.
Check each Partner Society’s listing or website for their regular meeting information.
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Bay Area Genealogical Society, Special Program, May 31, 2019
May 31, 2019 @ 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The Bay Area Genealogical Society in Houston, Texas announces a special program to be presented on Friday, May 31, 2019 at 6:30 pm
Speakers: League City Police Department representatives and genealogist Shera Lapoint will discuss the genealogy and DNA research performed to determine the identities of the victims in the Jane Doe and Janet Doe unsolved murder cases.
Meetings are held at University Baptist Church (UBC)
16106 Middlebrook Drive
Houston, TX 77059 (Clear Lake City)
Meet in the Chapel on the 1st Floor in UBC, 6:30 pm for socializing and the meeting begins at 7 pm
Using the genetic genealogy of Jane Doe and Janet Doe, investigators meticulously constructed family trees and DNA profiles and compared them against databases at Gedmatch.com, Ancestry.com and FamilyTreeDNA.com. With those matches, they identified and found family members of the two victims that were found on Calder Road in League City.
Detectives were able to identify and locate living family members from both victims. DNA samples were collected from the son and sister of Janet Doe, and Agents from the FBI coordinated the collection from the family members of Jane Doe who were out of state.
In a video about the case, League City Police urged people whose loved ones are missing to submit DNA to databases. The LCPD officials said using DNA to locate people is an “emerging tool” for law enforcement.
For more information about the cases including the video visit the League City websites as follows:
https://www.leaguecity.com/civicalerts.aspx?aid=2266
https://www.leaguecity.com/3279/Audrey-Cook—Cold-Case-86-216
https://www.leaguecity.com/3280/Donna-Prudhomme—Cold-Case-91-2200
For more information about the Bay Area Genealogical Society: https://www.txbayareagen.org