Tangled Skeins: Unraveling Family History's Mysteries with Forensic Genealogy

The lecture defines “forensic genealogy” and provide examples of work in the field, and introduces to the audience methods and situations commonly used in forensic genealogy, but largely unknown to the generalist. Eric will introduce methods for dealing with and locating living individuals and the ethical questions that arise when doing so. He’ll discuss similarities between dealing with ‘evidence’ in the genealogical field, and in other investigative fields such as a court of law, underscoring the importance of solid evidence in genealogical research. A case study will illustrate the practical application of these principles.

Invitations and instructions for joining this meeting will be emailed to members on Friday, June 5.  All members are welcome to attend, with no limit on the number who can participate.  Please note that the meeting will begin at 10 AM Eastern Daylight Time..

The handout for this lecture is now available to members in the Members Only section of this website.

Eric Duran

Eric Duran has a background in private investigations working on insurance fraud, check fraud, skip tracing, loss prevention, and adoption research. He holds the Boston University Certificate in Professional Genealogy. He currently works in the field of loss prevention, and as a forensic genealogist performing primarily adoption research, but providing general research services as well.