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Nancy Gavin Koester

Experienced with estate/ kinship courts, DNA, lecturer, located in Western NY
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Eden, New York
 


  • DNA
  • Document Retrieval / Record Agent
  • Family History Research

  • Adoption / Unknown Parentage
  • Investigative Genetic Genealogy

  • DNA
  • Family History Research
  • Methodology & Resources
  • Available for in-person events
  • Available for virtual events

  • Event / Reunion / Travel Planning
  • Heir & Probate Search
I have experience in the field of genealogy for over 45 years, and have been working professionally in the field for over 25 years. I have extensive education in genetic genealogy, and have worked for the last 10 years in estate courts, specifically finding families of people  and proving families without wills.
I also lecture on how to use DNA as a research tool, as well as education on how to use the data currently available.

Western New York, Buffalo, Erie County, Ireland, DNA, Court, estates, methodology, probate, speaking

https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/were-they-orphans-at-all-dna-and-the-orphan-train-finding-kathryns-family/

I have given lectures at the Buffalo Irish Genealogical Society, the Polish Genealogical Society, and the Niagara County Genealogical Society, as well as the Buffalo and Erie County Library Webinar series.

I have access to all of the repositories in WNY

English

Certificate in Genealogical Research (Boston University)

I am past Vice-President of the Western NY Genealogical Society, a Trustee, Past treasurer and the DNA chairman for the Buffalo Irish Genealogical Society, where I am currently a trustee.  I am a registered Genealogist with the Buffalo and Erie County Library, and the Buffalo Historical Society.

I have a certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University, and have completed 5 sessions at the Genealogical research Institute of Pittsburgh: Advanced DNA with CeCe Moore, and Irish Research I II and III, and Research in the Great Lakes Region.