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I have a different take on genealogy because I am both a programmer and a genealogist. I have my own genealogy program Behold that I am developing, and I built and run the GenSoftReviews site where people go to rate and review their genealogy software.
See: www.beholdgenealogy.com
and www.gensoftreviews.com

Third place at the RootsTech 2017 Innovator Showdown

Technology and Genealogy, Genealogy Software, Source-based Genealogy, Autosomal DNA Analysis, Jewish Genealogy

For a complete list of my topics, see: http://www.lkessler.com/speaker.shtml

I usually accept speaking engagements for conferences I am planning to attend.

• July 2020, A presentation online for the Virtual Genealogy Association with the topic: DNA Raw Data Files.
• June 2020, I was scheduled to be a keynote speaker and lead a couple of workshop sessions at the Manitoba Genealogical Society's "Celebrating 150 Years of Manitoba Conference" in Winnipeg. Unfortunately, the society had to cancel the conference.
• Jan 2020, Online presentation at the Family History Fanatics eConference: A Winter of DNA eConference, featuring myself and 3 other DNA experts. My talk was on Double Match Triangulation.
• Sept 2018, a talk for the KDGS Conference in Kelowna, B.C. on "Using Double Match Triangulation to find DNA Ancestors".
• Oct 2017, three talks on DNA testing and autosomal DNA analysis, Great Canadian Genealogy Summit, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• Jul 2017, workshop on using Double Match Triangulator, International Conference of Jewish Genealogy (IAJGS), Orlando Florida.
• Apr 2017, demo-ed Double Match Triangulator to the Virtual Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists.
• Feb 2017, presented at the RootsTech 2017 Innovator Showdown Semi-Finals and Finals, Salt Lake City.
• June 2016, introduced DNA panel at the Ontario Genealogical Society Conference, Toronto.
• Apr 2016, a talk for the Manitoba Genealogical Society Seminar in Winnipeg on Genealogy Blogs and Blogging.
• Mar 2016, a presentation on How to improve research with source-based genealogy in Melbourne Australia.
• Feb 2016, the 10th Unlock the Past History & Genealogy Cruise, giving eight presentations.
• Oct 2014, Gaenovium 2014, Leiden Netherlands. Presented Reading Wrong GEDCOM Right. Was on the Current & Future Genealogical Exchange Standards panel.
• Aug 2014, submitted a second paper Standardized Sources and Citation Templates to the Family History Information Standards Organisation (FHISO) in their call for papers.
• Feb 2014, RootsTech 2014, Salt Lake City. Windows Phone for Genealogists.
• Oct 2013, at the Manitoba Genealogical Society Seminar in Winnipeg. A keynote presentation on Ideas and More Ideas for Your Genealogy Society.
• Fall 2013, wrote an 8 page article Software Reviews for Family Tree Tracker magazine, 1st edition, by Citrus Media (Australia).
• June 2013, submitted a paper Nine Necessities in a GEDCOM Replacement to the Family History Information Standards Organisation (FHISO) in their call for papers.
• Feb 2013, the 3rd Unlock the Past History & Genealogy Cruise, Australia. Gave seven presentations and was on the on the Social Media Panel.
• Feb 2012, RootsTech 2012, Salt Lake City. Was on the Sources, Citations, Meta Data panel and demo'd my program Behold.