Speak/e/s Family Association Membership Survey 2025

Please help us by completing this 12-question survey

Thank you for taking the time to help shape the future of the Speak/e/s Family Association! As a member (or potential member), your feedback will help us plan engaging meetings and tailor content to your interests.

For 2026, we are planning a virtual Annual Business Meeting, and additional virtual sessions will be scheduled throughout the year as desired by the membership. We will return to an in-person Annual Meeting/Reunion in 2027.

This survey should take about 5-7 minutes to complete. Please submit your responses by December 31, 2025.

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* 1. What do you hope to gain most from this Association? (Please rank the following from 1 (most important) to 4 (least important)):

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* 2. Q1 asked you to rank items you hope to gain from this Association (Information to help build my family tree, genetic genealogy, annual meeting, and/or archives). Please enter any comments or additional feedback here:

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* 3. How do you currently receive information from the Association? (Select all that you use or that you personally prefer)

Speak/e/s Family Association website: www.speakfamily.org

The Speak/e/s Family Association Bulletin

The Speak/e/s Family Association Facebook page

The Annual Meeting

Email from cousins

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* 4. How likely are you to attend the 2026 Annual Business Meeting on Zoom, assuming it is scheduled at a time you could attend?

Highly likely to attend

Somewhat likely to attend

Unsure

Somewhat unlikely to attend

Highly unlikely to attend

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* 5. How frequently would you like the Association to schedule a Zoom meeting to discuss topics of interest?

Once a month

Every other month

Quarterly

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* 6. What topics would you like for the Association to discuss in Zoom sessions? (Select all that apply)

Update and discussion of recent developments in the Speaks Family DNA Project (FamilyTree DNA)

Using new techniques in document searching (including Artificial Intelligence and full-text searching) to fill in the gaps in our genealogies

DNA testing sites and their niches (e.g., Ancestry.com, FTDNA, 23andMe, MyHeritage, & LivingDNA)

Tutorials on using online search tools (e.g., Ancestry, FamilySearch, RootsMagic, DNA Painter, & GEDmatch).

Desktop software for recording family trees (Family Tree Maker & RootsMagic).

Guest speakers on specific topics

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* 7. Are you currently doing genealogical research?

A great deal

A lot

A moderate amount

A little

None at all

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* 8. At what level would you describe your experience or proficiency in doing genealogical research?

I am just getting started

I am gaining experience and can find information from multiple sources with relative ease

I have done extensive work building genealogical lines using multiple sources, both online and in archives

I have many years of experience and have developed significant proficiency in genealogical work from many sources

I have contributed to the Speak/e/s Family Book (or other publications) and have taught others how to approach genealogical work

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* 9. On which site(s) have you built or uploaded your family tree? (Select all that apply)

None

FamilyTreeDNA

Ancestry.com

FamilySearch

23andMe

MyHeritage

LivingDNA

WikiTree

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* 10. Please indicate your gender.

Male

Female

Other

Prefer not to answer

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* 11. How would you describe your demographic?

Age 20 or younger

Age 21-40

Age 41-60

Age 61 or older

Prefer not to answer

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* 12. How long have you been a member of the Association?

Less than 1 year

1 to 5 years

6-10 years

More than 10 years

I am currently not a member

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* 13. Please enter any general comments or additional feedback:

Thank you for completing the Survey for 2025!