Fri, May 24 2013
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Google Search Strategies for Common Surnames
Discover tips and tricks to find your ancestors with common surnames and surnames that double as common words in the English language with Google. Learn how to weed out irrelevant search results to save time and get to what you want faster. Then save and automate your searches to run... |
Lisa Louise Cooke
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Wed, May 29 2013
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The New Frontier in Genetic Genealogy: Autosomal DNA Testing
After the male-inherited Y chromosome (Ycs) and the maternal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), autosomal DNA testing offers many insights into a person's past and how he/she might be related to other people. While Ycs and mtDNA are limited to the two outermost lineages in the pedigree chart, autosomal DNA offers a… |
Ugo Perego
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Wed, Jun 5 2013
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The Genealogy of Your House
You love researching your own family history but have you ever thought of researching the history of your house? Using the same skill set as genealogy you can discover the lives of the people who lived in your home before you. Learn to use the tools that will allow your… |
Marian Pierre-Louis
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Wed, Jun 12 2013
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Get What You Came For: New Search Options Let You Target Obituaries, Photos, Passenger Lists, Births, Marriages, and More
Are you getting the most out of the old newspapers on GenealogyBank.com? GenBank has released a series of targeted search pages that let you focus your searches on the type of articles that you need - saving you time and improving your search results. For example, there are search pages… |
Tom Kemp
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Fri, Jun 14 2013
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Next Exit: Your New Jersey Ancestors
Participants will learn the basics of researching their New Jersey ancestors starting with the early history as part of the New Netherlands colony to the present-day. Does the search for your New Jersey ancestors often take you to a dead end? What are the best strategies for Garden State research… |
Thomas MacEntee
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Wed, Jun 26 2013
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How Knowing the Law Makes Us Better Genealogists
To understand our ancestors’ lives - why they did what they did, we need to understand the law that governed their lives in so many ways. Knowing the law our ancestors lived by helps us make sense of the records they left and find clues to more and different records. |
Judy G. Russell
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Wed, Jul 10 2013
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Canadian Ports of Entry: Ship Passenger Lists, Immigration Records, and Border Crossing Records
You know your ancestors came to North America from the Old Country but you can’t find any records. Learn strategies for searching the available immigration, border crossing and ship passenger list websites on the Internet. |
Kathryn Lake Hogan
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Wed, Jul 17 2013
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Research in the Old Line State: An Overview of Maryland Genealogy
Established in 1634, Maryland has a long and storied history. In this presentation, you will learn about the major repositories in Maryland, the common record groups, and techniques for researching in Baltimore city as well as the rest of the state. |
Michael Hait
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Fri, Jul 19 2013
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Top Ten Techniques for Finding More in Library Catalogs
Most genealogists go to library Web sites, find the online catalog, make a search using that catalog's basic search features, and assume they have found everything. Not only are there many ways to use online library catalogs for genealogical research, but such sites often provide access to a wide variety… |
Barbara Renick
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Wed, Jul 24 2013
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Top 21st Century Genealogy Resources - A Baker's Dozen
Save time and focus your research on the websites you will actually use and rely on: Find-A-Grave, Internet Archive, GenealogyBank, FamilySearch Wiki, Pinterest, Ancestry and more. Learn why you should rely on these essential tools for documenting your family online and leaving a lasting legacy for the rising generation. There… |
Tom Kemp
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Wed, Jul 31 2013
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Direct Your Research with City Directories
Browse the pages of various types of directories to discover where your ancestor worked, lived and played. City Directories are for more than family research. The details can help you date a photograph or plot your relative on a map. |
Maureen Taylor
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Wed, Aug 7 2013
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Captured For All Time: Recording Family Voices to Preserve and Pass Down
Recording oral history and family stories can be the perfect way to preserve and share your family history. Audio can be more ideal than video because the file sizes are smaller. Also, relatives may be less inhibited when recording because audio is less intrusive. Find out from Marian Pierre-Louis the... |
Marian Pierre-Louis
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Wed, Aug 14 2013
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Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy Family Tree
Everyone can use a little research help every now and then, right? Learn about best practices in using the latest technology to organize and plan your research strategies. Call on these digital research assistants 24/7. Geoff Rasmussen will educate, compare, and contrast the three major research guidance tools: FamilySearch, Research… |
Geoff Rasmussen
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Wed, Aug 21 2013
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Do More with your Photos with Templates from Heritage Collector software
Learn more about the Heritage Collector software to create storybook pages to preserve and share experiences that are perfect for children and young families. Learn to add voice recordings and video clips to save and share precious experiences. Learn the difference between a Quick Page and a Template. Learn how… |
Kathleen Bitter
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Wed, Aug 28 2013
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Colonial Immigrants: Who They Were and Where They Came From
Between 1607 and 1790, about 900,000 immigrants came to the colonies. Learn about each of the nationalities that came before the Revolutionary War, where they came from, and sources available to identify them. |
Mary Hill
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Wed, Sep 4 2013
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Getting the Most from Your Records: Putting Them Through the Wringer!
You’ve found the document, now put it through the wringer. Consider: genealogical standards, provenance, jurisdiction, possible biases, etc. |
Linda Woodward Geiger
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Fri, Sep 6 2013
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More Blogging for Beginners with DearMYRTLE
Continuing the discussion about free online software at Blogger.com to get your message out to the world. This sessions topics include adding gadgets such as links to other websites, adding book suggestions from Amazon.com, removing the blogger search bar and inserting a Google Search box to make it easier for… |
Dear MYRTLE
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Wed, Sep 11 2013
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You Use WHAT for Genealogy? Wonderful Uses for Unusual Tools
Have you ever wondered if you’re missing out on how some genealogists are using tools such as Evernote, Microsoft Word or Excel, Google and more? Learn what’s hot in the world of apps and websites and how you can start using them! We’ll review a group of familiar apps and… |
Thomas MacEntee
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Wed, Sep 18 2013
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Don't Be an Audio Hog: Free and Easy Ways to Share Your Audio Files
You've gone to all the trouble to record your family's oral history in audio. Don't banish those files to the dark corners of your computer or external hard drive. Bring them back to life by sharing them with your family, community or on your blog. Turn those audio files into... |
Marian Pierre-Louis
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Fri, Oct 18 2013
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Using GPS Coordinates to Tag and Record Your Photos with Heritage Collector software
Eliminate the guesswork and frustration trying to record, tag and find forgotten cemeteries and graves, old farms, the home where you grew up, and other family history locations anywhere in the world. The Heritage Collector GPS Module makes it easy to use and add GPS coordinates to photos and files… |
Marlo Schuldt
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Wed, Oct 23 2013
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Using Church Records to Identify Ancestors
Church records contain a wealth of family history information. Learn what types of records different churches kept, how to determine your ancestor’s denomination, and where to locate these important records. |
Mary Hill
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Wed, Oct 30 2013
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Using Court Records to tell the Story of our Ancestors' Lives
Early court records give us evidence to prove who our ancestors were. But they’re even more wonderful in helping us understand how our ancestors lived. Learn how to use court records to add richness and depth to help tell your family’s story. |
Judy G. Russell
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Fri, Nov 1 2013
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Ancestry Trees Can Jump Start Your Research
Find out why Ol' Myrt gave up the notion to avoid sharing her family tree online. Secret: It's all about collaboration. This webinar guides participants through the process of creating a GEDCOM file in the Legacy Family Tree software, uploading the file to Ancestry.com, and looking for "reasonable" matches using… |
Dear MYRTLE
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Wed, Nov 6 2013
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Researching with Marian! Creating a Research Plan with YOUR Research
You've watched her solve brick walls and create research plans. Now Marian Pierre-Louis will show you strategies for some of your very own Connecticut, Rhode Island, or Massachusetts research problems. If you have an ancestral family from one of these states, send Marian your family group record (marianpl@fieldstonehistoricresearch.com) and she |
Marian Pierre-Louis
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Wed, Nov 13 2013
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Researching Your Ohio Ancestors
If you have ancestors who lived in or passed through Ohio, you’ll find a wealth of documents waiting for you online, and at archives, libraries, and repositories. Discover what records are available, where they are located, and how to utilize them to trace your roots in the Buckeye state. |
Lisa Alzo
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Wed, Nov 20 2013
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Mind Mapping Your Research Plans and Results
Mind mapping is a process of creating a diagram or flow chart of ideas and concepts. Learn about automated mindmapping tools that let you see your research data in a new light. Do you have trouble planning a genealogy research strategy? What if you had an automated way to... |
Thomas MacEntee
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Wed, Dec 4 2013
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How Computers & Gadgets are Changing Genealogy
Things have changed radically in the genealogy community since the typewriter era. Some problems have been overcome, others have worsened. Meanwhile prognosticators predict technology users face three C’s in the future: greater Convergence, Convenience, and Connectivity which are already impacting how we do genealogy today and have even greater consequences… |
Barbara Renick
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Wed, Dec 11 2013
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Family Stories: Using Newspapers to Reconnect with the Stories of Your Family's Past
As genealogists we want to learn who our ancestors and relatives are, to document them, learn the stories of their lives and pass them down to the rising generation. The old newspapers are the new tool for uncovering these stories. Newspapers were published every day of their lives – take... |
Tom Kemp
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Wed, Dec 18 2013
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Overcoming Lost Records Using Technology
A demonstration of technological and genealogical techniques for finding, sorting, and grasping critical data elements from complex collections of information when essential primary sources have been destroyed or are missing. |
Karen Clifford
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