In 2023 MyHeritage and Legacy Family Tree Webinars brought you 208 genealogy webinars. 208 ways of finding your ancestors. Wow! We hope you’ve been able to find an ancestor or two and that you’ve enjoyed our Webinar Wednesdays, our 4th annual Genealogy Webinar Marathon, the MyHeritage webinars series, Webtember, TechZone videos, Webinar Shorts, the Reisinger Memorial Lecture Series, the African Diaspora series, the Board for Certification of Genealogists webinar series, the Mexico Research series, the O Canada series, The Best of Elizabeth Shown Mills: Genealogy Problem series, and everything else we’ve brought you in 2023.

Thank you for being part of our webinar family. While every single webinar was fantastic, here’s the list of the top most-watched (in number of minutes viewed, not number of hits) webinars in 2023.

The Top 10 for 2023

1. Trousers, Black Domestic, Tacks & Housekeeping Bills: Problem-Solving with “Trivial Details” by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
2. Problem Solving in the Problem-Riddled Carolina Backcountry by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
3. An Introduction to Investigative Genetic Genealogy by Ugo Perego, PhD, MSc
4. Okay, I ‘Got the Neighbors’—Now What Do I Do with Them?! by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
5. Turning Witnesses into Evidence by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
6. Using Negative Evidence: The Power of Silence in the Records by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
7. Smiths & Joneses: Success with Families of Common Name by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
8. Margaret’s Baby’s Father & The Lessons He Taught Me by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
9. The 5 steps to organizing your DNA in 2023 by Diahan Southard
10. Samuel Witter vs. Samuel Witter: Separating Same Name Men, War of 1812 by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

The Runner-Ups

1. What’s the Evidence? How to Probe Documents Beyond the Obvious by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
2. Elusive Ancestors: Never Too Poor to Trace by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
3. PERSI 2.0: The New PERSI for Everyone by Sunny Morton
4. Document Analysis: Digging into Details by Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA
5. Dissection & Analysis of Research Problems: 10 Steps to a Solution by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
6. “She Came From Nowhere…” – A Case Study Approach to a Difficult Genealogical Problem by Michael D. Lacopo, DVM
7. Using MyHeritage to research Polish family history and to find living relatives in Poland by Zbigniew Stettner
8. Putting it All Together: Making Sense of All the Research You’ve Done by Robyn Smith
9. FAN + GPS + DNA: The Problem-Solver’s Great Trifecta by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
10. Scottish Emigration to North America: Before, During and After the Rebellions by Paul Milner, FUGA, MDiv

The 2nd Runner-Ups

1. How Three Types of DNA and Genealogy Uncovered the Long-Lost Enslaved Father by Melvin J. Collier
2. Urban Mapping Tools by Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
3. What Happened to Uncle Walter? Evidence Analysis and Correlation Uncover a Man’s Dual Identities by Sharon Hoyt, CG
4. Hints & Tips for Solving Irish Cases of Unknown Parentage Using DNA by Maurice Gleeson
5. Uncovering Immigrant Origins Through Cluster Research by Dana Palmer, CG, CGL
6. How Do I Keep All This Stuff Straight: Organizing Your Research by Billie Stone Fogarty, M.Ed.
7. Context: A Powerful Tool for Problem Solving by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
8. Finding Prussian Ancestors in Online Archives by Nancy E. Loe, MA, MLS
9. Proving Identity: Not Matching Names by Robyn Smith
10. Lineage of Land: Tracing Property Without Recorded Deeds by Shannon Green, CG

And why not? The 3rd Runner-Ups

1. Finding Your One Among Millions: Methods and Tips for Urban Research, a New York City Case Study by Amy Larner Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL
2. Can mtDNA and XDNA help topple Geoff’s Brick Wall? by Diahan Southard and Geoff Rasmussen
3. Using Evidence Creatively: Spotting Clues in Run-of-the-Mill Records by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
4. Tick Marks and Number Counts: Understanding and Using the Slave Schedules by Renate Yarborough Sanders
5. Connecting Generations through Probate and Property by Teri E. Flack, M.A. (Public History), M.B.A.
6. ‘What are the Odds?’ An online tool that can help solve DNA puzzles by Jonny Perl
7. Collateral Research-The Secret Sauce to Finding Family Records by Cheri Hudson Passey
8. Name Changes and the Law by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
9. Hidden Treasure in New England Town Records by Ann G. Lawthers, Sc.D.
10. Creating a DNA plan for Geoff’s brick wall by Diahan Southard and Geoff Rasmussen

The Top 10 MyHeritage Webinars

1. Using MyHeritage to research Polish family history and to find living relatives in Poland by Zbigniew Stettner
2. Are You Missing Important Family History Clues in Your Old Family Photographs? by Lisa Lisson
3. An Introduction to Reimagine, the New Photo App from MyHeritage by Ran Snir
4. MyHeritage: Your Personal Genealogy Archive by Melissa Barker
5. Ten MORE Secrets to Using MyHeritage by Daniel Horowitz
6. MyHeritage’s Latest Photo Innovations by Tal Erlichman
7. RootsTech Recap by Daniel Horowitz
8. Power of place – using MyHeritage to tell the stories of buildings & places by Rhonda Lauritzen
9. New Updates on Your MyHeritage Family Tree by Uri Gonen
10. See Your Family in a Whole New Light! by Diane Henriks

The Top 10 Webinar Shorts

1. Elizabeth Shown Mills reveals her secret to success in genealogy by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL and Geoff Rasmussen
2. 6 Clues Revealed in Census Records by Tara Shymanski
3. Excel Tips for DNA Analysis: How to Make a DNA Citation Template by Paul Woodbury, MEd., AG
4. What’s That Name? Tips for Finding Nicknames, Spelling Variants and Mangled Surnames by Janice Nickerson
5. Getting Started in Family History – 7 – Cemetery and Church Records by Cheri Hudson Passey
6. Getting Started in Family History – 12 – Avoiding Mistakes by Cheri Hudson Passey
7. Getting Started in Family History – 1- Home Sources by Cheri Hudson Passey
8. Getting Started in Family History – 11 – Staying Organized by Cheri Hudson Passey
9. Getting Started in Family History – 10 – Research Plans and Logs by Cheri Hudson Passey
10. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives Biographical Sheets by Janice Nickerson

The Top 10 TechZone videos

1. 5 Ways to Use ChatGPT for Genealogy by Cheri Hudson Passey
2. Teach MS Word to Type for You by Seema-Jayne Kenney
3. Indexing with MS Word by Seema-Jayne Kenney
4. How I Deciphered This… by Geoff Rasmussen
5. Make a timeline by Bryna O’Sullivan
6. What you’re missing if you’re still using Control-V by Marian Pierre-Louis
7. DNA Triangulation by Michelle Leonard
8. Organize Your Digital Files in 3 Easy Steps by Diane MacLean Boumenot, CG
9. Customize Your Google Chrome Homepage by Gena Philibert-Ortega
10. Managing Citations & Sources Lists in Zotero by Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS

The Top 10 Highest-Rated Webinars (not including Elizabeth Shown Mills)

1. Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1718-1820 by Nicka Smith
2. Tick Marks and Number Counts: Understanding and Using the Slave Schedules by Renate Yarborough Sanders
3. So, You Think You Know All About City Directories? by Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA
4. Loyalists, Freedmen and Frauds in the Southern Claims Commission by Sharon Batiste Gillins
5. Tío Juvenal: Putting the Records, Context & Strategies All Together by Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS
6. Beginning with DNA Painter by Jonny Perl
7. Off the Shelf: The Unexplored Potential for eBooks in Genealogy by Cyndi Ingle
8. Convicts: From Trial to Freedom by Kerry Farmer
9. The Gentlemen Judges: Justices of the Peace by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
10. Can mtDNA and XDNA help topple Geoff’s Brick Wall? by Diahan Southard and Geoff Rasmussen

The #1 Highest-Rated webinar of all time was our final webinar of the year

1. Using Evidence Creatively: Spotting Clues in Run-of-the-Mill Records by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

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Here’s to a fruitful 2024 – may we all make progress on our family trees!