We’ve tallied the numbers and made a list of the Top 10 most-watched webinars for July 2024! Are your favorite topics or instructors among the list? Need something new to learn? Use the list to get inspired!

Each month thousands of Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers head for the library to learn new skills and techniques to help improve their genealogy research. Among the now-2,234 genealogy classes in the members-only library, these were the most watched during the month of July 2024. They aren’t necessarily the newest classes but rather the topics that were sought out by our members.

Have you seen any of these classes? Are these among your favorites too? Some of these classes (and topics) might be new to you! Get inspired to learn more and make your genealogy journey more fun!

The Top 10 for July 2024

  1. How to Find the Truth about a Family Story by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  2. Genealogical Research & Writing: Are You a Saint, Sinner, or Bumfuzzled Soul? by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  3. Using AI to Translate German Church Records (and more) into English by Geoff Rasmussen and Andrea Bentschneider
  4. 10 Unexpected Places to Find Ancestor Photos Online by Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal
  5. FamilyTreeDNA Tree Integration with MyHeritage by Roberta Estes, MS
  6. 10 Reasons Why MyHeritage is a Genealogist’s Best Friend by Melissa Barker
  7. Finding Your Ancestors at the National SAR Genealogical Research Library by Cheri Daniels, MSLS
  8. Y-DNA Highways of History by Roberta Estes, MS
  9. Kentucky and Virginia Tax Lists – 5 ½ Strategies for Identifying That Elusive Early Southerner by Gail Jackson Miller, CG
  10. Identity Crises: Right Name, Wrong Man? Wrong Name, Right Man? by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

The Runner-Ups

  1. Editing Your Own Work – Part 1 by Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGG
  2. Editing Your Own Work – Part 2 by Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGG
  3. Researching Cornish Ancestors by Lesley Trotter, PhD
  4. Researching Oregon Trail Ancestors by Dawn Carlile
  5. Finding Your Canadian Ancestors on MyHeritage by Lianne Kruger
  6. Foundations of Irish Genealogy 1: The Raw Materials of Irish Genealogy by John Grenham
  7. Explore What’s Changed with HathiTrust by Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS
  8. Demystifying Second Cousins Once Removed: Crack the Code of Kinship Terminology! by Dana Leeds
  9. Can mtDNA and XDNA help topple Geoff’s Brick Wall? by Geoff Rasmussen and Diahan Southard
  10. A Tour of Goldie May’s Genealogy Power Tools by Richard Miller

The 2nd Runner-Ups

  1. Tax Rolls: Getting Our Money’s Worth from the Taxes Our Ancestors Paid by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  2. Bridging the Gaps: Using DNA to get results in Eastern Europe by Dave Obee
  3. Putting Them in Their Place: Understanding Localities for Your Mexican & Colonial Spanish Ancestors by Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS
  4. 2 of 5 – Mastering Legacy: Names, Dates & Places by Geoff Rasmussen
  5. Quickly Organize Your DNA Matches with the Leeds Method by Dana Leeds
  6. Watch Geoff Live: Adding a Passenger Record by Geoff Rasmussen
  7. 3 of 5 – Your 12-Step checklist to using Legacy Family Tree software by Geoff Rasmussen
  8. Genealogy Serendipity – Listening For Our Ancestors by Geoff Rasmussen
  9. Solving a 1770 problem with the 1880 census by F. Warren Bittner, MS
  10. 7 Tips for Using AI as Your Genealogy Assistant by Dana Leeds

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The #1 rated webinar in July 2024

After each live webinar, viewers rate the webinar on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the highest). This month’s #1 rated webinar is:

  1. Genealogical Research & Writing: Are You a Saint, Sinner, or Bumfuzzled Soul? by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

Congrats to Elizabeth!