We’ve tallied the numbers and made a list of the Top 10 most-watched webinars for October 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-2,300 genealogy classes in the members-only library, these were the most watched during the month of October 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 October 2024

1. In a Rut? 7 Ways to Jumpstart Your Research by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
2. Finding Origins & Birth Families: Methods That Work by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
3. Sense and Sensibility: The Power of Logic, Intuition, and Critical Thinking by Robbie Johnson, CG
4. Which Johann Christoph is Mine? by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
5. Let’s Continue With 50 More Overlooked Genealogical Resources by Diane L Richard, MEng & MBA
6. Luther, Napoleon and the Kaiser – German History for Genealogists by Ursula C. Krause
7. Reuniting Siblings Separated During WWII After 70 Years & other amazing family reunions by Daniel Horowitz
8. Rubik’s Cube Genealogy: A New Twist on Your Old Data by Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL
9. Strategies for Resolving Conflicting Evidence by Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA
10. Analyzing Deeds & Wills: I See What It Says—but What Does It Mean?! by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

The Runner-Ups

1. Webinar Short – Keeping Track of Surnames by Fiona Brooker
2. Evidence Mining & Context: Powerful Tools to Dig Deep by Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL
3. Collecting and Compiling Plantation Records: Thomas Terrell Case Study by Orice Jenkins
4. AI and Family History: Extending Beyond the Basics by Andrew Redfern
5. Practical chromosome mapping: gaining insights from segments of DNA by Jonny Perl
6. Probate Power: Parents for Charles, a Father for Phoebe by Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG
7. Hidden Quebec Records on FamilySearch by Johanne Gervais
8. A History of Calendars for Genealogists by Jenny Joyce
9. Broken Branches: How to Detect Cases of Misattributed Parentage in Your Family Tree by Paul Woodbury, MEd., AG
10. Buried in the Federal Records Center: Uncovering XC Pension Files by Alec Ferretti

The 2nd Runner-Ups

1. MyHeritage Profile Page: One Stop for Enriching Ancestor Profiles by Uri Gonen
2. Church Records in Archives by Melissa Barker
3. Irish Landed Estates by Natalie Bodle
4. Applying the Genealogical Proof Standard to Researching Enslaved Families by Michael G. Hait, Jr., CG, AG
5. 5 Ways to Use AI to Involve Children & Youth in Family History by Cathy Wallace
6. Six Ways to Figure Out How We’re Related by Roberta Estes, MS
7. Watch Geoff Live: Cemeteries by Geoff Rasmussen
8. The Neighbors Knew: Strategies for Finding YOUR Ancestral Details in THEIR Records by Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA
9. 10 Things You Don’t Know About Cemeteries by Gena Philibert-Ortega
10. Top 10 Tips for Working with the Old German Handwriting by Katherine Schober, MA

The top 3 highest-rated webinars in October 2024

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

1. In a Rut? 7 Ways to Jumpstart Your Research by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
2. Which Johann Christoph is Mine? by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
3. Collecting and Compiling Plantation Records: Thomas Terrell Case Study by Orice Jenkins

Congrats to everyone!

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