Looking for an ancestor? MyHeritage has many research options. However, there are 10 that are must-haves for any researcher. Join me as we explore what databases you need to know about and how to research them so you can find that ancestor.
Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher, and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social and women’s history. She holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women’s Studies) and a Master’s degree in Rel
All great — easy connection, good narrative and slides. Learned a lot about this database that I had not explored.
Always an informative seminar from Gena- thank you!
Always enjoy listening to Gena. Her review of the catalogs is excellent as she looks at it from the user standpoint.
Awesome! Thanks for the time preparing this webinar!
Brilliant webinar with lots of fantastic information to review and use.
Easy to understand. Information valuable for a beginner as well as advanced student
Even though I use MyHeritage frequently, I learned something new about some of the key data bases they have. Very informative.
Excellent
Excellent – I’ve been confused/frustrated in searching only to find that I’m referred back to free sites that I already use. Now with this webinar, I understand WHY that is so, and the variety and details available on searching MyHeritage. Very useful webinar, Gina is always clear as a bell, handout is practical!! Highly recommended.
Excellent as always
Excellent information
Excellent information!!!
Excellent presentation. Presenter’s voice & demeanor is pleasing to the ear!
Excellent tips!
Excellent! What great information from a great speaker. Now I know what other great things there are to do on My Heritage! Thank you!!
Excellent!! Great information and tips given by Gena Philibert-Ortega on 10 Must Have MyHeritage Databases.
Excellent, I always learn something from Gena.
Excellent.
Fantastic
Gena had so many clues that will help me with my deliberately missing ancestors.
Gena is a great speaker and presenter.
Gena is always a fabulous presenter!
Gena Philibert-Ortega is one of my favorite genealogical speakers and didn’t disappoint today – great info, presented with excellence!!! Thank you!
Gena was easy to understand. I liked her showing examples and go-tos. Time well spent.
Good presenter
Good useful information. Presenter very energetic. I like that.
Got disconnected will watch again. Fabulous
Great
Great information
great information about using myheritage
Great information! It’s good to know what else is out there to look into.
Great information, plan to revisit the site and explore. Thank you!
Great intro conversation. I liked the speaker’s approach to connecting with others through Comments, and her not assuming that her listeners were familiar with all the benefits of using MyHeritage resources. Well done!
Great list of 10 Must haves and how to use. Thank you
Great overview and handout of the available databases at MyHeritage.
Great overview of the databases on My Heritage!
Great presentation
Great presentation, easy to understand with a lot of new information for me at least.
Great presentation. Provided information I needed to help me understand MyHeritage and how to target my searches.
Great seminar to kick-off the new year. Gena is an excellent presenter & provided some new ideas that I haven’t used in the past. Thanks so much!
great stuff thanks
great topic for my research; great speaker!!!!
Great Webinar – made me aware that I am not using my MyHeritage subscription enough.
Thanks for a wonderful webinar.
Has made me aware of collections I never knew about.
I always learn something new on these webinars. Thank you.
I did not know about these collections, wonderful find. Can’t wait to do my searches on these collections.
I did not know MyHeritage had an Education Center. I just signed up for emails.
I enjoy this speaker.
I enjoyed the webinar very much. It reminded me of the additional options available for searching for my ancestors.
I had no idea that My Heritage had so many collections. Thank you for enlightening me. Can’t wait to start exploring them.
I have a much better understanding of My Heritage offerings!
I have been doing research for over 20 years and still learned new things. Great presentation.
I have been researching for 35 years and it is never too late to learn new research techniques and very helpful to revisit the often used techniques. A+++ Athna-May Bliss Porter
I learned lots. Thanks so much for your information.
I really am excited about the 10 items that I hadn’t thought about and might learn additional tidbits about relatives. Thank you for the eye-opening webinar.
I so appreciate this webinar! For some reason I was finding if difficult to research within My Heritage, although I have been a member for years. Now I’m weeing the errors of my ways!
I’m new to MyHeritage so the webinar gives me many ideas of features I need to learn to use.
It was excellent. It gave me a list of collections that I have to research. Thank you.
It was good
I’ve attended a number of webinars given by Gena. She’s great.
Learned a lot of new searches that are possible.
Learned about other places to find things I didn’t know ????
Learned lots of new ways to find ancestor information on My Heritage.
Lots of information in a short time!! Hopefully more like this from MyHeritage
Lots of places to check out – way more than I thought MyHeritage had!!!!
Love that she went by her syllabus!
Loved this. So much information that I’d never used.
many new ideas for searches at My Heritage. Thank you!
Marian & Gena, this is the best webinar I have ever seen, out of ~50. Every minute of this one was a goldmine! I’m glad I didn’t watch it afterwards at 2x speed as I usually do – although the voices are fun that way. Thank you so much!
my first attendance at a My Heritage webinar and I am glad I did. I am registered for others
NIce Presentation on My Heritage Sources
Nice tour about the highlights of MyHeritage! Love these webinars!
Really EXCELLENT! Very well organixed for taking useful notes.
She is always so clear in her explanation and advice.
Since I wasn’t aware of these databases, I’ll have to view this webinar again.
Spoke very clearly; good information; seemed a little short.
Thank you – this was very helpful for me, as I’m a very new subscriber to MyHeritage.
Thank you for showing me things to make my My Heritage membership more valuable.
Thank you Gena Philibert-Ortega for another very informative & educational webinar – excellent presentation!!!
Thank You!
Thank you…good highlights of some of the various records!
thanks
The presenter generated some very useful ideas on collections I was not aware of. I would have liked more details in the notes, but that may be a quibble.
The presenter highlighted important collections that provide different data bases within My Heritage that can add value to any researcher’s challenges.
the presenter is knowledgeable and personable and disseminates information in a most easy-to-understand format. thank you very much.
The presenter was very knowledgeable and explain things at the right level.
There were some interesting new places to check out.
They are always good.
This was very helpful and informative.
This was wonderful! I learned so much about My Heritage that I didn’t know. Thanks, Gena!
Totally blown away by the density of info that is available in these sources.
Very clear visually and soundwise.
very good
Very good information
Very Good information . I am just beginning too use My Hertiage
Very good information. Glad I watched live.
very helpful
very helpful
Very helpful to a relatively inexperienced researcher dealing with matters far distant from New Zealand where I live. Thanks.
Very Helpful! Thanks
Very helpful. Thank you
very informative
Very informative and well done! An hour VERY well spent!
very informative
Very informative.
Very informative. Learned a lot. Inspired to go searching! Thank you.
very informative. Learned items I didn’t know of.
Very informative. Nice to know how to navigate the website.
Very interesting, I will need to consider subscribing to My Heritage.
Very interesting, lots of useful information.
Very thorough!
Very useful. Great presenter.
Well Presented
Well presented. Very clear. Good illustrations.
What a great start to the year with this excellent overview of the major databases at My Heritage!
Wonderful webinar. Thank you. I didn’t realize MyHeritage had all those collections. Can’t wait to start checking them out.
WOW! Thank you! Your tips have been a big help! : )
Quilts with inked or embroidered names are referred to as signature quilts or friendship quilts. These quilts were used as gifts and fundraisers. Today these quilts are being used to tell stories of families and communities. In this presentation we will explore the history of signature quilts, how to research them, and repositories that collect them. Quilts are more than a bed covering, they also can be a genealogical source.
Quilts with inked or embroidered names are referred to as signature quilts or friendship quilts. These quilts were used as gifts and fundraisers. Today these quilts are being used to tell stories of families and communities. In this presentation we will explore the history of signature quilts, how to research them, and repositories that collect them. Quilts are more than a bed covering, they also can be a genealogical source.
Genealogists LOVE cemeteries but we don’t always know the history behind them. When we know the history, types, and traditions of cemeteries we can do better research that helps us understand our ancestor’s final resting place. In this presentation we will take a look at the history of US cemeteries, what you would expect to find depending on time and place, and where you can find records beyond the usual places.
Genealogists LOVE cemeteries but we don’t always know the history behind them. When we know the history, types, and traditions of cemeteries we can do better research that helps us understand our ancestor’s final resting place. In this presentation we will take a look at the history of US cemeteries, what you would expect to find depending on time and place, and where you can find records beyond the usual places.
Oscar Philibert’s World War II draft card included a surprise, the description of a tattoo. That knowledge posed a challenge. What could Gena learn about this tattoo that would enhance his life story? This case study includes genealogical and social history resources that provide ideas for how genealogists can incorporate social history into the facts they find on a genealogically relevant record.
Oscar Philibert’s World War II draft card included a surprise, the description of a tattoo. That knowledge posed a challenge. What could Gena learn about this tattoo that would enhance his life story? This case study includes genealogical and social history resources that provide ideas for how genealogists can incorporate social history into the facts they find on a genealogically relevant record.
Genealogists use gravestone information to document death information, but oftentimes, a burial marker provides more than biographical information. Gravestones, like any record, should be analyzed but to do so requires one to think beyond genealogical research. In this presentation, we will explore types of cemeteries, the anatomy of a marker, and the “hidden” information the marker provides.
Genealogists use gravestone information to document death information, but oftentimes, a burial marker provides more than biographical information. Gravestones, like any record, should be analyzed but to do so requires one to think beyond genealogical research. In this presentation, we will explore types of cemeteries, the anatomy of a marker, and the “hidden” information the marker provides.
In Your Ancestor’s Kitchen: Researching the Items You Remember
Do you have a picture in your mind of your grandmother’s kitchen? What did she have? Do you remember her aprons, dishes, or that meat grinder that was mounted to the counter? Did you inherit something and wish you knew more about it? In this presentation we will take a look at the material culture of the kitchen and where you can find information about those items you remember and inherited.
Do you have a picture in your mind of your grandmother’s kitchen? What did she have? Do you remember her aprons, dishes, or that meat grinder that was mounted to the counter? Did you inherit something and wish you knew more about it? In this presentation we will take a look at the material culture of the kitchen and where you can find information about those items you remember and inherited.
An Additional 50 Websites Every Genealogist Should Know
Gena comes back with an additional 50 websites you should know for your genealogy. She will explore websites with genealogy databases, technology how-to, images, finding aids, and more. No matter where your genealogy takes you, you’ll hear about a website that can be helpful. And don’t forget about the handout. The handout is a compilation of all the websites Gena’s previously talked about in her 50 Websites presentations.
Gena comes back with an additional 50 websites you should know for your genealogy. She will explore websites with genealogy databases, technology how-to, images, finding aids, and more. No matter where your genealogy takes you, you’ll hear about a website that can be helpful. And don’t forget about the handout. The handout is a compilation of all the websites Gena’s previously talked about in her 50 Websites presentations.
Did you know you can add videos to your Microsoft Word documents? In this video Gena Philibert-Ortega will show you two ways to add videos - 1) from a video stored on your computer and 2) from a video that is found online.
Did you know you can add videos to your Microsoft Word documents? In this video Gena Philibert-Ortega will show you two ways to add videos - 1) from a video stored on your computer and 2) from a video that is found online.
Google Chrome has a reading list feature that is different from its bookmarks bar. Learn the benefits of the reading list and how to use it from Gena Philibert-Ortega.
Google Chrome has a reading list feature that is different from its bookmarks bar. Learn the benefits of the reading list and how to use it from Gena Philibert-Ortega.
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A ton of good information. Great webinar.
All great — easy connection, good narrative and slides. Learned a lot about this database that I had not explored.
Always an informative seminar from Gena- thank you!
Always enjoy listening to Gena. Her review of the catalogs is excellent as she looks at it from the user standpoint.
Awesome! Thanks for the time preparing this webinar!
Brilliant webinar with lots of fantastic information to review and use.
Easy to understand. Information valuable for a beginner as well as advanced student
Even though I use MyHeritage frequently, I learned something new about some of the key data bases they have. Very informative.
Excellent
Excellent – I’ve been confused/frustrated in searching only to find that I’m referred back to free sites that I already use. Now with this webinar, I understand WHY that is so, and the variety and details available on searching MyHeritage. Very useful webinar, Gina is always clear as a bell, handout is practical!! Highly recommended.
Excellent as always
Excellent information
Excellent information!!!
Excellent presentation. Presenter’s voice & demeanor is pleasing to the ear!
Excellent tips!
Excellent! What great information from a great speaker. Now I know what other great things there are to do on My Heritage! Thank you!!
Excellent!! Great information and tips given by Gena Philibert-Ortega on 10 Must Have MyHeritage Databases.
Excellent, I always learn something from Gena.
Excellent.
Fantastic
Gena had so many clues that will help me with my deliberately missing ancestors.
Gena is a great speaker and presenter.
Gena is always a fabulous presenter!
Gena Philibert-Ortega is one of my favorite genealogical speakers and didn’t disappoint today – great info, presented with excellence!!! Thank you!
Gena was easy to understand. I liked her showing examples and go-tos. Time well spent.
Good presenter
Good useful information. Presenter very energetic. I like that.
Got disconnected will watch again. Fabulous
Great
Great information
great information about using myheritage
Great information! It’s good to know what else is out there to look into.
Great information, plan to revisit the site and explore. Thank you!
Great intro conversation. I liked the speaker’s approach to connecting with others through Comments, and her not assuming that her listeners were familiar with all the benefits of using MyHeritage resources. Well done!
Great list of 10 Must haves and how to use. Thank you
Great overview and handout of the available databases at MyHeritage.
Great overview of the databases on My Heritage!
Great presentation
Great presentation, easy to understand with a lot of new information for me at least.
Great presentation. Provided information I needed to help me understand MyHeritage and how to target my searches.
Great seminar to kick-off the new year. Gena is an excellent presenter & provided some new ideas that I haven’t used in the past. Thanks so much!
great stuff thanks
great topic for my research; great speaker!!!!
Great Webinar – made me aware that I am not using my MyHeritage subscription enough.
Thanks for a wonderful webinar.
Has made me aware of collections I never knew about.
helpful on how to search
I always learn something new on these webinars. Thank you.
I did not know about these collections, wonderful find. Can’t wait to do my searches on these collections.
I did not know MyHeritage had an Education Center. I just signed up for emails.
I enjoy this speaker.
I enjoyed the webinar very much. It reminded me of the additional options available for searching for my ancestors.
I had no idea that My Heritage had so many collections. Thank you for enlightening me. Can’t wait to start exploring them.
I have a much better understanding of My Heritage offerings!
I have been doing research for over 20 years and still learned new things. Great presentation.
I have been researching for 35 years and it is never too late to learn new research techniques and very helpful to revisit the often used techniques. A+++ Athna-May Bliss Porter
I learned lots. Thanks so much for your information.
I really am excited about the 10 items that I hadn’t thought about and might learn additional tidbits about relatives. Thank you for the eye-opening webinar.
I so appreciate this webinar! For some reason I was finding if difficult to research within My Heritage, although I have been a member for years. Now I’m weeing the errors of my ways!
I’m new to MyHeritage so the webinar gives me many ideas of features I need to learn to use.
It was excellent. It gave me a list of collections that I have to research. Thank you.
It was good
I’ve attended a number of webinars given by Gena. She’s great.
Learned a lot of new searches that are possible.
Learned about other places to find things I didn’t know ????
Learned lots of new ways to find ancestor information on My Heritage.
Lots of information in a short time!! Hopefully more like this from MyHeritage
Lots of places to check out – way more than I thought MyHeritage had!!!!
Love that she went by her syllabus!
Loved this. So much information that I’d never used.
many new ideas for searches at My Heritage. Thank you!
Marian & Gena, this is the best webinar I have ever seen, out of ~50. Every minute of this one was a goldmine! I’m glad I didn’t watch it afterwards at 2x speed as I usually do – although the voices are fun that way. Thank you so much!
my first attendance at a My Heritage webinar and I am glad I did. I am registered for others
NIce Presentation on My Heritage Sources
Nice tour about the highlights of MyHeritage! Love these webinars!
Oh this was a wonderful webinar! Thank you!
Presented well.
Really EXCELLENT! Very well organixed for taking useful notes.
She is always so clear in her explanation and advice.
Since I wasn’t aware of these databases, I’ll have to view this webinar again.
Spoke very clearly; good information; seemed a little short.
Thank you – this was very helpful for me, as I’m a very new subscriber to MyHeritage.
Thank you for showing me things to make my My Heritage membership more valuable.
Thank you Gena Philibert-Ortega for another very informative & educational webinar – excellent presentation!!!
Thank You!
Thank you…good highlights of some of the various records!
thanks
The presenter generated some very useful ideas on collections I was not aware of. I would have liked more details in the notes, but that may be a quibble.
The presenter highlighted important collections that provide different data bases within My Heritage that can add value to any researcher’s challenges.
the presenter is knowledgeable and personable and disseminates information in a most easy-to-understand format. thank you very much.
The presenter was very knowledgeable and explain things at the right level.
There were some interesting new places to check out.
They are always good.
This was very helpful and informative.
This was wonderful! I learned so much about My Heritage that I didn’t know. Thanks, Gena!
Totally blown away by the density of info that is available in these sources.
Very clear visually and soundwise.
very good
Very good information
Very Good information . I am just beginning too use My Hertiage
Very good information. Glad I watched live.
very helpful
very helpful
Very helpful to a relatively inexperienced researcher dealing with matters far distant from New Zealand where I live. Thanks.
Very Helpful! Thanks
Very helpful. Thank you
very informative
Very informative and well done! An hour VERY well spent!
very informative
Very informative.
Very informative. Learned a lot. Inspired to go searching! Thank you.
very informative. Learned items I didn’t know of.
Very informative. Nice to know how to navigate the website.
Very interesting, I will need to consider subscribing to My Heritage.
Very interesting, lots of useful information.
Very thorough!
Very useful. Great presenter.
Well Presented
Well presented. Very clear. Good illustrations.
What a great start to the year with this excellent overview of the major databases at My Heritage!
Wonderful webinar. Thank you. I didn’t realize MyHeritage had all those collections. Can’t wait to start checking them out.
WOW! Thank you! Your tips have been a big help! : )