We’ve tallied the numbers and made a list of the Top 10 most-watched webinars for January 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-2,128 genealogy classes in the members-only library, these were the most watched during the month of January 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 January 2024

  1. Artificial Intelligence and Genealogy: New Beginnings in 2024 by Steve Little
  2. Finding Fathers: Tracking Males Who “Disappeared” or “Just Showed Up” by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  3. Explore Uncharted Paths in Tracing Brick Wall Ancestors Through DNA Network Graphs by Diana Elder, AG, AGL
  4. Using Evidence Creatively: Spotting Clues in Run-of-the-Mill Records by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  5. Essential Keyboard Shortcuts and other PC Tech Tools for Genealogy by Peggy Jude
  6. Irish ancestors – Top 5 websites you need to know about by Natalie Bodle
  7. The Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS): A Review by Shannon Green, CG
  8. Finding Sophia’s Family: A Case of Fratricide and Forgotten Identity by Nancy A. Peters, CG, CGL
  9. Got Old Negatives? Scan Them With Your Phone and These 5 (Mostly) Free Apps! by Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal
  10. Webinar Short: Cousin Connections-How to Find the Living by Cheri Hudson Passey

The Runner-Ups

  1. Webinar Short: Genealogy’s Biggest Challenge: Identity! by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  2. Where Did Your U.S. Ancestors Go to Church? 5 Ways to Find Out by Sunny Morton
  3. The Latest Photo Feature from MyHeritage by Tal Erlichman
  4. Webinar Short: Filing – Unlocking Order in Chaos by Fiona Brooker
  5. Dissection & Analysis of Research Problems: 10 Steps to a Solution by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  6. DNA Analysis Methodology: Defeat the Genealogy Gremlin with Pedigree Evaluation, Mitigation, and Reasoning by Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG®, BCG Trustee
  7. A military heritage: Finding your British army lineage in pre-20th century records by Cathie Sherwood
  8. What’s the Evidence? How to Probe Documents Beyond the Obvious by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  9. Okay, I ‘Got the Neighbors’—Now What Do I Do with Them?! by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  10. How to trace your French ancestors with MyHeritage resources by Marie Cappart

The 2nd Runner-Ups

  1. Can mtDNA and XDNA help topple Geoff’s Brick Wall? by Diahan Southard and Geoff Rasmussen
  2. 5 Tips for Deciphering Handwritten Documents by Bryna O’Sullivan
  3. “She Came From Nowhere…” – A Case Study Approach to a Difficult Genealogical Problem by Michael D. Lacopo, DVM
  4. Lineage of Land: Tracing Property Without Recorded Deeds by Shannon Green, CG
  5. Margaret’s Baby’s Father & The Lessons He Taught Me by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  6. Using Negative Evidence: The Power of Silence in the Records by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  7. Problem Solving in the Problem-Riddled Carolina Backcountry by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  8. Smiths & Joneses: Success with Families of Common Name by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  9. The Gentlemen Judges: Justices of the Peace by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
  10. Elusive Ancestors: Never Too Poor to Trace by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

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The #1 rated webinar in January 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. Finding Fathers: Tracking Males Who “Disappeared” or “Just Showed Up” by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

Congrats to Elizabeth!