An overview of home resources and outreach to family members whose memories and insights can help start the process off right—how things on a bookshelf or a storage box can be of especial use, and a source of clues…if not outright answers.

A step-by-step guide to finding the best results on FamilySearch. Where to start, a demonstration of the options for filtering your results, and how the results might be different.

Cet atelier guidera les chercheurs à travers une série d’étapes et d’arrêts pour découvrir l’histoire des bâtiments et des lieux. Suivez quelques études de cas et apprenez comment trouver d’excellentes archives dans MyHeritage, les étapes à suivre et l’interaction idéale entre les sources primaires et secondaires. Découvrez également des conseils de professionnels pour rédiger un récit captivant. Cette présentation inspirera les participants grâce au pouvoir qu’ont les lieux de nos ancêtres de nous rapprocher et de renforcer notre sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté.  Les sous-titres et la voix de cette vidéo ont été doublés en français à l’aide de l’IA.

Learn the principles, tools, and responsible practices for using AI in your genealogical research.

The U.S. federal census wasn’t designed with genealogists in mind; it was created to meet the changing needs of a growing nation. This session takes you beyond the names and numbers, exploring the historical context behind each census from 1790 to 1950. We’ll examine how shifting questions, enumeration methods, and national priorities have shaped the records we rely on today. By understanding the “why” behind the census, you’ll gain tools to interpret your ancestors’ entries with greater accuracy and uncover richer stories hidden in the data.

Census records often contradict one another. Ages change, names vary, and places of birth are inconsistent. This session demonstrates how to analyze and reconcile those conflicts through timelines, correlation with other records, and case studies that show how to draw conclusions from imperfect evidence.

Most researchers stop at the population schedule, but census records also include valuable schedules that document farms, businesses, deaths, and community life. This session explores agricultural, mortality, and industry schedules, showing how they can be used to add depth to family history.

The census is one of our basic research tools, but basic doesn’t equal simple. Often a census record can raise as many questions as it answers, and some of those questions may seem unanswerable. Learn how an understanding of who the enumerators were, what their instructions prescribed, and some of the many ways they deviated from the instructions can answer many of the questions raised by census research.

An introductory overview on English History and its effect on sources and repositories. Understand where to look for records and how to access.