Learn how to use the free Google Earth Web platform to create and share engaging, interactive, multimedia stories that follow the footsteps of your ancestors. Although both the web and desktop versions have Google Earth in their name, they are very different. Learn how to navigate the platform interface, add multimedia content to your digital story, share your digital family history story, and preserve it. We will also discuss best practices for planning your Google Earth Web story. No coding skills needed!

New England, British, Dutch, or German, your early New York ancestors can be difficult to identify and trace. Where did they settle, and why? Where did they move to? Where did they come from? Here are the procedures and sources you need to find the next earlier generations of your family.

Discover the most powerful features on MyHeritage just in time for the holidays. Learn the secrets to transforming your family’s legacy using three essential tools: LiveMemory™, an innovative AI feature that turns static photos into captivating animated video memories; MyStories, which provides weekly prompts to help you effortlessly compile your family history into a beautiful printed keepsake book; and the MyHeritage Wiki, a free, growing genealogy guide packed with expert articles and strategies to elevate your research and help you find smarter connections this year.

¿Qué buscamos las personas adoptadas cuando iniciamos una búsqueda de familia biológica? Las personas adoptadas cuando iniciamos la búsqueda de familiares biológicos buscamos más que personas, en realidad buscamos recuperar nuestra identidad. Buscamos conectar de nuevo con la lengua de nuestros ancestros, aprender de la cultura que quedó en otros países, recuperar viejas tradiciones. Todo este viaje se puede realizar investigando registros históricos y aprendiendo de genealogistas

Excire Photo 2024 is a new program that lets you automatically add keywords and your own custom ones; search for one or more images by free text, keyword(s), groups or individual people; identified faces; GPS locations; event; main colour in an image; by camera model, camera lens, lens focal length used, shutter speed used, and more. All of this metadata is written directly to your files or to XMP sidecar files, so the information stays with your images, not trapped in a proprietary database. This feature rich program is available for Windows and MacOS, even on M1 and later processor chips. Learn how this software can relieve you of much time and effort in organizing your digital images.

Naturalization records can contain a wealth of information about an immigrant, his origin, and much more. U.S. Naturalization – 1790-1954 discusses the naturalization process, the documents, and changes in naturalization laws over time. It encourages the use of census records, ships’ passenger lists, and other documents in tandem with naturalization documents to expand your knowledge of your immigrant ancestor – and possibly also of the family. This webinar was first released 5 May 2020 on the Genealogy Guys Learn website.

Most British and Irish pre-1841 census records have only statistical information. However, approximately 1400 returns have named individuals. The Early British and Irish Census Project (EBIC) brings all the information from those returns into one searchable, free-to-the-public database (ebc.byu.edu, will soon be ebic.byu.edu). The database covers the period before civil registration and the more comprehensive censuses. It helps researchers find early nineteenth-century and late eighteenth-century people who can be difficult to trace due to increased mobility and increased religious nonconformity.

One James C. Ward was born in the 1820s and his life is documented in Massachusetts and New York. One James C. Ward served in the Mexican War and left sketches and a diary detailing his adventures in California in the 1840s. Could they be the same man? A case of identity solved through correlation.

Découvrez comment démarrer votre généalogie et retracer l’ histoire de vos ancêtres en France grâce aux outils et collections disponibles sur MyHeritage. Nous présenterons les spécificités de la recherche généalogique française et les principales sources en ligne accessibles aux chercheurs. Apprenez à naviguer dans les registres d’état civil, paroissiaux et autres archives numérisées. Profitez de conseils pratiques pour surmonter les défis liés aux régions et à l’histoire de France. Un webinaire incontournable pour approfondir vos connaissances et enrichir votre arbre généalogique.