Essential Skills for New Genealogists 4 of 12: Read All About It! Newspapers, Periodicals
Dave Mc Donald
Free through August 14, 2026
About this webinar
Accessing newspapers both in local repositories and via online resources; beginning information on periodicals and specialized publications; ethnic newspapers for research in the 19th Century; newspaper research for context of time and place.
Discount code: beginner4 (valid at familytreewebinars.com)
Valid through: August 11, 2026
About the speaker
Dr. David Mc Donald, The Preacher Genealogist, has been an active genealogist for nearly 50 years. He took his first client as a sophomore in high school, and taught his first classes in genealogy as ...
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Comments (43)
Love Dave's series thus far and always enjoy listening to him speak. Thank you!
Excellent speaker! Love the Essential Skills series. I have found a lot of articles from 1870's thru 1920's for my 3rd gr grandfather who was an Episcopal minister from the Kansas City area. And some articles I didn't even know about him.
This was a great webinar. I learned something new about newspapers and research. Even though I am considered an intermediate genealogist, I love listening to the Beginner’s series. It is amazing the techniques and hints you can get that you have forgotten or never learned. Can’t wait for the next webinar in the series.
An excellent speaker. He really knows his stuff and his manner is very engaging. Lots of great advice as well as useful information.
So many thought provoking insights to what we can and should be doing with our genealogy. Thank you, Dave!
Confidant presentation with so much knowledge! I wish I knew in which papers I could find some of the stories behind the facts.
Dave is a great speaker. I learned so much and see I need to go back and relook items I have found in newspapers.
Thanks Dave! Another great webinar! I love finding little nuggets of info in print! My great grandfather kept a bunch of newspaper clippings with all family info! Treasure!