Genealogy 101, a 3-Session Course in Beginning Genealogy – Part 1

Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG, AGL
Apr 1, 2015
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Welcome
3m 05s
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Speaker's Introduction
1m 32s
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Introduction
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Why Family History?
4m 20s
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What Do We Have At Home?
4m 19s
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Organize Your Research
7m 33s
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Talk to Older Relatives
5m 11s
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The Older Generation
1m 00s
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Genealogy Library
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Maps
1m 34s
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Get Ready to Go!
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Chart #1
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Chart #2
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Chart #3
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Chart #4
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Document Your Sources
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Primary and Secondary Sources
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Common Records
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Data Entry
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Find A Grave
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Great Web Sites
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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After-webinar party
16m 55s

About this webinar

We all have an aunt or a grandmother that has a shoebox full of obituaries, funeral cards, or other old documents that sit on a dresser or closet shelf. Or, perhaps we are that person with the shoebox. These beginning genealogy sessions will show how to take what you know and what you have access to, and teach the steps involved in getting it organized and compiled into a useful genealogy that can benefit future generations. 

 
Session 1 – Getting Started on the Right Foot. All of us know at least a bit of information about our family. It may be something we have heard, or something we have and don't know how it can help us. We will start out learning about information from an obituary, and entering the facts into the Legacy Family Tree software.

About the speaker

About the speaker

Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG, was involved in genealogy before she was even born. The daughter of avid genealogists, she was spending time in courthouses and cemeteries while other children were playing on swings and going to the beach. The love of
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