Microsoft Excel tip: Linking Without Making a Mess

Copying a table of numbers or text into a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet often has messy results. Understand how the Paste Special function can strip out unnecessary formatting saving you time and frustration!

What happens when you hit “Enter” when typing within a cell in a spreadsheet? You end up in a new cell. So how do you create a new line within a cell? Learn the secret shortcut for a Line Break in Microsoft Excel!

Keeping track of hundreds of enslaved persons can be an overwhelming task. This lecture will offer suggestions for organizing and analyzing enslaved persons' information using spreadsheets.

Take a trip with spreadsheets to the lands of your ancestors. Learn how spreadsheets can help as you learn to read foreign language newspapers. Use spreadsheets as a translation tool for your ancestors' vital and religious records. Create a spreadsheet to track your ancestors and those great ethnic or locality…

In this one-of-a-kind lecture we will discuss various methods for keeping track of your DNA matches- especially your autosomal DNA matches. We will first discuss what kind of information you need to keep track of, and why. We will cover the basics of Excel, Word, email folders and correspondence. We…

Learn new ways to make data entry faster and easier and a few things that will make your spreadsheets more attractive. See how quickly Magic Fill will help you complete a list and watch Mary turn a spreadsheet "on it's ear to filp rows and columns. Learn how to "add"…

Spreadsheets can help you analyze your genealogy data and keep track of your research. In this webinar, Mary Roddy teaches how to use this powerful tool to gain perspective and further your genealogy research. You'll also learn how to quickly take search results from Familysearch and…

Are you afraid of spreadsheets because you don't know how or where to start? Or are you comfortable with spreadsheets but know there's a trick or two still to learn? In this webinar, Mary Kircher Roddy will get beginners up to speed, and share with experienced users tricks she's learned…

More and more genealogy apps and websites, like MyHeritage, 23andMe, and Ancestry, are moving to Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to prevent account hacking and secure user privacy. Some sites like 23andMe and MyHeritage utilize the Google Authenticator App in order to manage your 2FA account and generate the 6-digit code to gain access to your account. You’ll learn how the Two Factor Authentication concept works and see how you can enable it on your accounts to protect your privacy and data.