What you’re missing if you’re still using Control-V
When you find tidbits about your ancestors on different websites you’ll want transfer them to your family history tree or a program like Word or Excel. The text can come across with all the formatting when you just want plain text. Learn some quick techniques to effortlessly save what you find, just the way you want.
This was part of the webinar, Celebrating 2,000 webinars! Plus 10 tips you can use today.
When you find tidbits about your ancestors on different websites you’ll want transfer them to your family history tree or a program like Word or Excel. The text can come across with all the formatting when you just want plain text. Learn some quick techniques to effortlessly save what you find, just the way you want.
This was part of the webinar, Celebrating 2,000 webinars! Plus 10 tips you can use today.
Did you know you can add videos to your Microsoft Word documents? In this video Gena Philibert-Ortega will show you two ways to add videos – 1) from a video stored on your computer and 2) from a video that is found online.
Did you know you can add videos to your Microsoft Word documents? In this video Gena Philibert-Ortega will show you two ways to add videos – 1) from a video stored on your computer and 2) from a video that is found online.
Ever have a date or a name split across two lines of text? Use Microsoft Word’s Non-Breaking Space shortcut to ensure that specific text stays together on the same line.
Ever have a date or a name split across two lines of text? Use Microsoft Word’s Non-Breaking Space shortcut to ensure that specific text stays together on the same line.
What if there was a way to copy the formatting of a hearing or a paragraph and “magically” apply it to other parts of your document? Learn the power of the Format Painter tool in Microsoft Word.
What if there was a way to copy the formatting of a hearing or a paragraph and “magically” apply it to other parts of your document? Learn the power of the Format Painter tool in Microsoft Word.
How do you add a line or lines in a Microsoft Word paragraph without creating a new paragraph? Learn how to insert a Line Break which will retain your formatting but create a new line within a paragraph.
How do you add a line or lines in a Microsoft Word paragraph without creating a new paragraph? Learn how to insert a Line Break which will retain your formatting but create a new line within a paragraph.
Tired of copying and pasting text from PDFs or websites only to have an ugly mess requiring lots of reformatting? Paste Special is a Microsoft Word function that “strips out” formatting saving you time and formatting frustration!
Tired of copying and pasting text from PDFs or websites only to have an ugly mess requiring lots of reformatting? Paste Special is a Microsoft Word function that “strips out” formatting saving you time and formatting frustration!
Sorting DNA Matches with MyHeritage’s Theory of Family Relativity
Wed, January 28 2026: 1:00 UTC
This webinar looks at 43 Theory of Relativity matches for my mother’s DNA on MyHeritage. With a detailed paper trail, Shauna is looking for some unexplained ethnicity that is in both MyHeritage and FamilyTree DNA. What is the explanation for her Welsh and Germanic ancestry passed down on her mother’s side? Join Shauna and see if she can solve the puzzle, or is that, dig up yet another family skeleton?
This webinar looks at 43 Theory of Relativity matches for my mother’s DNA on MyHeritage. With a detailed paper trail, Shauna is looking for some unexplained ethnicity that is in both MyHeritage and FamilyTree DNA. What is the explanation for her Welsh and Germanic ancestry passed down on her mother’s side? Join Shauna and see if she can solve the puzzle, or is that, dig up yet another family skeleton?
Turn genealogical facts into captivating videos. This session will empower family historians who have only modest tech skills to create short, shareable videos that resonate with all ages. Using Animoto, Canva, iMovie, or Camtasia, learn to blend photos, music, and narration. The result will be magic! Discover how to digitize artifacts, and source public-domain images from places like the New York Public Library’s scanned books. Use AI transcription tools for. Attendees will leave excited to produce a 2–3-minute video story. No video editing skills are needed. This session will draw upon real examples created with the simplest of tools.
Turn genealogical facts into captivating videos. This session will empower family historians who have only modest tech skills to create short, shareable videos that resonate with all ages. Using Animoto, Canva, iMovie, or Camtasia, learn to blend photos, music, and narration. The result will be magic! Discover how to digitize artifacts, and source public-domain images from places like the New York Public Library’s scanned books. Use AI transcription tools for. Attendees will leave excited to produce a 2–3-minute video story. No video editing skills are needed. This session will draw upon real examples created with the simplest of tools.
Advanced Census Research: Understanding Census Enumerators and Their Instructions
Wed, February 4 2026: 16:30 UTC
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.
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.
The Many Faces of the Census: Beyond the Population Schedule – Agricultural, Mortality, and Industry Records
Wed, February 4 2026: 17:45 UTC
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.
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.
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