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Wednesday, February 29, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 7:00 PM GMT |
Organizing and Sharing Digital Images. Learn how to organize and share your digital images. If you are unable to quickly locate any digital image or document, you need the techniques that Legacy Family Tree's Geoff Rasmussen will teach in this webinar. You will learn how Google's Picasa and Adobe's Photoshop Elements can help you sort, tag, and quickly locate your pictures. You will also learn how to securely access your photos in the "cloud" (from any internet-connected computer) and share them with others. Finally, Geoff will give suggestions on how to organize your digitized genealogy documents (wills, census, etc.) and add them to your Legacy Family Tree file. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 7:00 PM GMT |
Are you Ready for the 1940 U.S. Census Images? April 2, 2012 will be a busy day for genealogists in the U.S. as the images for the 1940 United States census are released to the public. Learn the strategies needed to find the images you want, especially during the first few weeks before the images are indexed. Besides tips and tricks, you'll also learn what information was collected during the 1940 U.S. Census and how it can help your genealogy research. | Thomas MacEntee |
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
DNA Research for Genealogists: Beyond the Basics. Among the tens of thousand of individuals that have already experienced the novelty of genetic testing for ancestral or genealogical purposes, many are still wondering about the real benefits that such testing may bring to their family history repertoire. Few individuals may have given in to pressure by others, or simply for curiosity. Whether you have been already tested and are still wondering about what all those letters and numbers from your genetic genealogy report mean, or whether you are contemplating if DNA testing for family history is something for you, this lecture will offer you some online tools that are available to interpret your results and get the most out of your genetic testing. We will also focus on a few successful DNA genealogy cases and conclude with a description of consultation services available to those that think genetic genealogy is an exciting field, but fear it is too complex of a tool to them. | Ugo Perego |
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Obituaries: Clues to Look For. Tips for making sure you get the full benefit from an obituary notice. Newspapers have been publishing obituaries for over 300 years. Dig in and identify every clue as you learn how newspaper editors have changed their syntax, style and scope of obituaries over the years. Obituaries are critical for building an American family history. | Thomas Jay Kemp |
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Friday, March 30, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Digital Writing Tools for Genealogists. Telling your family’s story just got a whole lot easier thanks to a number of cloud-based notetaking and writing tools and apps you can access from home, your netbook or iPad, and even your smartphone. Learn about the latest tech tools and writing apps for bringing your family’s story to life! | Lisa Alzo |
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
The Pursuit from Genealogy Hobbyist to Professional. Several terms are applied to individuals that are interested in their ancestors. Those who are fascinated by the story but not really interested in the data could be termed amateurs. Moving up a rung on the ladder would be the hobbyists, who gather photos, letters and family memorabilia to share with others. They quite often are members of societies, are familiar with local history, and help others to find their ancestors. This group is quite underestimated, in that many have self-taught expertise and are quite knowledgeable. However, most of them do not charge money for their assistance. The next step is to operate at the “professional” level, which requires perspective, attitude, methods, process, and some business skills. This webinar will discuss various ways to make that transition. Join John M. Kitzmiller, II, AG and Claire V. Brison-Banks, AG for this special webinar, sponsored by the The International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen). | John Kitzmiller and Claire V. Brison-Banks |
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT 7:00 PM London |
Genealogy on the Go - the Families app for your Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Got an iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or an Android device? With the "Families" application you can easily transfer your Legacy Family Tree files and pictures from your computer to your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or Android device, enabling them to be viewed and edited wherever you are. Any changes you make on these devices can then be synced back to your Legacy family file. Join the developer of Families, Malcolm Green, for a demonstration of how it all works and what it looks like. | Malcolm Green |
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Saturday, April 14, 2012. 12:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 11:00 AM Central 10:00 AM Mountain 9:00 AM Pacific/Arizona 4:00 PM GMT |
Using Legacy Family Tree to Support Family Groups/Associations. This 1-hour webinar will discuss how the Legacy Family Tree software can help your family organization work together. These specific features and concepts will be taught: importing your PAF and GEDCOM files into Legacy; best practices for adding new data, including adding new events and sources; how to share your Legacy file with other association/family members to avoid duplication utilizing Legacy's IntelliShare tool; using Legacy's Research Notes and Tree Finder tools to document opinions, theories, and unproven relationships; using Legacy's Research Guidance to guide you to the right sources and websites to extend your pedigree. The webinar will be taught by two of Legacy's developers, Ken McGinnis and Geoff Rasmussen. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT 7:00 PM Glasgow |
Researching Your Scottish Ancestors. Scotland has a wealth of records available to assist you in researching your Scottish ancestry. Scottish statutory records of births, marriages and deaths began in 1855 and are available online together with census returns from 1841 - 1911. Other online records include Old Parish Records of baptisms, marriages and burials, records from Catholic archives and Scottish wills and testaments. Join our webinar to find out about these records and strategies to help you use these and other useful sources effectively in your research. | Marie Dougan |
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Reverse Genealogy: Finding the Living. Although genealogy is at its heart the study of long-deceased ancestors, connecting with living relatives has become almost as important to many family historians. Some seek living kin in an effort to track down family photos; others do it to find family history playmates, plan reunions or identify DNA project participants. Whatever the motivation, one of the most addicting aspects of genealogy is the thrill of finding distant cousins, or in some cases, parents, children or siblings. But this "reverse genealogy" (working from the past to the present) has its own special challenges and requires the researcher to be part genealogist and part private investigator. This presentation covers proven techniques for tracing 20th and 21st century friends and relatives from the past to the present. | Megan Smolenyak |
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Researching Your Pennsylvania Ancestors. Pennsylvania has a plethora of archives, libraries, and repositories, where you’ll find a wealth of documents to help you unlock key details about your ancestors. Discover what records are available, where they are located and how to utilize them to trace your roots in the Keystone state. | Lisa Alzo |
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Researching Your New York Ancestors. While many of our ancestors may have come from New York, finding them and the records left behind is another story. New York research offers certain challenges and it helps to know the strategies needed to tackle those Empire State records. You’ll not only get a quick lesson in New York State history and understand why the different regions are important, you’ll also learn about special record sets and resources unique to New York. Whether your ancestor was a Knickerbocker or an immigrant, you’ll be in a “New York State of mind“ with these research tips, tricks and tools. | Thomas MacEntee |
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Researching Your German Ancestors. More Americans have German ancestry than any other ethnic group and German research sources are some of the most detailed and helpful in all of Europe, so what are you waiting for? Most German families can be documented back to the 1600s and this webinar will help you get started. You don’t need to speak German or travel to Germany to have wonderful research success. We’ll cover the basics, including the language, records, places and the tools you need to begin your journey to find your German ancestors. | Kory Meyerink |
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Putting Flesh on the Bones. Why limit yourself to simply expanding your family tree by looking for names, dates and places? Beyond the questions Who?, When?, and Where?, it is possible to explore the far more interesting questions, WHY? and HOW? Why did our ancestors behave the way they did? How did they have an impact on us? In this presentation Ron Arons provides two related examples from his own research experience on how this process works. The unexpected benefit of this approach is that it allowed Ron to push back his family tree four more generations and find many living relatives he never knew beforehand. | Ron Arons |
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Marriages and Anniversaries. Mining newspapers for engagements, marriages, anniversaries, and divorce records. Newspapers are packed with information celebrating the engagements, marriages and anniversaries. They also reported on the heartbreak of those marriages that ended in divorce. Learn what you can discover about your family. | Thomas Jay Kemp |
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Digital Images for Genealogists and Technologists: scanning, digitizing, editing, and preserving your photos. Learn how to correctly digitize your documents and photos, which resolution (dpi) to choose, which file types are the best (.jpg, .tif, etc.), and how to fix, repair, or enhance your digital image collections. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012. 9:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 8:00 PM Central 7:00 PM Mountain 6:00 PM Pacific 1:00 AM GMT (July 12) |
The Quest for your English Ancestors. Got English ancestors? Don't miss this webinar by Claire Brisson-Banks, an accredited genealogist (AG) in English research. English civil, church, and census records make doing research back to 1837 feasible. Pre-1837 research requires more skill and a greater knowledge of the variety of little-known resources which can take you back to the 1600’s and earlier. Add to that the variety of Internet resources and English research becomes a joy to perform. | Claire V. Brisson-Banks |
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Plan Your Way to Research Success. You may be getting good results in your genealogical research but you could get even better results by using a research plan. A research plan will help you focus your time and energy and save you from researching something twice. Marian will show you how to create and use research plans to fine tune your research and get you back on track. | Marian Pierre-Louis |
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Wednesday, August 8, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Wikis for Genealogists. While many think of a wiki as an on-line, collaborative encyclopedia, wikis can be used by genealogists to document their genealogy and collaborate with other researchers or family members. Learn the various wiki platforms and the basics of setting up a wiki. | Thomas MacEntee |
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
The 5 C's for Success in Genealogy Today. Today’s genealogists can often solve problems that stumped them just a decade ago by combining computer and classic resources. This webinar focuses on advanced search techniques and new ways to use them. | Barbara Renick |
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Beyond the Arrival Date: Extracting More from Passenger Lists. Passenger lists provide key information about an ancestor’s arrival in the New World. But there are additional hidden clues you on them you might be missing. Learn how to really examine these lists to get more of the story! | Lisa Alzo |
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
What is a 'Reasonably Exhaustive Search'? The first step of the Genealogical Proof Standard is to "complete a reasonably exhaustive search for all relevant records" related to your research objective. This presentation discusses what a "reasonably exhaustive search" constitutes, why this is necessary, and how to conduct a search. A case study explores how failing to identify all relevant records can lead to missing information and forming inaccurate conclusions about your ancestors' lives. | Michael Hait, CG |
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Use Your Digital Camera to Copy Records. Learn how to use your digital camera to copy records from microfilm, original sources, books and manuscripts. Know what settings to use on your camera, learn about mega pixels, and how to get the best images possible in various circumstances. | Mary Hill |
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy FamilyTree. Everyone can use a little research help every now and then, right? Learn about best practices in using the latest technology to organize and plan your research strategies. Call on these digital research assistants 24/7. Geoff Rasmussen will educate, compare, and contrast the three major research guidance tools: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy Family Tree's Research Guidance. You will learn how to easily keep track of what you've previously researched, as well as plan your research To Do List. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Privacy and Our Ancestors. With all the news about privacy, identity theft and the role of access to vital records, have you ever considered that in 2012 most of us (at least here in the United States) have more privacy than our ancestors? As a result of living in the a digital age ruled by the Internet and social media, is there really less privacy than in prior years? In fact, the reverse is true. Learn what type of information about your ancestors was public and how to find it! | Thomas MacEntee |
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Researching Your Irish Ancestors: Beyond the Basics. As difficult as Irish research is, we can overcome its hurdles if we have a better understanding of the idiosyncrasies of Irish given names, surnames, and place names. Our speaker, Judy Wight, solved the case of Delia Holland - in Ireland she was known as Bridget Houlihan. This webinar discusses situations you may encounter with names and places and provides resources for overcoming these problems. | Judith Eccles Wight |
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Ten Brick Wall Tips for Intermediate Researchers. Earlier this year Marian Pierre-Louis gave us " Ten Brick Wall Tips for Beginners." Now she's back with Ten Intermediate Brick Wall Tips. This next set of tips will stretch your research even further. Marian will demonstrate ways to analyze your research, tweak your methodology and encourage you to look for records off the beaten path. Sign up for this webinar and watch your brick walls start to come tumbling down. | Marian Pierre-Louis |
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Your Civil War Ancestors: Beginning Your Research. Learn how to identify your Civil War ancestors, and what information can be found in the Civil War records. Both Union and Confederate ancestors are covered. | Michael Hait, CG |
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT |
Breaking Down Your Irish Brick Wall. Where do you turn when you can't find your Irish ancestors in civil registration, church records or what few censuses survive? Experienced researchers dive right in to the Irish estate records. There is a surprising array of material in estate records that can be used to document the tenants who lived on the estates that covered rural Ireland. In this webinar you will learn how to identify the estate where your ancestor lived, repositories where estate records might be found, and what types of records were kept. | Judith Eccles Wight |
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 7:00 PM GMT |
Genealogy for Novices: Where Do We Begin? Tips for the beginning genealogist or family historian will be offered including organization skills, home sources, personal interviews, and jurisdiction of some original records. | Linda Geiger |
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 7:00 PM GMT |
The Big 4 U.S. Record Sources. Research in the United States depends upon census, vital, land, and probate records, the bread and butter of American research. Get an overview of each type of record. Learn where to find them and how to use them effectively in your research. | Mary Hill |
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| Wednesday, February 15, 2012. | Ten Brick Wall Tips for Beginners. Marian Pierre-Louis, the genealogist who cracked the case of Nathan Brown's parents, is at it again. Once again she's tackling the topic of brick walls. Everyone needs a little help and encouragement to jump-start the research, especially on hard-to-solve cases. In this webinar, Marian will present 10 brick wall tips that will help every genealogist look at their research challenges in a fresh way. This webinar will bring you the momentum you need to get your family history research back on track. | Marian Pierre-Louis |
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| Thursday, February 2, 2012. |
Genealogy Idol Competition. The first-ever Genealogy Idol
competition will be held Thursday, February 2, 2012. The four
finalists have now been chosen and the winner will be decided by
YOU! All you have to do is register for the live event (free), watch
the 1-hour competition from your computer, and vote. In the three
rounds of competition, the four contestants will demonstrate their
gen-tech expertise and try to woo you with their favorite gen-tech
secrets. Everyone will learn - but only one will leave with the
title of "RootsTech Genealogy Idol 2012." Legacy Family Tree's Geoff
Rasmussen will host the competition which will be broadcast live via
the RootsTech genealogy conference in Salt Lake City, Utah on
Thursday in Room 255B. Everyone
will learn - but only one will leave with the title of "RootsTech
Genealogy Idol 2012." First prize will
receive a free
Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner and the title of RootsTech Genealogy
Idol 2012. Contestants are Elyse Doerflinger of Lomita, CA; Elizabeth Clark of Falls Village, CT; Michael Hait of Harrington, DE; and Marian Pierre-Louis of Millis, MA. |
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 7:00 PM GMT |
Pilgrims and Patriots: Discovering Your Massachusetts Ancestors. From the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620, Massachusetts has maintained some of the best-kept records for genealogists. This abundance has made it easier to research in the state. Even so, it's helpful to have a roadmap to cover almost 400 years of history. Join Marian Pierre-Louis as she provides an overview of researching in the Bay state and gets you on the right path to finding your Massachusetts ancestors. | Marian Pierre-Louis |
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 7:00 PM GMT |
Digital Books and Sites for Genealogists. Learn how to take advantage of the online explosion of digitized books for genealogy. You will learn about sources for digitized books including the Internet Archive, Google Books, WorldCat, Library of Congress, and More. Tens of thousands of these digitized books are local and family histories, some of which have had limited or no distribution previously. There are sites, such as the Family History Archive that have thousands of free genealogy-related books and are virtually unknown. Other well-known sites like Google Books contain a wealth of past issues of prominent genealogical publications such as the Ancestry Magazine and the Journal of American Ancestry. | James Tanner |
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| Wednesday, December 14. | "Is My Pet Frog Part of My Family?" Children and Genealogy in the Classroom. Grab and hold the attention of kids with a series of multicultural genealogical activities developed for use in the classroom, but useful for kids in any setting. The material in this lecture is based on the presenter’s experience teaching school-age children about family and local history. | Maureen Taylor |
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| Wednesday, December 7. | Tracing Immigrant Ancestors. America is a nation of immigrants, comprised of people who left home to find a better life for themselves and their families. Tracking down your immigrant ancestors can often be a daunting task. This session will show you tips and tricks for locating and searching passenger lists and other key immigration documents both on and offline to help you trace your roots. | Lisa Alzo |
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Friday, December 2.
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New Genealogy Technology: Flip-Pal™ Mobile Scanner. Are you going home for the holidays? Take your Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner with you to scan those precious documents and photos that Aunt Betty won’t let leave her home. You will have your own digital copy to pass on your legacy. We will show you how to overcome research challenges using the Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner. Family historians and genealogists alike are often faced with challenges creating quality digital files of both documents and images. Challenges seem to appear at every turn... in an archive scanning fragile documents, or on a once-in-a-lifetime trip exploring family roots. Scanning documents is an essential part of gathering and sharing genealogy records. Conventional scanners require long hours at your computer, can't scan documents that are at a remote location, are fixed in size, and can damage the original fragile document. In this webinar, we'll show how to use the Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner to scan with high detail wherever the document is located, and with any size original. Learn why the Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner is a highly regarded genealogy research tool and is the only scanner permitted in the National Archives because it does not risk damaging the original. | Gordon Nuttall |
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| Wednesday, November 30, 2011. | A Closer Look at Google+. This past July, Google users from around the world began registering for a preview of the new Google+ service. It wasn’t long before the genealogical community led the charge to adopt this new set of powerful tools. Our August webinar on Google+ set records for registration and attendance as family historians and technologists from more than 50 countries heard Paul Allen, Dan Lynch, and Mark Olsen formally introduce The Google+ Project to the worldwide family history community. In fact, the event attracted viewers from outside the world of genealogy too! In this updated webinar, Dan Lynch will step us through a closer look at Google+ and we’ll see how he and others are putting various features of the service to use for individual family history work, but also for societies and other organizations. As author of the award-winning book, "Google Your Family Tree" - Dan continues to share the benefits of Google and other technology offerings with family historians from around the world. You won’t want to miss this event! | Dan Lynch |
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| Friday, November 18, 2011. | Celebrate the Holidays and Share Family History with Heritage Collector software. Join Heritage Collector's Kathleen Bitter as she shares great holiday ideas and teaches how to make: Personalized Christmas cards, Christmas letters and slideshows, 12 month Family Calendar - a perfect family present for kids and grandchildren, Storybook pages for the holidays, Ideas to help you with your Christmas craft gifts. All of this and more can be achieved using the Legacy add-on software, Heritage Collector. | Kathleen Bitter |
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| Wednesday, November 16, 2011. | Creating a Shareable CD with Legacy and Passage Express software. Want to share your work with the relatives? Watch how easy it is for Legacy users to create professional multimedia CD's to pass around at your next family function. The Passage Express software (standard edition included with Legacy) includes slideshows, royalty-free music, an impressive menu designer, and lots more. It's always a good idea to back up your work. Why not get your family excited about their ancestry at the same time? Who knows, you may get offers to help with your genealogy work! Join Passage Express developer, Jefferson Shupe, for this 90 minute webinar. We'll also have great door prizes to give away! | Jefferson Shupe |
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| Wednesday, November 9, 2011. | It Is Well With My
Soul: Finding Ancestors Amid the Rubble of Disaster and Misfortune.
Our ancestors persevered in spite of disaster and misfortune so that
we could be here today to tell their stories. Join webinar favorite,
Thomas MacEntee, to Learn how to locate evidence of their
experiences and how to add their first-hand accounts to that body of
evidence. Horatio Spofford, author of the hymn It Is Well With My Soul, overcame immense tragedy, misfortune and disaster (the death of his only son, the Great Chicago Fire, a shipwreck which killed his four remaining daughters) to not only stay true to his values but to help others and still keep a positive outlook on life. How did our ancestors persevere and survive in the face of disaster - natural, manmade and financial - so that we could be here today to tell their stories? Learn how to not only locate your ancestors amidst the rubble, but give voice to their stories. |
Thomas MacEntee |
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| Friday, November 4, 2011. |
FamilyRoots Organizer System.
Researchers need a simple way to organize genealogy records. The
FamilyRoots Organizer System is easy to understand, simple to set
up, and simple to use. Join us to learn the system and find out how
using Legacy you can color-code your families to coordinate with
your paper files. This is the second in a series of webinars devoted to organizing your paper files. Not one filing system works for everyone, so we're trying to present a variety of methods with the hope that one will resonate with you. |
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| Wednesday, November 2, 2011. | Cracking the Case of Nathan Brown's Parents. Join Marian Pierre-Louis as she cracks the long-standing brick wall surrounding Nathan Brown's parents (Geoff Rasmussen's brick wall). Marian will share the analysis process she used to find Nathan's parents. Certain techniques, which you can apply to your own research, can be used to unravel difficult genealogical problems. Follow that up with primary documents to confirm the relationships and the mystery is solved. At the end Marian will reveal - live - a big surprise about Geoff Rasmussen's ancestry based on this new information. Legacy Family Tree webinars host, Geoff Rasmussen, will undoubtedly be in a great mood, so there will likely be some fantastic door prizes given away. This is one webinar you will not want to miss. | Marian Pierre-Louis |
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| Friday, October 28, 2011. | Watch Geoff Live: Cemeteries. Having just returned from cemetery-hunting in Maine, Geoff had one serendipitous experience after another while searching for his ancestors. He can hardly wait to add all the new photos and information into his real, personal Legacy family file. In this webinar Geoff will demonstrate what to do from start to finish with one of the tombstone pictures he took. You are invited to watch live as he adds the information to his personal Legacy family file. In this live, unscripted session, Geoff will talk his way through renaming and organizing his digital camera pictures, setting up the source clipboard, adding the pictures in the appropriate places, and adding the new information he found. He will also demonstrate how to add cemetery information from FindAGrave.com. In preparation for the webinar, download and print the cemetery document so you can follow along. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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| Wednesday, October 26, 2011. | Let Your Voice Be
Heard in the Digital Conversation. The sound of the human
voice is a powerful tool which conveys a wide range of moods and
emotions. The human voice can project loud enough to excite and
cheer at a pep rally, soften its volume to comfort the grieving, or
change to a friendly tone or pitch to say “hello” to a friend.
Adding voice notes or messages to digital documents can communicate
personality, mood, and emotions as well as add a multimedia touch to
text-based documents. Although, sound recording software has been a
standard accessory program on computers for numerous years, many
people either do not know about it or just don’t use it. A solution
to becoming a little more technically savvy in the production of
word processing, spreadsheet, or presentation documents, emails, and
Internet sites is by spicing them up with verbal messages and
comments. Genealogists and family historians type documents and messages daily using software such as Microsoft Word or email to disseminate information, ask questions, and to communicate with family, friends, other researchers, and research institutions. With all of this text-based communication, digital conversations can often be less personable and bland. The focus of this webinar is on adding audio or voice messages to spice up text-based communications in documents, emails, and Internet sites. This webinar will help participants discover free audio recording tools on their computers and guide them in understanding the added benefits of enhancing digital documents with audio and voice messages. |
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| Wednesday, October 19, 2011. | The Three Cs of Irish Research: Civil Registration, Church Records, and Census. Three of the main Irish genealogical resources of key importance to those tracing their Irish ancestors are census returns, church records, and civil registration (vital records). Although pre-1901 census records were almost completely destroyed and church records also suffered from either a lack of record keeping or destruction, much still exists. This presentation is an overview of surviving censuses and census substitutes, church records and civil registration. | Judith Eccles Wight |
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15 minutes. 88 minutes. |
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| Wednesday, September 21, 2011. |
Researching Your Connecticut Ancestors.
Learn how to research your Connecticut ancestors. Discover what
records are available, where they are located and how to put them to
the best use. Marian, a native of Connecticut, grew up in a
picturesque colonial town surrounded by historic houses and an
ancient burial ground. During her childhood she was nurtured
into the ways of genealogy by a mother who had spent a better part
of every Saturday during the 1960s at the Connecticut State Library.
A poster calendar on the kitchen wall recorded five generations of
ancestors’ birthdays for every day celebration. Now Marian is a House Historian and Genealogical Lecturer who specializes in southern New England (CT, RI, MA) research. She frequently speaks on New England topics including house history research, social media, African American research and a broad range of genealogical topics. She is the author of several blogs including The New England House Historian and Marian's Roots & Rambles. |
Marian Pierre-Louis |
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15 minutes. 89 minutes. Plus 4 page of handouts. |
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| Friday, September 16, 2011. | Exploring FamilyLink.com and WorldVitalRecords.com by their founder, Paul Allen. WorldVitalRecords.com recently celebrated its 5th anniversary. Founder Paul Allen and his team of genealogy developers have been building a "one-stop-shop" for genealogy records and family history information by aggregating records from numerous sources. Today, WVR has nearly 5 billion names in more than 50,000 databases from nearly 50 content partners around the world. This webinar is for 1) those who want an overview and comparison of these services without having to buy anything and 2) current subscribers to WorldVitalRecords.com or FamilyLink.com who want to learn more about the resources already at their fingertips. Of course, no purchase is necessary to learn about these services, but if you've been considering new ways of finding your ancestors, this webinar is for you. Paul Allen is the founder of both FamilyLink.com and Ancestry.com, and has quickly become known as the unofficial Google+ Statistician. | Paul Allen |
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75 minutes. |
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| Wednesday, September 14, 2011. | Facebook for Genealogists. Afraid to make the jump into Facebook? Wondering what all the fuss is about or how Facebook can work to the genealogist's advantage? Come along for a journey through this exciting social media application. If you've decided to set up a Facebook account not only to stay in touch with family but to expand your genealogy experience, you will learn the basics of the program including how to protect your privacy, how to make friends on Facebook, and how to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience. | Thomas MacEntee |
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15 minutes. 93 minutes. Plus 3 page of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, September 7, 2011. | Watch Geoff Live: Adding a Census Record. In this webinar, Legacy's Geoff Rasmussen will demonstrate what to do with a census record. You are invited to watch live as Geoff adds the information to his real, personal Legacy family file. In this live, unscripted session, Geoff will talk his way through adding a 1920 U.S. census record and a 1911 England census record to his family file giving you ideas on how to use various aspects of Legacy Family Tree. In preparation for the webinar: 1) Download and print the census records here so you can follow along. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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15 minutes. 101 minutes. Plus 1 page of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, August 31, 2011. | Best Internet Resources for African American Genealogy. Internet sites are often sought when beginners start exploring family history. The challenge is where to turn to when researching African American ancestry. This webinar examines resources that provide guidance for the unique problems facing descendants of slaves. The webinar begins with a full introduction to Afrigeneas, the oldest continually operating African American genealogy website. From daily online chats and over 20 message boards, the visitor to this site finds a community of volunteers to provide assistance with their beginning research problems. Afrigeneas provides unique resources such as the slave database and a searchable archived message database that retrieves African American genealogical queries back to 1997. Popular subscription sites like Ancestry and Footnote are among useful sources for primary source documents such as emancipation records, service records of US Colored Troops and more. But free sites provide good resources like Cyndi's List and USGenweb which provide sound links to other African American sites and one extremely useful resource is found on the ever popular FamilySearch. AfriGeneas has also joined the genealogy blogging community. Blogs are continually surfacing reflecting personal research journeys, while weekly columns and podcasts provide advice for research challenges. In addition one can also find basic instructional videos for African American research as well. There are many options to be found online, and the African Ancestored researcher will have an abundance of resources to offer a hand in providing tips, suggestions, and instruction. | Angela Walton-Raji |
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15 minutes. 104 minutes. Plus 2 pages of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, August 17, 2011. | Newspapers for Genealogists: Using GenealogyBank.com to document every day of your ancestors' lives. Learn about the genealogical value of newspapers with tips/techniques for finding family history details: engagements, marriages, births, obituaries, advertising, legal notices, military records and much more. Join librarian, lecturer, newspaper expert, and GenealogyBank.com's Thomas Jay Kemp for this one-hour webinar on U.S. newspaper research, including a demonstration of the historical newspapers, books, and documents available at GenealogyBank.com. | Thomas Jay Kemp |
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100 minutes. |
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| Monday, August 15, 2011. | Google+ the Next Big
Thing. Join these three leaders in Google technology as they get
together to put on what we think will be one of the best webinars
ever. Learn about Circles, Hangouts, Streams, Sparks and more. Paul Allen, the Founder of FamilyLink.com and Ancestry.com has quickly become known as the unofficial Google+ Statistician. His expert use of posting in Google+ features, stats and using his own insider tricks have helped to make a huge impact on the initial success of Google+. Those who are part of Paul's Circles have already benefited from his expertise. Paul's fame has quickly grown and he currently has more than 22,000 followers on Google+. Dan Lynch, a.k.a. "Mr. Google" is a technology marketing consultant, professional genealogist, and popular international speaker. One of the first to recognize Google's strengths for family history research, Dan authored the award-winning book "Google Your Family Tree", and is already helping the genealogical community understand the benefit of Google+ (see his blog at http://GooglePlusforGenealogists.com). Mark Olsen, is the Marketing Manager for FamilyLink.com and holds a degree in genealogy. Mark is another famous name on Google+ as he is currently hosting the longest ever Google Hangout, nearly one month of a continual hangout. Mark is one of the leading experts on Google+ Hangouts and has been learning how to better connect families and genealogists around the world. His current Hangout has been receiving a lot of positive press and has had visits from many well-known industry leaders. |
Paul Allen, Dan Lynch, and Mark Olsen |
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15 minutes. 120 minutes. |
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| Wednesday, August 3, 2011. | Organizing for Success. Have you ever found a relative sharing erroneous data on your favorite research line? Youre willing to take the time to politely point out those errors (to prevent others from being misled), but the complexity of how to explain your years of research settles upon your brain like a fog. You rally to the attempt, only to be thwarted by an inability to quickly locate the key supporting documents. After hours of effort, a numbing paralysis sets in at the realization that in order to adequately explain your conclusions, you will need to reconstruct your research process. The result thousands of individual family relationships that could be explained just STOP, or end up in heaps of unsubstantiated opinion files on the Internet. People have asked me over the years, how I can research hundreds of families in the same week, return to a specific spot where I left off fifteen years ago on a client's line, and in a short review period take off again. The best way to prevent a wasteful repetition of work is by consistently using an organizational system that weaves together paper files, research notes, to do lists, evidence located, and conclusions reached. This incredibly simple, yet very successful organizational system has been successfully used by thousands of genealogists. With this system, the essential evidence and its supportive explanations are located in a safe retrievable place, available for constant re-examination. This frees the mind to focus on a new hypothesis, to creatively compile a life-time of work, or to calmly summarize your work for others. In fact, this organizational system makes the entire research process more efficient. | Karen Clifford |
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Available indefinitely. 118 minutes. |
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| Wednesday, July 20, 2011. | Google Images and Beyond. Let Maureen's photo research tips and techniques help you locate missing family photographs or locate previously unknown ones. This webinar will also feature information on photo rights/permissions and usage for print and the web. Plus a special segment on Picasa, Google's image organizing software. | Maureen Taylor |
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11 minutes. 107 minutes. Plus 4 pages of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, July 13, 2011. | The Power of DNA in Unlocking Family Relationships. This lecture will provide a general overview on how genetic testing can be of great assistance to family historians to trace, verify, expand, and link genealogical records and pedigrees. Particularly, we will cover the paternally-inherited Y chromosome and the maternally-inherited mitochondrial DNA with the purposes of showing how these two markers can play a powerful role in the search for our ancestors. Join Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation's senior researcher, Ugo Perego, for this 90 minute webinar on using DNA tools as part of our research. | Ugo Perego |
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Available indefinitely. 99 minutes. Plus 5 pages of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, July 6, 2011. | Leveraging the Power of "We": a Watershed Event in Discovering Where to Find Your Ancestors (Research Wiki, Research Courses, and FamilySearch Forums). Today we're experiencing a watershed event in genealogy: the rapid publication of our ancestors' original records online. The pace of digitization and the number of organizations doing it is constantly increasing. That presents a challenge. As genealogists, it is very difficult for us to keep up with all the new records being made available online. We need some way to keep up with the availability of new records so that we can be constantly aware of the best sources to use and how to use them. That need is sparking another watershed event: a movement to leverage the Power of We. All of us learn new things about record availability and methodology. Why not share this knowledge with others who need it? This webinar is about how we as a genealogical community can join forces, leverage the Power of We, and use the Wiki and Forums at FamilySearch.org as tools to provide the research guidance all of us need. | Michael Ritchey, FamilySearch.org |
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88 minutes. |
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| Friday, July 1, 2011. | Watch Geoff Live: Adding an Obituary. In this webinar, Legacy's Geoff Rasmussen will demonstrate what to do with an obituary. You are invited to watch live as Geoff adds the information to his real, personal Legacy family file. In this live, unscripted session, Geoff will talk his way through adding both a printed obituary and one found online to his family file, giving you ideas on how to use various aspects of Legacy Family Tree. In preparation for the webinar: 1) Download and print the obituary so you can follow along. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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| Wednesday, June 29, 2011. | Ready, Set, Write! Share Your Family's Story. You've gathered the facts, interviewed your relatives and entered the names, dates, and places into Legacy. Now what? Family history is so much more than just a collection of facts or charts. In this webinar, presented by professional writer, Lisa Alzo, you'll learn key techniques and tools for documenting your ancestors' lives, or your own life story, how to overcome writer's block, and methods for creating a compelling family history narrative in simple, manageable steps. | Lisa Alzo |
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13 minutes. 93 minutes. Plus 4 pages of handouts. |
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| Friday, June 3, 2011. | Cruising with Legacy Family Tree 2012. Our 9th annual Legacy Genealogy Cruise will take place May 12-21, 2012. We will visit Oslo, Norway; LeHavre (Paris), France; Cherbourg, France; Dublin, Ireland; Liverpool, England; and Edinburgh Scotland. Join us for this 20-30 minute webinar to get an overview of the cruise and have any of your questions answered. | Christy Downing |
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84 minutes. |
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| Wednesday, June 1, 2011. |
Google Forms for Genealogists.
Learn how to use Google Forms which is part of Google Docs - a free
application complete with spreadsheets, word processing and more -
to your advantage. While a basic understanding of Google Docs is not
necessary, it helps if you know how to access the Google Docs
program (see the Google Docs for Genealogists webinar recording).
We'll cover how to create new forms, how to add templates, how to
embed forms in blogs and websites, how to share forms, and how to be
notified each time a form is competed. |
Thomas MacEntee |
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10 minutes. 86 minutes. Plus 14 pages of handouts. |
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| Wedesday, May 25, 2011 | Watch Geoff Live: Adding a Marriage Record. In this mini-webinar, Legacy's Geoff Rasmussen (that's me) will demonstrate how to handle a marriage record. You are invited to watch live as Geoff adds the information to his real, personal Legacy family file. In this live, unscripted session, Geoff will talk his way through adding a marriage record to his ancestor, giving you ideas on how to use various aspects of Legacy Family Tree. In preparation for the webinar: 1) Download and print the marriage records so you can follow along. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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30 minutes. 105 minutes. |
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| Wednesday, May 18, 2011. |
Google Docs for Genealogists.
Learn how to use Google
Docs - a free application complete with spreadsheets, word
processing and more - to your advantage while performing genealogy
research. We'll cover how to create new documents, import documents
from your hard drive, and how to use the basic functions of each
component. |
Thomas MacEntee |
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20 minutes. 90 minutes. Plus 9 pages of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, May 11, 2011. | Further Your Research and Unify Your Family Reunion with Beautiful Genealogy Charts. Sometimes getting things off the computer and out where you can see them can help you think of other research ideas. And there is no better way to collect family information than to hang a chart at a family reunion. This class will talk about various kinds of charts, large and small and what each type of chart can teach you. We'll also show you Family ChArtist, a simple-to-use web application that makes creating and designing beautiful genealogy charts easy with beautiful graphics including countries, flags, nature and other artwork. Printing any kind of genealogy chart is easy with your Legacy Family Tree file and Generation Maps genealogy chart printing service. | Janet Hovorka |
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86 minutes. |
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| Friday, May 6, 2011. | Watch Geoff Live: Adding a Death Certificate. In this webinar Legacy's Geoff Rasmussen will demonstrate what to do with a death certificate. You are invited to watch as Geoff adds the information to his real, personal Legacy family file. This live, unscripted, and unplanned session will give you ideas on how to use the source clipboard, custom events, and some analysis. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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25 minutes. 83 minutes. |
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| Wednesday, May 4, 2011. |
Preserving Family Photographs: 1839 to the Present. From
daguerreotypes to digital imaging dilemmas, this webinar covers
everything a family photographer needs to know about caring for
photographs. Topics include printing and sharing digital images, and
how to safely label grandparents' pictures. Maureen Taylor is an internationally recognized expert on the intersection of history, genealogy, and photography. She has been featured in top media outlets, including The View, Better Homes & Gardens, the Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, MSNBC, New Morning (Hallmark Channel), Life Magazine, DIY: Scrapbooking, PBS Ancestors, Claritin's Moment of Clarity, Creative Memories' Lasting Moments, Dear Myrtle, and Satisfaction Magazine. Maureen is the author of a number of books and magazine articles, as well as a contributing editor at Family Tree Magazine. |
Maureen Taylor |
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5 minutes. 90 minutes. |
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| Thursday, April 21, 2011. | Dropbox for Genealogists. Are you familiar with Dropbox - a program that provides 2 gigabytes of online storage for free? Learn how to sign up for Dropbox, install the program and get started ensuring the safety and security of your genealogy research data. Seems too good to be true, right? Two gigabytes of online storage for free? And storage that can synchronize files across your computer, your laptop and even your mobile device? It is true, and you can learn how to leverage the power of Dropbox - a free online program to back up your genealogy data and even share files with friends and family. | Thomas MacEntee |
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12 minutes. 90 minutes. Plus18 pages of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, April 6, 2011. | Building a Research Toolbox. Are you overwhelmed with the number of online resources for genealogical research? Are you constantly working with unorganized bookmarks or favorites? Printing out lists of websites you use most? Learn how to build a research toolbox that is organized, easy-to-use, and can be accessed from almost anywhere. Presented by professional genealogist and Geneablogger.com's Thomas MacEntee, participants will learn not only some of the most important online resources for genealogical research, but also how to organize these resources into an easy-to-access and portable virtual toolbox. | Thomas MacEntee |
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13 minutes. 88 minutes. Plus 12 pages of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, March 23, 2011. | Backing up your genealogy data. Have you ever experienced a data loss when it comes to your genealogy research? Not yet? Well if not, have you prepared for what might happen if your hard drive fails? What if your laptop is lost or stolen? Learn the basics of backing up all your genealogy data including identifying data, common backup methods and how to use free online programs to help you make sure your data will always be available! Participants will learn various methods for backing up their genealogy data including many free online programs such as DropBox, Google Docs, Picasa and more! Join webinar host, Geoff Rasmussen, and Google for Genealogists' presenter, Thomas MacEntee for this 91-minute session. | Thomas MacEntee |
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11 minutes. 90 minutes. Plus 6 pages of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, March 2, 2011. | More Blogging for Beginners with DearMYRTLE. Back by popular demand, DearMYRTLE continues her discussion about free software at Blogger.com to get your message out to the world. This session's topics include adding gadgets such as links to other websites, add book suggestions from Amazon.com, removing the Blogger search bar and inserting a Google Search box to make it easier for your readers to find previous postings. | DearMYRTLE (Pat Richley) |
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9 minutes. 88 minutes. Plus 4 pages of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, February 16, 2011. | Chasing Women - Finding Your Female Ancestors. Locating the names of our female ancestors can be difficult - principally because their names changed upon marrying. Women historically have not produced as many records as their husbands, since women's suffrage largely did not exist until the twentieth century. This adds to the difficulty of finding their names, let alone the details of their lives. There are two major search areas that we deal with in locating women's names, the first being the search for their maiden names, and secondly, the search for their married names. One search can be as hard as the other, and you may find you are doing both types of searches on the same women. Join nationally-known speaker, author, and publisher, Leland K. Meitzler as he gives details on a wide variety of sources, starting with the obvious, and working its way through sources that you may not have thought of using previously. Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company, writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour (now in its 27th year), and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983. | Leland K. Meitzler |
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11 minutes. 81 minutes. Plus 4 pages of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, February 2, 2011. | Newspapers: Critical Resource to Complete Your Family Tree. Learn how to document the daily life of your ancestors in over 300 years of fragile, rare newspapers, books and documents. See how you can click and read articles about your ancestors, obituaries & marriage notices, military reports and even the sermons preached at their funerals! History comes alive as you climb beyond the names and dates on your family tree to the recorded details of their lives. Join librarian, lecturer, newspaper expert, and GenealogyBank.com's Thomas Jay Kemp for this one-hour webinar on U.S. newspaper research, including a demonstration of the historical newspapers, books, and documents available at GenealogyBank.com. | Thomas Jay Kemp |
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88 minutes. |
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| Saturday, January 22, 2011. | New FamilySearch Made Easy with Legacy Family Tree. Learn how to easily interact with New FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org), including being alerted when others find new information for your ancestors and tips and optionally sharing information back and forth. Learn how Legacy's percentage-tracker can help you know when you're actually done with sections of your family tree. Learn how to reserve, print, and track ordinance cards (LDS). The one hour class will be taught by Legacy Family Tree's Geoff Rasmussen to both 1) a live audience at the Arizona Family History Expo in Mesa, Arizona and 2) to our live webinar audience. Note: access to the http://new.familysearch.org database is still restricted to LDS members. FamilySearch has stated that they should open its access to the public sometime in 2011 after their testing is complete. In the meantime, all other FamilySearch databases are open to the public at http://beta.familysearch.org. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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60 minutes. Download handouts here. |
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| Friday, January 21, 2011. | Improving Your Use of New FamilySearch: Data Cleanup Strategies. Learn what to do before synchronizing/exchanging your data with FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org). Learn how to massage your personal data for improved searching and sharing. Learn about standardization methods, locating potential problems, and cleaning up your data. The one hour class will be taught by Legacy Family Tree's Geoff Rasmussen to both 1) a live audience at the Arizona Family History Expo in Mesa, Arizona and 2) to our live webinar audience. Note: access to the http://new.familysearch.org database is still restricted to LDS members. FamilySearch has stated that they should open its access to the public sometime in 2011 after their testing is complete. In the meantime, all other FamilySearch databases are open to the public at http://beta.familysearch.org. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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59 minutes. Download handouts here. |
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| Wednesday, January 5, 2011. | Google for Genealogists. Most genealogists are only using 10% or less of the resources behind Google when it comes to genealogy research. Learn from professional genealogist, Thomas MacEntee, about the other 90% and how these Google components can be leveraged for better search results. Google is more than just a search engine - it is a wealth of information much of which goes unnoticed by the average genealogist. Besides search, Google allows you to access maps, books, journals, abstracts, patents and much more. These components may be what is needed to make advances in your genealogy research. | Thomas MacEntee |
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10 minutes. 93 minutes. Plus 4 pages of handouts. |
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| Wednesday, December 8, 2010. | Helping Unlock the World's Records - FamilySearch Indexing for Power Users. If you've graduated from the basics of FamilySearch Indexing, you're ready to learn how to simplify and increase your work without decreasing your accuracy. This class, taught by FamilySearch's Katie Gale and hosted by Legacy Family Tree's Geoff Rasmussen, will discuss a variety of ways to enhance your indexing experience with program tips, tools, and more. | Katie Gale |
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82 minutes. |
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| Wednesday, November 3, 2010. | Organize, Share, and Publish Your Digital Photos with Heritage Collector Suite. Learn about Heritage Collector Suite, the popular Legacy Family Tree add-on program that helps you organize, share, and publish your digital image collections. This 60 minute webinar, taught by the software's developer, Marlo E. Schuldt, will give you an overview of the software and how it can be used in conjunction with Legacy Family Tree. In addition to organizing your digital pictures and creating slideshows, Heritage Collector Suite will create family calendars, photo books, shareable DVDs and more. | Marlo Schuldt |
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| Wednesday, October 20, 2010. | Blogging for Beginners with DearMYRTLE. Step-by-step approach to creating a blog, and making postings using the free service at Blogger.com. A great way to share genealogy research, post your society's newsletter, share info with extended family members. The webinar will also feature a survey of sample blogs, and links for additional help. | DearMYRTLE (Pat Richley) |
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11 minutes. 90 minutes. Plus 4 pages of handouts. |
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| Tuesday, October 19, 2010 | Sharing Genealogy Electronically. Join Legacy Family Tree's Geoff Rasmussen as he presents a live workshop to both 1) the West Valley Genealogical Society in Youngtown, Arizona and 2) to a live webinar audience. The class will teach methods of sharing your genealogy in the form of a printed book, print-on-demand publishing, websites, and shareable CDs. The class, being taught live at the West Valley Genealogical Society's library, is part of a 4-week Advanced Legacy course. Teaching to both a live brick-and-mortar audience AND to a live online audience at the same time is something we have never tried before. Maybe it will work. Maybe it ... well ... we'll be positive here and hope for the best. | Geoff Rasmussen |
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109 minutes. |
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| Wednesday, October 6, 2010. | Helping Unlock the World's Records - An Insider's Perspective on FamilySearch Indexing. Learn how the world's records are made searchable and available online through FamilySearch indexing. This class will discuss the origins of FamilySearch indexing, the purpose this service fulfills, the benefits of becoming an indexing volunteer, and tips and tricks that will make the time you spend indexing more productive and fulfilling. More than 126 million records have been indexed in 2010, but it would take nearly 300 years to index all of the records available today at the current rate (not to mention the millions of additional records that become available every year). Learn how you can get involved in this monumental effort that helps others identify and document their ancestors. | Jim Ericson |
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89 minutes. |
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| Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
Mapping Software for Genealogists. In this 60 minute webinar we
will cover the following topics: 1) AniMap software (U.S. & Canada):
learn how to find the correct county for the time period, and
perform radius searches (list all cemeteries/churches within 10
miles of a place). For 30 years a researcher looked in the records
of Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut for their ancestor who was
born there in 1720. AniMap easily shows that in 1720, Woodstock
would have been in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Now we know the
correct location to find the records for that time period. Brick
wall problem solved. 2) Centennia software (Europe and Middle East):
Have you ever wondered about the changing country borders in Europe?
Have ancestors in Germany, Poland, or Prussia? Which is it? The
Centennia Historical Atlas software shows the changing country
borders from the 11th century to the present in Europe and the
Middle East. 3) Map My Family Tree software (entire world): plot
your ancestors on a map of the world, track family migrations, plot
to Google Earth, use the time scroll bar to dynamically select which
time period you want displayed on your map and more. Links from the webinar: |
Geoff Rasmussen |
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11 minutes. 64 minutes. Plus 4 pages of handouts. |
