FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars: Difference between revisions

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Welcome! Here you can learn about the upcoming classes and webinars from the Family History Library. You are also able to view previous webinars if you could not attend live. Use the table below to navigate to the section you wish to view.

Upcoming Classes and Seminars	Webinar Information		Past Webinars
May	US/Canada	Scandinavian	Canada	Germany	Norway	Switzerland
June	British Isles	Latin America & Spanish	Czech Republic	Ireland	Poland	United States
July	Australia	Indexing Workshops	Denmark	Latin America Spanish Classes	Scotland	Wales
	European		England & Wales	Latin America English Classes	South Africa

Upcoming Classes and Webinars[edit | edit source]

All class times are Mountain Time.

Monthly Class Schedules[edit | edit source]

In order to see the upcoming classes and webinars please click on the appropriate month to download a PDF of the class

May 2016

June 2016

July 2016

Webinar Information[edit | edit source]

US/Canada Webinars[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

Thu, 12 May, 6:00 PM MDT, United States Records Before 1850 - Handout
Thu, 26 May, 12:00 PM MDT, United States Church and Cemetery Records - Handout
Tue, 21 Jun, 9:30 AM MDT, United States Church Records - Handout
Thu, 23 Jun, 10:00 AM MDT, United States Probate Records - Handout
Tue, 5 Jul, 1:00 PM MDT, U.S. Research Question - Handout
Wed, 6 Jul, 10:00 AM MDT, Are You Your Own Brick Wall, Common Genealogical Mistakes and Their Solutions - Handout
Thu, 14 Jul, 11:00 AM MDT, United States Research: Big City Research - Handout
Wed, 20 Jul, 10:00 AM MDT, Where There's a Will, There's a Probate: U.S. Probate Records - Handout
Thu, 28 Jul, 10:00 AM MDT, United States Research: Mid-Atlantic Region - Handout

British Isles Webinars[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

Tue, 3 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Ireland Hands On Case Study & Brainstorming Session - Handout
Thu, 12 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Tracing Scottish Ancestry in Non-Parochial Registers - Handout
Mon, 16 May, 2:00 PM MDT, More Irish than the Irish Themselves: The Hiberno-Norman Families - Handout
Thu, 26 May, 2:00 PM MDT, Ask Your British Research Question - (handout will be created after the session)
Tue, 7 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, England Research Case Study
Tue, 21 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Welsh Naming Patterns - Handout
Wed, 22 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Welsh Non-conformity & Non-conformist Records - Handout
Thu, 23 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Wales Probate Records - Handout
Thu, 7 Jul, 1:00 PM MDT, England Research Case Study - Handout
Tue, 12 Jul, 1:00 PM MDT, England Resources on FamilySearch - Handout
Wed, 13 Jul, 1:00 PM MDT, England Resources on Ancestry - Handout
Thu, 14 Jul, 1:00 PM MDT, England Resources on Find My Past - Handout
Thu, 28 Jul, 1:00 PM MDT, Ask Your British Research Question - (handout will be created after the session)

Australia[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

Tue, 24 May, 2:00 PM MDT, Beginning Australian Research - Handout

European Webinars[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

Sat, 14 May, 10:00 AM MDT, Register of Swiss Surnames - Handout
Wed, 15 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Using Polish Community Newspapers in North America and Poland - Handout
Tue, 21 Jun, 11:00 AM MDT, Finding Places in Former German Areas of Poland using the Online Gazetteer Kartenmeister.com - Handout, Practice 1, Practice 1 Answer Key, Practice 2, Practice 2 Answer Key
Tue, 28 Jun, 11:00 AM MDT, Genteam.at a Necessity When Researching in Austria and the Czech Republic - Handout
Sat, 9 Jul, 10:00 AM MDT, Switzerland Records Online - Handout
Sat, 9 Jul, 11:00 AM MDT, Switzerland Compiled Genealogies - Handout
Sat, 9 Jul, 12:00 AM MDT, Switzerland Research Strategies - Handout

Scandinavian Webinars[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

Fri, 20 May, 11:00 AM MDT, Exploring Norwegian Emigration Records: Finding Place of Origin - Handout
Fri, 20 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Exploring "Church Records" in Norway - Handout
Fri, 3 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Figure Out Place Names for Swedish Genealogy - Handout
Fri, 3 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Interpreting Money in Swedish Records - Handout
Tue, 7 Jun, 11:00 AM MDT, Norwegian Printed Sources: An Overview - Handout
Fri, 24 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Recognizing and Extracting Genealogical Information from Norwegian church Records - Handout
Tue, 19 Jul, 1:00 PM MDT, Exploring Death Notices in Norway - Handout
Tue, 19 Jul, 2:00 PM MDT, Introduction to Norwegian Probates - Handout

Latin America & Spanish Language Webinars[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

Sat, 7 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Descubre Árbol Familiar de FamilySearch - Handout
Sat, 21 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Relatives Masked in the Ancestry Indexes - Handout
Sat, 21 May, 2:00 PM MDT, I found my abuela in Mexico! Next Steps - Handout
Sat, 21 May, 3:00 PM MDT, Online Resources for Mexico - Handout
Sat, 4 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Los beneficios de utilizar el Registro Civil - Handout
Sat, 18 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Fuentes de FamilySearch - Handout
Sat, 2 Jul, 1:00 PM MDT, Los libros de la vida - Handout
Sat, 2 Jul, 1:00 PM MDT, Cómo utilizar el Wiki de Investigación - Handout

Indexing Workshops[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

Wed, 11 May, 10:00 AM MDT, Spanish Indexing
Wed, 18 May, 10:00 AM MDT, Portuguese Indexing
Wed, 25 May, 10:00 AM MDT, French Indexing
Wed, 1 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Dutch Indexing
Wed, 8 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Italian Indexing
Wed, 15 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Spanish Indexing
Wed, 22 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Portuguese Indexing
Wed, 27 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, French Indexing

For Class Handouts click here[edit | edit source]

Past Webinars[edit | edit source]

Webinars are organized by research country.

Canada	Ireland	Scotland
Czech Republic	Latin America Spanish Classes	South Africa
Denmark	Latin America English Classes	Switzerland
England & Wales	Norway	United States
Germany	Poland	Wales

British Isles[edit | edit source]

Ask Your British Research Question (April 27 2016); Handout
British Research Questions Answered; not recorded (24 Mar 2016); Handout
British Resources on Ancestry (24 Feb 2016); Handout
British Resources on FamilySearch (23 Feb 2016); Handout
British Resources on FindMyPast (25 Feb 2016); Handout
England & Wales Census Records (26 Jan 2016); Handout
England & Wales Civil Registration (27 Jan 2016); Handout

England[edit | edit source]

Church of England Church Records; Handout
England Maps & Gazetteers; Handout
England Non-conformist Church Records; Handout
England Online Websites; Handout
England Parish Chest Records; Handout
England Probate Records Part 1; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 3:41.
England Probate Records Part 2; Handout
England Research using FamilySearch.org (8 Feb 2016); Handout

Ireland[edit | edit source]

Finding & Understanding Places in Ireland (17 Mar 2016); Handout
Ireland Census and Census Substitutes (17 Mar 2016); Handout
Ireland Civil Registration; Handout
Ireland Emigration; Handout
Ireland Presbyterian Church Records (10 Jun 2015); Handout
Ireland Protestant Church Records (18 Mar 2016); Handout
Irish Roman Catholic Records (18 Mar 2016); Handout

Scotland[edit | edit source]

Wales[edit | edit source]

Canada[edit | edit source]

Using Canadian Census Records; Handout
This webinar was recorded on the 28 May 2015. The presentation will start two minutes after you click into the recording.

Czech Republic[edit | edit source]

Czech Online Records at the Brno and Litomerice Archives; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 14:30.

Denmark[edit | edit source]

Danish Census Research Series: This is a series of 3 classes
Using the Danish Demographical Database (This presentation begins in minute 00:00), Handout 1, Handout 2
Finding Censuses on Arkivalieronline (This presentation begins in minute 37:55), Handout 1, Handout 2
Extracting Genealogical Information (This presentation begins in minute 1:06:06), Handout 1, Handout 2.
Danish Church Records: Feast Days; Handout 1, Handout 2
Danish Church Records: Finding Ancestors Through Witnesses (38 minutes); Handout 1, Handout 2
Danish Church Records: Research Strategies (49 minutes); Handout 1, Handout 2
Danish Family History Resources: Gazetteers and Jurisdictions; Handout 1, Handout 2
Danish Probate Records: The Probate Process; Handout 1, Handout 2
The presentation begins in minute 13:50.
Danish Probate Records: Accessing the Probate Records; Handout 1, Handout 2
The presentation begins in minute 57:19.
Danish Probate Records: Extracting Genealogical Information; Handout 1, Handout 2
The presentation begins in minute 1:54:01.
Danish Research Strategies; Handout 1, Handout 2

Germany[edit | edit source]

Latin America[edit | edit source]

Classes in Spanish[edit | edit source]

2016[edit | edit source]

2015[edit | edit source]

¿De dónde vinieron mis antepasados?; Handout
Conozca el sitio de PARES; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 01:30.
Conozca los sitios asociados de FamilySearch, parte 1: Inscripción y el sitio de FindMyPast; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 15:26.
Conozca los sitios asociados de FamilySearch, parte 2: Los sitios de Ancestry y MyHeritage; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 1:16:45.
Cómo utilizar mejor el Wiki de FamilySearch; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 2:14:08.
El Árbol Familiar Para Principiantes; Handout
Expedientes Matrimoniales; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 17:11.
FamilySearch: Fotos, Historias, y Audio; Handout
Fuentes en FamilySearch; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 8.
Genealogía Descendente; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 39.
¿He buscado aquí? El uso de notas y listas de investigación; Handout
Limpiezas de sangre; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 1:20:00.
Metas genealógicas para 2015; Handout
¿No hay otros registros?; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 1:36:57.
Obras Pías; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 2:20:57.
Preguntas Frecuentes de FamilySearch; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 21:35.
Protocolos notariales; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 50:55.
¿Qué dice? Cómo leer la escritura antigua; Handout
Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 22.
Registros civiles y censos; Handout

2014[edit | edit source]

Classes in English[edit | edit source]

2016[edit | edit source]

2015[edit | edit source]

Hispanic Online Resources; Handout
This recording has not been edited.
Hispanic Research Methodology: A Case Study; Handout
Reading Spanish Handwriting; Handout
U.S. Hispanic Immigration; Handout

Norway[edit | edit source]

Poland[edit | edit source]

Advancing Your Polish Genealogy: 300 Years of Records by Cecile Wendt Jensen; Handout
Research in Poland; Handout 1, Handout 2
Using The Digitized Records of Various Polish State Archives; Handout 1, Handout 2
The presentation begins in minute 23:32.

South Africa[edit | edit source]

Sweden[edit | edit source]

Use the Full Scope of Arkiv Digital for Swedish Genealogy; Handout

Switzerland[edit | edit source]

Swiss Beginning Research Basics; Handout
Names and Places: The Register of Swiss Surnames; Handout
The presentation begins in minute 1:20.

United States[edit | edit source]

Finding Your Ancestors in Vital Records; Handout
This webinar was recorded on 13 October 2015.
United States Census Techniques and Strategies for Finding Elusive Ancestors; Handout
This webinar was recorded on 13 October 2015.
United States Court Records; Handout
This webinar was recorded on 14 October 2015.
Descendancy Research; Handout
This webinar was recorded on 16 October 2015.

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 *Fri, 20 May, 11:00 AM MDT, Exploring Norwegian Emigration Records: Finding Place of Origin - [[Media:Exploring_Emigration_records_and_finding_place_of_origin_syllabus2013_updated_JMR.pdf|Handout]]
 *Fri, 20 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Exploring "Church Records" in Norway - [[Media:Exploring_Church_Records_in_Norway_October_2016.pdf|Handout]]
-*Fri, 3 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Figure Out Place Names for Swedish Genealogy - Handout
+*Fri, 3 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Figure Out Place Names for Swedish Genealogy - [[Media:Figure_Out_Place_Names_for_Swedish_Genealogy.pdf|Handout]]
-*Fri, 3 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Interpreting Money in Swedish Records - Handout
+*Fri, 3 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Interpreting Money in Swedish Records - [[Media:Interpreting_Money_in_Swedish_Records.pdf|Handout]]
 *Tue, 7 Jun, 11:00 AM MDT, Norwegian Printed Sources: An Overview - Handout
 *Fri, 24 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Recognizing and Extracting Genealogical Information from Norwegian church Records - Handout