FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars

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Family History Library Classes and Webinars

The Family History Library will begin a phased reopening on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Initially, hours will be 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday-Friday, with plans to extend to additional days and hours in the future. For the latest Family History Library status updates, please refer to the FamilySearch newsroom. While the Family History Library is closed, we will continue to provide webinars online. List of Online Classes for August 2021 List of Online Classes for September 2021 List of Online Classes for October 2021

Family History Library Classes and Webinars

Welcome to the Family History Library Classes and Webinars page. On this page you will find a list of all the class schedules as well as webinars that will be taught. A webinar is a class that is broadcast over the internet, anyone interested can attend. In order to attend a webinar find the class from the below list. The classes are organized according to geographical region.

In order to view past webinars, click here.

For a list of other places that hold webinars, click here.

All class times are scheduled in Mountain Time.

Class Schedule

• List of Online Classes for August 2021
  
• List of Online Classes for September 2021
  
• List of Online Classes for October 2021
  

Webinars Broadcast Via Zoom

Webinars are currently being broadcast via Zoom. If you are not familiar with the program, this short video will teach you how to use Zoom to join a meeting. Click here to view the video.
We do have a cap on our Zoom account, so space is limited. If you go to register for a class and it is closed, please note that you may be able to view that class via the Family History Library Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/familyhistorylibrary.

Find the class you are interested in and click on the "Link to webinar" to enter the online webinar room. Please make sure your headphones or speakers are connected BEFORE you enter the webinar room. We recommend that you enter the webinar about 15-20 minutes before the start time. This will help ensure that your sound is working before the webinar begins.

List of Online Classes in the Learning Center

• List of all Online Classes in the FamilySearch Learning Center

Upcoming Webinars

General & FamilySearch Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Mon, 2 Aug, 10:00 AM MDT	Using the FamilySearch Catalog	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, 3 Aug, 10:00 AM MDT	Overview of FamilySearch	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, 10 Aug, 10:00 AM MDT	Navigate, Add, Edit, Standardize, and Print in FamilySearch Family Tree	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, 17 Aug, 10:00 AM MDT	The Research Process, Research Help, and Searching Records on FamilySearch	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, 24 Aug, 10:00 AM MDT	Tips and Tricks for Finding Elusive Records	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, 31 Aug, 10:00 AM MDT	Attaching Sources to FamilySearch Family Tree	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, 7 Sep, 10:00 AM MDT	Merging Duplicate Records in FamilySearch Family Tree	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Mon, 13 Sep, 10:00 AM MDT	Using the FamilySearch Catalog	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, 14 Sep, 10:00 AM MDT	Correcting Relationships in FamilySearch Family Tree	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, 28 Sep, 10:00 AM MDT	Adding Memories to FamilySearch Family Tree	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Mon, 4 Oct, 10:00 AM MDT	Using the FamilySearch Catalog	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Mon, 5 Oct, 10:00 AM MDT	Using the FamilySearch Mobile Apps	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Mon, 12 Oct, 10:00 AM MDT	Using the FamilySearch Wiki	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Mon, 19 Oct, 10:00 AM MDT	What's New at FamilySearch	Link to Register	FamilySearch	No Handout
Mon, 1 Nov, 10:00 AM MDT	Using the FamilySearch Catalog	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Mon, 2 Nov, 10:00 AM MDT	Overview of FamilySearch	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Mon, 9 Nov, 10:00 AM MDT	Navigate, Add, Edit, Standardize, and Print on FamilySearch Family Tree	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Mon, 16 Nov, 10:00 AM MDT	The Research Process, Research Help, and Searching Records on FamilySearch	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout
Mon, 23 Nov, 10:00 AM MDT	Tips and Tricks for Finding Elusive Records on FamilySearch	Link to Register	FamilySearch	Handout

European Research Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Wed, 4 Aug, 10:00 AM MDT	Jump-start Your German Research with Ortsfamilienbücher/Ortssippenbücher	Link to Register	Germany (Beginner)	Handout
Sat, 7 Aug, 9:00 AM MDT	Navigating Nordic Names	Link to Register	Nordic (Beginner)
Sat, 7 Aug, 10:15 AM MDT	The Denmark Regional Series: Fyn	Link to Register	Nordic (Intermediate)
Sat, 7 Aug, 12:30 PM MDT	The Denmark Regional Series: Vejle, Skanderborg, Århus	Link to Register	Nordic (Intermediate)
Sat, 7 Aug, 1:45 PM MDT	Mantals Tax Records in Finland	Link to Register	Nordic (Intermediate)
Sat, 7 Aug, 3:00 PM MDT	Exploring Court Records in Norway	Link to Register	Nordic (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 9:00 AM MDT	GenTeam Gazetteer and Maps	Link to Register	Czechia (Beginner)
Wed, 3 Nov 9:30 AM MDT	Finding Jewish Records at the National Archives	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 10:00 AM MDT	Pilsen Regional Archives	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 10:30 AM MDT	Litoměřice Regional Archives	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 11:00 AM MDT	Prague Regional Archives	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 11:30 AM MDT	Prague City Archives	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 12:30 PM MDT	Třeboň Regional Archives	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 1:00 PM MDT	Zamrsk Regional Archives	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 1:30 PM MDT	Brno Regional Archives	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 2:00 PM MDT	Opava Regional Archives	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 2:30 PM MDT	Reading Czech Parish Registers-Births	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 3:00 PM MDT	Reading Czech Parish Registers-Marriages	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Wed, 3 Nov, 3:30 PM MDT	Reading Czech Parish Register-Deaths	Link to Register	Czechia (Intermediate)
Sat, 6 Nov, 9:00 AM MDT	How to Use Danish Church Records	Link to Register	Nordic (Beginner)
Sat, 6 Nov, 10:15 AM MDT	Research in Skåne, Sweden	Link to Register	Nordic (Intermediate)
Sat, 6 Nov, 12:30 PM MDT	Norway Census Strategy	Link to Register	Nordic (Intermediate)
Sat, 6 Nov, 1:45 PM MDT	Historical Timeline for Norway	Link to Register	Nordic (Beginner)
Sat, 6 Nov, 3:00 PM MDT	How to Read the Church Records for Iceland	Link to Register	Nordic (Beginner)
Wed, 10 Nov, 10:00 AM MST	Netherlands Censuses and Population Registers	Link to Register	Netherlands (Intermediate)
Wed, 10 Nov, 12:00 PM MST	Netherlands Notarial Records	Link to Register	Netherlands (Advanced)
Wed, 10 Nov, 2:00 PM MST	Netherlands Archive Spotlight: Friesland	Link to Register	Netherlands (Intermediate)

British Isles Research Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Sat, 18 Sep, 9:00 AM MDT	The British Empire, 1500-1800	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Sat, 18 Sep, 9:30 AM MDT	The British Empire, 1800-2000	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Sat, 18 Sep, 10:00 AM MDT	Birth, Marriage, and Death Records of British Abroad	Link to Register	British Isles (Intermediate)
Sat, 18 Sep, 11:00 AM MDT	British Naturalization Records	Link to Register	British Isles (Intermediate)
Sat, 18 Sep, 11:30 AM MDT	Beginning Australian Research	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Sat, 18 Sep, 12:00 PM MDT	Beginning British New Zealand	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Sat, 18 Sep, 1:30 PM MDT	Introduction to Jamaican Research	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Sat, 18 Sep, 2:00 PM MDT	British Caribbean Research in Colonial Office Records	Link to Register	British Isles (Intermediate)
Sat, 18 Sep, 3:00 PM MDT	British East India	Link to Register	British Isles (Intermediate)
Sat, 18 Sep, 3:30 PM MDT	British South Africa	Link to Register	British Isles (Intermediate)
Sat, 18 Sep, 4:00 PM MDT	British in the South Seas	Link to Register	British Isles (Intermediate)
Tue, 30 Nov, 9:00 AM MST	An Overview of Scottish History and Records to 1800	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Tue, 30 Nov, 9:30 AM MST	An Overview of Scottish History and Records from 1800	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Tue, 30 Nov, 10:00 AM MST	Using ScotlandsPeople	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Tue, 30 Nov, 11:00 AM MST	Scottish Church Records Project	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Tue, 30 Nov, 11:30 AM MST	Exploring Scottish Kirk Sessions Records	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Tue, 30 Nov, 12:00 PM MST	National Library of Scotland	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Tue, 30 Nov, 1:30 PM MST	ScotlandsFamily	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Tue, 30 Nov, 2:00 PM MST	Scottish Indexes	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Tue, 30 Nov, 3:00 PM MST	Scotland Statistical Accounts	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Tue, 30 Nov, 3:30 PM MST	Lesser-Known Glasgow Resources	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)
Tue, 30 Nov, 4:00 PM MST	Scottish Archive Network	Link to Register	British Isles (Beginner)

Asia Research Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Fri, 20 Aug, 7:00 PM MDT	寻根問祖帮助系列-如何閲讀和理解中文家譜 (二)	Link to Register	Asia
Fri, 22 Oct, 7:00 PM MDT	在FamilySearch 獲得中文尋根幫助的几种方法	Link to Register	Asia
Fri, 19 Nov, 5:00 PM MST	Chinese Burials and Tombstones: Customs and Inscriptions	Link to Register	Asia (Beginner)

United States and Canada Research Webinar and Handout

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Thu, 29 Jul, 10:00 AM MDT	The Research Process: Analyzing and Evaluating U.S. Records	Link to Register	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Thu, 5 Aug, 10:00 AM MDT	United States Territorial and State Census Records	Link to Register	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Thu, 5 Aug, 12:00 PM MDT	Portuguese Immigration Patterns to the United STates: 19th and 20th Centuries	Link to Register	United States (Intermediate)
Thu, 19 Aug, 10:00 AM MDT	United States Descendancy Research	Link to Register	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Thu, 2 Sep, 10:00 AM MDT	Skimming the Surface: A Look into Quebec Notarial Records	Link to Register	Canda (Beginner)
Mon, 13 Sep, 1:00 PM MDT	Never to be Forgotten: Suggestions for Writing Family Stories	Link to Register	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Thu, 16 Sep, 10:00 AM MDT	Genealogy in Canada's Western Provinces	Link to Register	Canada (Beginner)
Thu, 23 Sep, 10:00 AM MDT	Ask Your United States and Canada Research Question	Link to Register	US/Canada (Beginner)	No Handout
Thu, 7 Oct, 10:00 AM MDT	A Glimpse into the Societies of the Mid-Atlantic States	Link to Register	US/Canada (Beginner)
Thu, 14 Oct, 10:00 AM MDT	The Knowles Collection, What Is It and How Do I Use It?	Link to Register	US/Canada (Beginner)
Thu, 21 Oct, 10:00 AM MDT	Organizing Your Genealogy	Link to Register	US/Canada (Beginner)
Thu, 4 Nov, 10:00 AM MDT	"Hallelujah!" Researching African American Church Records	Link to Register	US/Canada (Intermediate)
Thu, 11 Nov, 10:00 AM MST	U.S. Military Pension Files (1776-1916): A Gold Mine for Family History Research	Link to Register	US/Canada (Intermediate)
Thu, 18 Nov, 10:00 AM MST	From the Colonies to Canada: Researching Your United Empire Loyalists	Link to Register	US/Canada (Intermediate)

Research Webinars and Handouts in Spanish

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Thu, 12 Aug, 1:00 PM MDT	Los registros históricos, el catálogo, o las imgenes de FamilySearch, ¿cuál elijo para encontrar a mis antepasados?	Link to Register	FamilySearch (Beginner)
Fri, 24 Sep, 2:00 PM MDT	Investigación Genealógica en Colombia	Link to Register	Spanish (Intermediate)
Fri, 24 Sep, 3:30 PM MDT	Genealógica en Centroamérica	Link to Register	Spanish (Intermediate)
Fri, 24 Sep, 5:00 PM MDT	Los Registros de Migración	Link to Register	Spanish (Intermediate)
Sat, 25 Sep, 9:00 AM MDT	Los Pleitos de Hidalguía	Link to Register	Spanish (Advanced)
Sat, 25 Sep, 10:30 AM MDT	Los Registros Militares: Un tesoro de inforamación a tu alcance	Link to Register	Spanish (Intermediate)
Sat, 25 Sep, 12:00 PM MDT	Derribando Muros de Ladrillos: Un caso de estudio	Link to Register	Spanish (Intermediate)
Sat, 25 Sep, 1:15 PM MDT	Los siete Sacramentos de la Iglesia Católica en los registros parroquiales	Link to Register	Spanish (Intermediate)
Sat, 25 Sep, 2:30 PM MDT	Aventuras de Evidencia en los caminos de Europa	Link to Register	Spanish (Intermediate)
Sat, 25 Sep, 3:45 PM MDT	El uso de las aplicaciones en la investigación genealógica	Link to Register	Spanish (Intermediate)
Sat, 25 Sep, 5:00 PM MDT	Los Recuerdos: parte esencial de nuestra investigación genealógica	Link to Register	Spanish (Beginner)
Thu, 14 Oct, 1:00 PM MDT	Buscando a los ancestros italianos	Link to Register	Spanish (Beginner)
Thu, 11 Nov, 1:00 PM MDT	Corregiendo el Árbol Familiar de FamilySearch	Link to Register	Spanish (Beginner)

Past Webinars

To view past webinars, check out the page Classes in the Learning Center.

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