FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars

Upcoming Classes and Webinars

Monthly Class Schedules

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

October 2015

November 2015

Webinar Information

To join a webinar from home, please click on the link next to the group teaching the webinar 15 minutes prior to start.

US/Canada Webinars

• Thur, 22 October, 6:00 PM, Finding Original Records: The Real Game of Hide and Seek
• Thur, 12 November, 6:00 PM, Organizing Your Research

British Isles Webinars

• Wed, 21 October, 12:00 PM, Understanding What England Church Records Are Online
• Thur, 22 October, 11:00 AM, England Records from the Grave
• Fri, 23 October, 11:00 AM, Researching in Pre-1837 England

International/Scandinavian Webinars

• Tue, 10 November, 10:00 AM, Portuguese Records Indexing Workshop
• Tue, 17 November, 10:00 AM, Italian Records Indexing Workshop

Latin America Webinars

• Tue, 3 November, 10:00 AM, Spanish Records Indexing Workshop (in English)
• Sat, 7 November, 1:00 PM, U.S. Hispanic Immigration (in English)
• Sat, 21 November, 1:00 PM, ¿De dónde vinieron mis antepasados?

Past Webinars

US/Canada

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

British Isles

England

• Church of England Church Records
• England Maps & Gazetteers
• England Non-conformist Church Records *England Online Websites
• England Parish Chest Records
• England Poor Law Records
• England Probate Records Part 1 (audio begins at 3 min 41 sec)
• England Probate Records Part 2
• England & Wales Census Records
• England & Wales Civil Registration

Ireland

• Church of Ireland Chuch Records
• Ireland Catholic Church Records
• Ireland Census and Census Substitutes
• Ireland Civil Registration
• Ireland Emigration
• Ireland Jurisdictions
• Ireland Land Records
• Ireland Presbyterian Church Records
• Ireland Websites
• Scotch-Irish Research

Scotland

• Basic Scotland Research Strategies
• Inheritance in Scotland: Testaments and Retours
• Scotland Census Records
• Scotland Church Records
• Scotland Civil Registration
• Scotland Emigration
• Scotland Land Records
• Scotland Maps & Gazetteers
• Scotland Naming Patterns & Clans
• Scotland Poor Law Records
• Scotland Probate Records
• Scotland Websites
• Scotland's Old Parish Registers: How to Access, Use, and Interpret
• www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
  

Wales

• Wales Anglican and Non-conformist Church Records
• Wales Maps and Gazetteers
• Wales Online Websites
• Wales Probate Records
• Welsh Naming Patterns

International/Scandinavian

Czech Republic

• Czech Online Records at the Brno and Litomerice Archives Please begin the recording at position 14:30.

Denmark

• Danish Census Research Series: This is a series of 3 classes - Using the Danish Demographical Database (37 minutes), Finding Censuses on Arkivalieronline (28 minutes), Extracting Genealogical Information (38 minutes). You can use the lobby button in the left hand bar to skip between the different classes
• Danish Church Records: Feast Days
• Danish Church Records: Finding Ancestors Through Witnesses (38 minutes)
• Danish Church Records: Research Strategies (49 minutes)
• Danish Family History Resources: Gazetteers and Jurisdictions
  
• Danish Research Strategies
  

Germany

• German Church and Civil Records    
• German research Series Using Genealogy.net

Norway

• Exploring Census Records in Norway

Poland

• Advancing Your Polish Genealogy: 300 Years of Records by Cecile Wendt Jensen
• Using The Digitized Records of Various Polish State Archives Please skip to point 23:32 to view the presentation.

South Africa

• South Africa: Beginning Research (48 minutes)
  
• South Africa: National Archives (41 minutes)
• South Africa: Online Family History Library Collections (36 minutes)

Switzerland

• Swiss Beginning Research Basics

Latin America

Classes in Spanish

2015

• Conozca el sitio de PARESThis recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 01:30.
• Conozca los sitios asociados de FamilySearch, parte 1: Inscripción y el sitio de FindMyPast (15:26)
  Conozca los sitios asociados de FamilySearch, parte 2: Los sitios de Ancestry y MyHeritage (1:16:45)
  Cómo utilizar mejor el Wiki de FamilySearch (2:14:08) (This recording has not been edited. You will have to advance until the time stamp indicated next to the title of the class where this presentation begins.)
• El Árbol Familiar Para Principiantes
• FamilySearch: Fotos, Historias, y Audio
• Fuentes en FamilySearch (This recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 8 of the recording).
• Genealogía Descendente (This recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 39 of the recording).
• ¿He buscado aquí? El uso de notas y listas de investigación
• Metas genealógicas para 2015
• ¿No hay otros registros?This recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 1:36:57.
• ¿Qué dice? Cómo leer la escritura antigua
• Preguntas Frecuentes de FamilySearch (This recording has not been edited.)
• Protocolos notarialesThis recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 50:55
• Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch (This recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 22 of the recording).
• Registros civiles y censos
• Series de Investigación Genealógica (This recording has not been edited and contains 3 classes in one recording. The titles of the classes are Expedientes Matrimoniales, Limpieza de Sangre, and Obras Pias).

2014

• Árbol Familiar: Fotos, fuentes e historias
• Árbol Familiar para principiantes
• Búsquedas eficaces en los registros históricos de FamilySearch
• Capellanías, cofradías, dispensas y más
• Corrigiendo parentescos en el Árbol Familiar
• Cómo buscar a mis antepasados en FamilySearch
• Cómo buscar a mis antepasados en mi propio país
• ¿Cómo involucrar a los niños en la investigación familiar?
• Cómo organizar tu genealógia
• Encontrando a nuestros primos
• ¿Mis antepasados vinieron de …?
• ¿No hay otros registros?
• Obtenga el máximo de MyHeritage
• Preguntas frecuentes sobre el Árbol Familiar
• Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch
• Registros civiles y parroquiales
• Tesoros ocultos en los registros originales
• ¿Y ahora qué? Cómo hacer la investigación genealógica

Classes in English

2015

• Hispanic Online Resources (This recording has not been edited.)
• Hispanic Research Methodology: A Case Study
• Reading Spanish Handwriting