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
June	US/Canada	Scandinavian	Canada	Germany	Norway	Switzerland
July	British Isles	Latin America & Spanish	Czech Republic	Ireland	Poland	United States
August	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

June 2016

July 2016

August 2016

Webinar Information[edit | edit source]

US/Canada Webinars[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

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, Ask Your United States Research Question - 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
Tue, 2 Aug, 1:00 PM MDT, Ask Your United States Research Question - Handout
Tue, 9 Aug, 1:00 PM MDT, Pennsylvania Research Overview - Handout
Thu, 11 Aug, 1:00 PM MDT, United States Research: Great Plains Region - Handout
Mon, 22 Aug, 8:30 AM MDT, Using the Family History Catalog Effectively - Handout
Mon, 22 Aug, 9:45 AM MDT, United States Research: New England Region - Handout
Mon, 22 Aug, 1:15 PM MDT, United States Census Techniques and Strategies for Finding Elusive Ancestors - Handout
Mon, 22 Aug, 2:30 PM MDT, United States Research: Mid-Atlantic Region - Handout
Tue, 23 Aug, 8:30 AM MDT, Tips and Tricks for Using FamilySearch's Historical Records Collection - Handout
Tue, 23 Aug, 9:45 AM MDT, United States Research: Mid-South Region - Handout
Tue, 23 Aug, 1:15 PM MDT, Immigration into the United States - Handout
Tue, 23 Aug, 2:30 PM MDT, United States Research: Gulf South Region - Handout
Wed, 24 Aug, 8:30 AM MDT, FamilySearch Research Wiki - Handout
Wed, 24 Aug, 9:45 AM MDT, United States Research: Midwest Region - Handout
Wed, 24 Aug, 1:15 PM MDT, United States Naturalization - Handout
Wed, 24 Aug, 2:30 PM MDT, United States Research: Gulf South Region - Handout
Thu, 25 Aug, 8:30 AM MDT, FamilySearch Memories - Handout
Thu, 25 Aug, 9:45 AM MDT, United States Research: Pacific States Region - Handout
Thu, 25 Aug, 1:15 PM MDT, United States Land Records - Handout
Thu, 25 Aug, 2:30 PM MDT, United States Research: Mountain West Region - Handout
Fri, 26 Aug, 8:30 AM MDT, Cousin Research - Handout
Fri, 26 Aug, 9:45 AM MDT, United States Research: Big City Research - Handout
Fri, 26 Aug, 1:15 PM MDT, United States Probate Records - Handout

British Isles Webinars[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

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, 30 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Ask Your British Research Question - Handout of questions and responses to follow after the session
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)
Thu, 4 Aug, 1:00 PM MDT, England Research case Study - Handout
Tue, 30 Aug, 1:00 PM MDT, Ask Your British Research Question (Handout will be created after the session)

European Webinars[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

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
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, 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
Tue, 16 Aug, 2:00 PM MDT, Moving and Migration for Swedish Genealogy - Handout
Wed, 17 Aug, 10:00 AM MDT, Finding Gyrid Aarsand's Place of Origin in Norway - Handout
Thu, 18 Aug, 1:00 PM MDT, Norwegian Migration and Immigration - Handout

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

To attend a webinar click here.

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, 16 Jul, 1:00 PM MDT, Cómo utilizar el Wiki de Investigación - Handout
Sat, 6 Aug, 1:00 PM MDT, Hispanic Online Resources - Handout
Sat, 20 Aug, 1:00 PM MDT, No hay otros registros - Handout

Indexing Workshops[edit | edit source]

To attend a webinar click here.

Indexing language workshops will resume in September

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 (26 May 2016); Handout
Ask Your British Research Question (27 Apr 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
More Irish than the Irish Themselves: The Hiberno-Norman Families (16 May 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]

Los Beneficios de Utilizar el Registro Civil; Handout

Más allá de los Registros Indexados; Handout
Métodos de organización; Handout
Formularios de extracción: Bautismo/Nacimiento, Matrimonio, Defunción
Nuevas herramientas del Árbol Familiar; Handout
Búsquedas eficaces; Handout RootsTech 2016 class
Censos sin secretos; Handout RootsTech 2016 class
Familiares enmascarados en los índices de Ancestry.mx; Handout RootsTech 2016 class
Investigación genealógica en Centro y Sudamérica; Handout RoostTech 2016 class
Recursos en línea para España; Handout RootsTech 2016 class
Recursos en línea para inmigrantes; Handout RootsTech 2016 class
Recursos en línea para México; Handout RootsTech 2016 class

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]

Relatives Masked in the Indexes of Ancestry Handout
I Found My Abuela in Mexico: Next Steps Handout
Online Resources for Mexico Handout
FamilySearch Records for South America
Improve Your Search Results in FamilySearch Hispanic Records Handout

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
Polish Community Newspapers in North America and Poland
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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 *[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/los-beneficios-de-utilizar-el-registro-civil/1342 Los Beneficios de Utilizar el Registro Civil]; [https://familysearch.org/wiki/es/images/3/3d/Los_Beneficios_de_Utilizar_el_Registro_Civil.pdf Handout]
-*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/b-250-squedas-eficaces/1311 Búsquedas eficaces]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/8/82/Busquedas_eficaces_en_FamilySearch_Gurtler.pdf Handout]
-*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/censos-sin-secretos/1313 Censos sin secretos]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/1/1b/Censos-sin-secretos-Sonia-Meza.pdf Handout]
-*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/familiares-enmascarados-en-los-237-ndices-de-ancestry-mx/1334 Familiares enmascarados en los índices de Ancestry.mx]; [https://familysearch.org/wiki/es/images/c/ce/Familiares_enmascarados_en_los_%C3%ADndices_de_Ancestry_com_Morales.pdf Handout]
-*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/investigacion-genealogica-en-centro-y-sudamerica/1315 Investigación genealógica en Centro y Sudamérica]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/c/c9/Investigaci%C3%B3n_geneal%C3%B3gica_en_Centro_y_Sudam%C3%A9rica_Baird.pdf Handout]
 *[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/m-225-s-all-225-de-los-registros-indexados/1329 Más allá de los Registros Indexados]; [https://familysearch.org/wiki/es/images/b/ba/M%C3%A1s_All%C3%A1_de_los_Registros_Indexados.pdf Handout]
 *[http://ldschurch1.adobeconnect.com/p2v6xmnlzqh/ Métodos de organización]; [[Media:Metodos_de_organizacion.pdf|Handout]] <br> Formularios de extracción: [[Media:Baptism_template.pdf|Bautismo/Nacimiento]], [[Media:Marriage_Template.pdf|Matrimonio]], [[Media:Death_Template.pdf|Defunción]]
 *[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/nuevas-herramientas-del-193-rbol-familiar/1319 Nuevas herramientas del Árbol Familiar]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/c/c8/Nuevas_Herramientas_del_Arbol_Familiar.pdf Handout]
-*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/recursos-en-l-237-nea-para-inmigrantes/1314 Recursos en línea para inmigrantes]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/e/e9/Recursos_en_Linea_para_Inmigrantes.pdf Handout]
+*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/b-250-squedas-eficaces/1311 Búsquedas eficaces]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/8/82/Busquedas_eficaces_en_FamilySearch_Gurtler.pdf Handout] RootsTech 2016 class
-*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/recursos-en-linea-para-espana/1312 Recursos en línea para España]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/c/c8/Recursos_en_l%C3%ADnea_para_Espa%C3%B1a_Baird.pdf Handout]
+*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/censos-sin-secretos/1313 Censos sin secretos]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/1/1b/Censos-sin-secretos-Sonia-Meza.pdf Handout] RootsTech 2016 class
-*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/recursos-en-linea-para-mexico/1316 Recursos en línea para México]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/1/16/Recursos_en_linea_para_Mexico_Gurtler.pdf Handout]
+*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/familiares-enmascarados-en-los-237-ndices-de-ancestry-mx/1334 Familiares enmascarados en los índices de Ancestry.mx]; [https://familysearch.org/wiki/es/images/c/ce/Familiares_enmascarados_en_los_%C3%ADndices_de_Ancestry_com_Morales.pdf Handout] RootsTech 2016 class
+*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/investigacion-genealogica-en-centro-y-sudamerica/1315 Investigación genealógica en Centro y Sudamérica]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/c/c9/Investigaci%C3%B3n_geneal%C3%B3gica_en_Centro_y_Sudam%C3%A9rica_Baird.pdf Handout] RoostTech 2016 class
+*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/recursos-en-linea-para-espana/1312 Recursos en línea para España]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/c/c8/Recursos_en_l%C3%ADnea_para_Espa%C3%B1a_Baird.pdf Handout] RootsTech 2016 class
+*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/recursos-en-l-237-nea-para-inmigrantes/1314 Recursos en línea para inmigrantes]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/e/e9/Recursos_en_Linea_para_Inmigrantes.pdf Handout] RootsTech 2016 class
+*[https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/recursos-en-linea-para-mexico/1316 Recursos en línea para México]; [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/es/images/1/16/Recursos_en_linea_para_Mexico_Gurtler.pdf Handout] RootsTech 2016 class
 ==== 2015  ====