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NOTICE: Family History Library Closure

Out of concern for the health and safety of our guests, volunteers, and staff, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City will be closed starting at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 13, 2020 until further notice. This closure is to support preventive efforts to control the spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus).

While the Family History Library is closed, we will continue to provide webinars online for the Month of March.

For a list of webinar online classes: March 2020 Class Schedule

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 broadcasted 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. Once you find the class you are interested in, click on the title 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. If you would like to download the Handout click on the word “Click Here” next to the title of the class.

In order to view past webinars, you can scroll down to the Past Webinars section or click here.

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

All class times are scheduled in Mountain Time.

Class Schedules[edit | edit source]

March 2020

Upcoming Webinars[edit | edit source]

General Research Webinars

FamilySearch & FamilySearch Family Tree Webinars

United States Research Webinars

British Isles Research Webinars

European Research Webinars

Nordic Countries Research Webinars

Latin America & Spanish Research Webinars

Portuguese Research Webinars

Indexing Workshops

Past Webinars & Handouts[edit | edit source]

Please search for the class title, a locality, subject, or the name of the instructor here or go to the wiki page Classes in the Learning Center.

General[edit | edit source]

General Research Webinars

FamilySearch Webinars

Research Seminars & Conferences[edit | edit source]

2016

2017

2018

Africa[edit | edit source]

South Africa Research Webinars

Europe[edit | edit source]

Austria Research Webinars & Handouts

British Isles Research Webinars & Handouts

Czech Republic Research Webinars & Handouts

France Research Webinars & Handouts

Germany Research Webinars & Handouts

Nordic Research Webinars & Handouts

Poland Research Webinars & Handouts

Russia Research Webinars & Handouts

Slovakia Research Webinars & Handouts

Switzerland Research Webinars & Handouts

Latin America[edit | edit source]

Spanish Language Webinars

English Language Webinars

North America[edit | edit source]

Canada Research Webinars & Handouts

United States Research Webinars & Handouts

United States Q&A

United States Case Studies

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FamilySearch Family Tree Classes
Date	Class Title	Handout Link	Recording Link
TBD	Overview of FamilySearch	Handout
TBD	Navigating, Adding and Editing, Standardization of Dates and Places on Family Tree	Handout	Recording
TBD	Tips and Tricks for Finding Elusive Records on FamilySearch	Handout	Recording
TBD	Research Help and Searching Records on Family Tree	Handout	Recording
TBD	Attaching Sources to Family Tree	Handout 1 Handout 2	Recording
TBD	Adding Memories to Family Tree	Handout
TBD	Merging & Correcting Relationships on Family Tree	Handout 1 Handout 2
TBD	Submitting Names for Temple Ordinances on Family Tree	Handout
TBD	Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively	Handout
TBD	Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki	Handout
TBD	Using the FamilySearch Mobile Apps	Handout	Recording
TBD	Discovering the FamilySearch Community	Handout	Recording
TBD	What's New at FamilySearch

Time	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD	U.S. Research Process: Introduction	U.S. Research Process: Finding Records Online	U.S. Research Process: When the Records aren't Online	U.S. Research Process: Evaluating and Analyzing
TBD	U.S. Federal Census Records, 1850-1940	U.S. Probate Records: Where There's a Will, There's a Probate	U.S. Military Records	U.S. Federal Census Records, 1790-1840
TBD	U.S. Vital Records: The Bred, the Wed, and the Dead	U.S. Land Records	U.S. Immigration Records, 1820-1954	U.S. Church Records
TBD	U.S. City Directories	U.S. Federal Land Records: Home on the Range	U.S. Naturalization Records	DNA Basics: An Introduction to DNA and Genealogy

2020 British Isles Research Seminar
IN-PERSON CLASSES WILL BE HELD IN THE MAIN FLOOR CLASSROOMS B & C. Some of the classes will also be broadcast live. Click on the hyperlinked title to join remotely.
TIME	Tuesday, 17 March: IRELAND	TBD: SCOTLAND	TBD: BRITISH ISLES	TBD: ENGLAND	TBD: WALES
9:00-10:00 AM MDT	Beginning Ireland Research Kori Robbins	Scottish Clans and Naming Patterns Craig Foster	The Impact of British History on Family History Research Craig Foster	The Parish Chest: Beyond Christening, Marriage, and Burial Registers Dan Poffenberger	Given Names, Patronymics and Surnames in Wales Darris Williams
10:30-11:30 AM MDT	Irish Census Substitutes: Tithe and Valuation Records Phil Dunn	Using the Wiki and ScotlandsPeople for Scottish Research Kori Robbins	Research before 1837 in England & Wales Phil Dunn	Understanding Handwriting, Abbreviations, Dates and More Dan Poffenberger	Success Strategies for Tracing Welsh Families Darris Williams
1:00-2:00 PM MDT	Irish Estate Records Click here Craig Foster	Scottish Nonconformists Phil Dunn	Five Strategies for Tracing Your British Immigrant Ancestors Dan Poffenberger	Jewish Research in England Todd Knowles	Church Records in Wales Elder Rawlins
2:30-3:30 PM MDT	Irish Immigration Click here Dan Poffenberger	Tracing Ancestry in Scotland's Heritable Land Records Raymon Naisbitt	Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Britain Phil Dunn	"I Give and Bequeath"English Probate Records Kori Robbins	Welsh Language and Family History Research Elder Rawlins

2020 German-Slavic Research Seminar
Prior to the German Handwriting class please watch "Old German Script" videos found in the FamilySearch Learning Center. These are going to be taught online. They will be broadcast in the Main Floor Computer Lab.
TIME	'MONDAY, TBD	TUESDAY, TBD	WEDNESDAY, TBD	THURSDAY, TBD	FRIDAY, TBD	HANDOUT
TBD	Dutch Handwriting Session 1	Dutch Handwriting Session 2	Dutch Handwriting Session 3	Dutch Handwriting Session 4	Dutch Handwriting Session 5	Handout
TBD	German Handwriting Session 1	German Handwriting Session 2	German Handwriting Session 3	German Handwriting Session 4	German Handwriting Session 5	German resources
TBD	Latin Handwriting Session 1	Latin Handwriting Session 2	Latin Handwriting Session 3	Latin Handwriting Session 4	Latin Handwriting Session 5	Handout
TBD	Polish Handwriting Session 1	Polish Handwriting Session 2	Polish Handwriting Session 3	Polish Handwriting Session 4	Polish Handwriting Session 5	Handout
TBD	Russian Handwriting Session 1 Handout	Russian Handwriting Session 2	Russian Handwriting Session 3 Handout	Russian Handwriting Session 4 Handout	Russian Handwriting Session 5 Handout	Handouts for Russian listed under each day.

2020 Nordic Countries Research Seminar
IN-PERSON CLASSES WILL BE HELD IN THE MAIN FLOOR CLASSROOMS B & C. All of the classes will also be broadcast live. Click on the hyperlinked title to join remotely.
TIME	TBD: Nordic	TBD: Sweden	TBD: Sweden / Norway	TBD: Norway / Denmark	TBD: Denmark
TBD	Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3 Fritz Juengling, Ph.D. Watch the presentation Scandinavian Handwriting https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/898 before the live webinar. The recorded presentation contains parts 1 and 2 in the series. - Handout	Swedish Mantals Tax Records Geoffrey Fröberg Morris - Handout	Introduction to the Swedish Estate Inventory Records Kathy Meade - Handout	Pre-1867 Emigration Records for Norway Liv H. Anderson - Handout	Danish Military Levying Rolls Geoffrey Fröberg Morris - Handout
TBD	Solving Nordic Problems Using FamilySearch Wiki Amber Larsen - Handout	How to Search by Name using Church Books and Population Registers on ArkivDigital Kathy Meade - Handout	Find the Unknown Father in Sweden Geoffrey Fröberg Morris - Handout	Barney wasn’t Barney and Thomas wasn’t Thomas: Finding Place of Origin in Norway Raeone Steuart -- No Handout	Vaccination Records of Denmark Tanner Blair Tolman- Handout
	Sorting Identities in Nordic Countries Savannah W. Larson - Handout	To America and Back Again Swedish Ancestors - Successfully Navigating Swedish Emigration Savannah W. Larson - Handout	Finnskog Research in Norway Elaine H. Hasleton - Handout 1, Handout 2	1891 Norway Census: Searching Indexes and Images Liv H. Anderson - Handout	Proving Identity Through Multiple Strategies in Denmark Jeff Svare - Handout
TBD	Time Saving Strategies for Nordic Research Savannah W. Larson - Handout	How to Use Swedish military & census records, passenger ship manifests and other Swedish collections in ArkivDigital Kathy Meade - Handout	Sjeleregister (index of literacy and religion) for Norway Liv H. Anderson - Handout	Tax Records of Denmark Tanner Blair Tolman - Handout	Probate Records of Denmark Tanner Blair Tolman - Handout

TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
La Comunidad FamilySearch Berta Bello	Genealogía de España Lynn Turner	Billion Graves - Del cementerio hasta el website Jose Enrique Sanchez Thompson	Cómo explicar los grados de relación familiar Gonzalo Alexis Luengo	Online Resources for Hispanic Research Ada Nelson	Buscando a los olvidados Debbie Gurtler	Uma introdução a registros históricos Todd Welker
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Recursos en el País Vasco Iñaki Odriozola	Archivos militares en España ¿Qué buscar? Inaki Odriozola	Después de PAF, pruebe Ancestral Quest Analia Montalvo	Cementerios de Chile y lainformación a distancia Mercedes Olivares de Ardiles	Explaining Family Relationship Gonzalo Alexis Luengo	El sistema notarial Dr. George Ryskamp	Paleografia em Portugués Noriane Antunes
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Jurisdicciones Arturo Cuellar	Ayudando a otros desde tu smartphone Jose Enrique Sanchez Thompson	Registros en Centroamérica Ada Nelson	El ADN y la historia familiar Edgar Gomez y Robert Kehrer	I Didn't Know You Could Search Like That! Lauren Wake	Registros eclesiásticos avanzados Dr. George Ryskamp	Teste genealógico de DNA Adriano Almeida
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Encontremos a nuestros antepasados: Ayudas para indexar mejor Analia Montalvo	Ancestry como herramienta en la investigación Evan Christensen	Paleografía Leandro Soria	FamilySearch: Una ofrenda digital Devin Ashby	Portugal Parish Records Al Viera	¡Recúerdame! Karina Morales