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Family History Library Classes and Webinars

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Family History Library is closed until further notice. Although our doors are closed, we are still available to serve you with special resources. 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.

Family History Library Classes and Webinars[edit | edit source]

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, 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 Schedule[edit | edit source]

Webinars Broadcast Via Zoom[edit | edit source]

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.

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[edit | edit source]

List of all Online Classes in the FamilySearch Learning Center

Upcoming Webinars[edit | edit source]

General FamilySearch Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Mon, Sep 7, 10:00 AM MDT	Using the FamilySearch Catalog	Link to webinar	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, Sep 8, 10:00 AM MDT	Merging and Correcting Relationships in Family Tree	Link to webinar	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, Oct 6, 10:00 AM MDT	Adding Memories to Family Tree	Link to Webinar	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, Nov 3, 10:00 AM MST	Using the FamilySearch Mobile Apps	Link to Webinar	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, Dec 8, 10:00 AM MST	Submitting Names for Temple Ordinances	Link to Webinar	FamilySearch	Handout

European Research Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Tue, Aug 11 , 1:00 PM MDT	Switzerland Records: the Zürich Census	Link to webinar	Switzerland (Intermediate)
Tue, Sep 1, 12:00 PM, Noon MDT	Denmark Parish Records	Link to Webinar	Denmark (Beginner)
Sat, Sep 19, 9:00 AM MDT	Nordic Locality Research: Why It's Important and What to Include	Link to Webinar	Norway (Intermediate)
Sat, Sep 19, 10:15 AM MDT	1891 Norway Census: Searching Indexes and Images	Link to Webinar	Norway (Intermediate)
Sat, Sep 19, 12:30 PM MDT	Sorting Nordic Identities 2: The Case of Three Ane Rasmussens	Link to Webinar	Norway (Intermediate)
Sat, Sep 19, 1:45 PM MDT	Denmark Copyhold Deeds	Link to Webinar	Denmark (Intermediate)
Sat, Sep 19, 3:00 PM MDT	Swedish Genealogy Files: Mystery of the Soldier Lars Holm	Link to Webinar	Sweden (Intermediate)

British Isles Research Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link

Asia Research Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Mon, Aug 10, 11:OO AM MDT	Chinese ZhongYuan Festival and Cemeteries 中國中元節和墓地	Link to webinar	Chinese Research (Beginner)

United States Research Webinar and Handout

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Thur, Aug 27, 1:00 PM MDT	The Research Process	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Mon, Sep 21, 9:30 AM MDT	Where There's a Will, There's a Probate: U.S. Probate Records	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Mon, Sep 21, 11:00 AM MDT	Perches and Rods: Introducing U.S. Land Records	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Mon, Sep 21, 1:30 PM MDT	They're Better Than You Think: U.S. Census Records, 1790-1840	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Tues, Sep 22, 9:30 AM MDT	The Tired the Poor, and the Huddled Masses: U.S. Immigration	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Tues, Sep 22, 11:00 AM MDT	Becoming American: U.S. Naturalization Research	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Tues, Sep 22, 1:30 PM MDT	Migration Routes Across America	Link to Webinar	United States (Intermediate)	Handout
Wed, Sep 23, 9:30 AM MDT	Getting Started with U.S. Church Records Part 1: Introduction to Church Records and Anabaptists	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Wed, Sep 23, 11:00 AM MDT	Getting Started with U.S. Church Records Part 2: Roman Catholic, Lutheran/Reformed, Episcopal/Anglican, Presbyterian	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Wed, Sep 23, 1:30 PM MDT	Getting Started with U.S. Church Records Part 3: Congregationalists, Quakers, Baptists, Methodists	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Thur, Sep 24, 9:30 AM MDT	African American Strategies and Records Part 1	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Thur, Sep 24, 11:00 AM MDT	African American Strategies and Records Part 2	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Thur, Sep 24, 1:30 PM MDT	Beginning Jewish Research in the U.S.	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Fri, Sep 25, 9:30 AM MDT	Are You Your Own Brick Wall: Common Genealogical Mistakes and Their Solutions	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout
Fri, Sep 25, 11:00 AM MDT	When the Pandemic's Over: How to Do On-Site Research	Link to Webinar	United States (Beginner)	Handout

Research Webinars and Handouts in Spanish

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Tues, Aug 11, 11:00 AM MDT	El Arbol Familiar para principiantes	Link to webinar	Spanish Research
Tues, Aug 25, 11:00 AM MDT	“El Catálogo; una ventana de oportunidades”	Link to webinar	Spanish Research (Beginner)
Tues, Sep 8, 11:00 AM MDT	¡Ayúdame!	Link to Webinar	Spanish Research (Beginner)
Tues, Sep 22, 11:00 AM MDT	Fuentes, una base segura para tu árbol	Link to Webinar	Spanish Research (Beginner)

Past Webinars & Handouts[edit | edit source]

Classes in English[edit | edit source]

General Classes[edit | edit source]

General Research Webinars

FamilySearch Webinars

Classes by Region[edit | edit source]

African Research Webinars and Handouts

British Research Webinars and Handouts

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	Handout Link
2017	Blessings and Curses of Tracing Welsh Ancestry	Recording	Wales
2017	Welsh Naming Patterns and Customs	Recording	Wales
2017	How to Trace England Ancestry Online	Recording	England
2017	Tracing Non-Church of England Ancestry	Recording	England
2017	Scotland’s ‘Lost’ Other Half: Tracing Difficult Ancestral Lines in Scotland’s Non-Parochial Register	Recording	Scotland
2017	Using Church of Scotland Parochial Registers to trace Scots Ancestry	Recording	Scotland
2017	Tracing Irish Roman Catholic Ancestry	Recording	Ireland
2017	Finding Ancestry in Ireland Civil Registration Records	Recording	Ireland
2017	Ireland Census & Census Substitutes	Recording	Ireland
2017	The Scots-Irish: Plantation and Settlement of Ulster in the 17th Century	Recording	Ireland
2018	British Resources on FamilySearch.org Part 1	Recording	England	Handout
2018	British Resources on FamilySearch.org Part 1	Recording	Scotland	Handout
2018	British Resources on FamilySearch.org Part 1	Recording	Wales	Handout
2018	England and Wales Census Records 1841-1911 Indexes	Recording	England	Handout
2018	England and Wales Census Records 1841-1911 Indexes	Recording	Wales	Handout
2018	England & Wales Civil Registration	Recording	England	Handout
2018	England & Wales Civil Registration	Recording	Wales	Handout
2018	Church of England Church Records	Recording	England	Handout 1 Handout 2
2018	England Online Websites	Recording	England	Handout
2018	England Parish Chest Records	Recording	England	Handout
2018	England Research using FamilySearch.org	Recording	England	Handout
2018	Ireland Catholic Church Records	Recording	Ireland	Handout
2018	Ireland Civil Registration	Recording	Ireland	Handout
2018	Ireland Emigration	Recording	Ireland	Handout
2018	Ireland Presbyterian Church Records	Recording	Ireland	Handout
2018	Ireland Protestant Church Records	Recording	Ireland	Handout
2018	More Irish than the Irish Themselves: The Hiberno-Norman Families	Recording	Ireland	Handout
2018	Scotland's Old Parish Registers: How to Access, Use, and Interpret	Recording	Scotland
2018	www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk	Recording	Scotland

Canadian Research Webinars and Handouts

European Research Webinars and Handouts

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	Handout Link
2016	FamilySearch Research Wiki	Recording	FamilySearch	Handout
2016	Tips and Tricks for Using FamilySearch's Historical Records Collection	Recording	FamilySearch	Handout
2016	Descendancy Research	Recording	Descendancy	Handout
2016	Swiss Names and Places	Recording	Switzerland
2016	Introduction to Swiss Research	Recording	Switzerland
2016	German Research Strategies for Eastern Provinces	Recording	Germany
2016	Research in German Archives	Recording	Germany
2016	Old German Script, part 1	Recording	Germany
2016	Old German Script, part 2	Recording	Germany
2016	Extracting Information from German Church and Civil Records	Recording	Germany
2016	Kartenmeister.com Finding Places in the Former German Area of Poland	Recording	Germany
2016	German Census Records 1816-1916	Recording	Germany
2016	German Historical Maps and Territories	Recording	Germany
2016	Poland and Galicia Jewish Research: A Template for East European Research, part 1	Recording	Poland and Galicia
2016	Poland and Galicia Jewish Research: A Template for East European Research, part 2	Recording	Poland and Galicia
2016	Discovering Polish Websites	Recording	Poland
2016	Genteam.at - a necessity when researching in the Czech Republic and Austria	Recording
2016	Co Kraj, to Obyczaj: Records of the Polish Partitions	Recording	Poland
2016	Sources for Polish Research and Gazetteers	Recording	Poland
2016	Research in the Czech Republic	Recording	Czech Republic
2016	Russian Alphabet, Language and Handwriting, part 1	Recording	Russia
2016	Russian Alphabet, Language and Handwriting, part 2	Recording	Russia
2016	On Eagle's Wings: Records of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Republics	Recording	Russia
2016	Introduction to Russian Research	Recording	Russia
2016	Bessarabia Then and Now: Researching our ancestors and locating helpful resources	Recording	Russia
2016	Russian Germans in North Caucasus	Recording	Russia
2016	The Volga German Settlements in Russia	Recording	Russia
2016	Latin for Genealogists	Recording	Latin
2017	Finding German Places of Origin	Recording
2017	Spelling Variations in German Given and Place Names	Recording
2017	Meyer's Gazetteer Now Online, Indexed and Fully Searchable!	Recording
2017	German Church Records and Beyond: Deepen Your Research Using a Variety of Town Records	Recording
2017	Elusive Immigrant: Methods of Proving Identity	Recording
2017	Finding Your French Ancestors Online, part 1 (FamilySearch and Ancestry)	Recording
2017	Finding Your French Ancestors Online, part 2 (FranceGenWeb)	Recording	France
2017	Finding Your French Ancestors Online, part 3 (Geneanet)	Recording	France
2017	Out of the Ashes of Paris	Recording	France
2017	Calendar Changes in France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Low Countries	Recording
2017	Gazetteers and Maps for Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands	Recording
2017	Beginning Research in Luxembourg	Recording
2017	Beginning Research in Belgium	Recording
2017	Names in Belgium and the Netherlands	Recording
2017	WieWasWie, Past the Index: What to do next	Recording
2017	Dutch Research Before 1911	Recording
2017	Finding Your Family in the Amsterdam City Archives	Recording
2017	Beginning Swiss Research Recording
2017	Swiss Maps and Gazetteers	Recording
2017	Swiss Census Records	Recording
2017	Swiss Chorgericht Records	Recording
2018	German Historical Geography	Recording	Germany
2018	German Church and Civil Records	Recording	Germany	Handout
2018	Hansen's Map Guides: Finding records with parish maps	Recording		Handout 1 Handout 2
2018	Online Ortsfamilienbücher at Genealogy.net	Recording	Germany	Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3
2018	Using Metasuche or Metasearch on Genealogy.net	Using Metasuche or Metasearch on Genealogy.net		Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3
2018	Poland Historical Geography	Recording	Poland
2018	Polish Community Newspapers in North America and Poland	Recording	Poland
2018	Research in Poland	Recording	Poland	Handout 1 Handout 2
2018	Research in Prussian Poland	Recording	Poland
2018	Switzerland Compiled Genealogies	Recording	Switzerland	Handout
2018	Genteam.at - A Necessity When Researching in the Czech Republic and Austria	Recording	Austria

Nordic Research Webinars and Handouts

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	Handout Link
2016	Best Practices for Nordic Ancestors in FamilySearch Family Tree	Recording	FamilyTree
2016	Feast Dates and Calendars	Recording	Scandinavian
2016	FamilySearch Wiki for Nordic Countries	Recording	Scandinavian
2016	Scandinavian Handwriting	Recording	Scandinavian
2016	Researching Your Swedish Heritage Using Arkiv Digital	Recording	Sweden
2016	Figure Out Place Names for Swedish Genealogy	Recording	Sweden
2016	Parish Record Substitution	Recording
2016	Introduction to Swedish Estate Inventories	Recording	Sweden
2016	Migration, Travel Papers, and Government Inns in Sweden	Recording	Sweden
2016	Jurisdictions for Swedish Genealogy	Recording	Sweden
2016	Learn by Doing: Mistaken Identity of Johanna Andersdotter	Recording	Scandinavian
2016	Finland: An Introduction to Finnish Church Record Online Resources	Recording	Finland
2016	Finland: A Case Study Using Hiski and Digitized Online Church Records	Recording	Finland
2016	Finland: A Case Study Using Hiski and Digitized Online Church Records	Recording	Finland
2016	An Introduction to Danish Census Records	Recording	Denmark
2016	Danish Church Record Research: A Case Study	Recording	Denmark
2016	Using Witnesses to Find Your Danish Ancestors	Recording	Denmark
2016	Danish Probate Records	Recording	Denmark
2016	Research in Copenhagen	Recording	Denmark
2016	Introduction to Danish Land Records	Recording	Denmark
2016	Norwegian Military Records	Recording	Norway
2016	Finding Ancestors in Online Norwegian Farm Books	Recording	Norway
2018	Danish Census Research: Extracting Genealogical Information	Recording	Denmark	Handout 1 Handout 2
2018	Danish Census Research: Finding Censuses on Arkivalieronline	Recording	Denmark	Handout 1 Handout 2
2018	Danish Census Research: Using the Danish Demographical Database	Recording	Denmark	Handout 1 Handout 2
2018	Danish Church Records: Finding Ancestors Through Witnesses	Recording	Denmark	Handout 1 Handout 2
2018	Danish Church Records: Research Strategies	Recording	Denmark	Handout 1 Handout 2
2018	Exploring "Church Records" in Norway	Recording	Norway	Handout
2018	Exploring "Death Notices" in Norway	Recording	Norway	Handout
2018	Finding Gyrid Aarsand's place of origin in Norway	Recording	Norway	Handout
2018	Norwegian Emigration: The Experience	Recording	Norway	Handout
2018	Use the Full Scope of Arkiv Digital for Swedish Genealogy	Recording	Sweden	Handout

Latin American Research Webinars and Handouts

United States Research Webinars and Handouts

Classes in Spanish[edit | edit source]

General Classes[edit | edit source]

General Research Webinars and Handouts

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Handout Link
2016	Búsquedas eficaces	Recording
2016	Censos sin secretos	Recording
2016	Recursos en línea para inmigrantes	Recording
2017	Búsquedas eficaces	Recording
2017	Dispensas e informaciones matrimoniales, ¿qué podemos encontrar?	Recording
2017	¿Qué productos reemplazan a PAF 4?	Recording
	Empezando su historia familiar	Recording
2014	Capellanías, cofradías, dispensas y más	Recording
2014	Corrigiendo parentescos en el Árbol Familiar	Recording	Handout
2014	Cómo buscar a mis antepasados en FamilySearch	Recording	Handout
2014	Cómo buscar a mis antepasados en mi propio país	Recording	Handout
2014	¿Cómo involucrar a los niños en la investigación familiar?	Recording
2014	Cómo organizar tu genealógia	Recording	Handout
2014	Encontrando a nuestros primos	Recording	Handout
2014	¿Mis antepasados vinieron de …?	Recording	Handout
2014	¿No hay otros registros?	Recording	Handout
2014	Obtenga el máximo de MyHeritage	Recording
2014	Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch	Recording	Handout
2014	Registros civiles y parroquiales	Recording	Handout
2015	¿De dónde vinieron mis antepasados?	Recording	Handout
2015	Árbol Familiar: Fotos, Historias, y Audio	Recording	Handout
2015	¿He buscado aquí? El uso de notas y listas de investigación	Recording	Handout
2015	Metas genealógicas para 2015	Recording	Handout
2015	¿Qué dice? Cómo leer la escritura antigua	Recording	Handout
2015	Registros civiles y censos	Recording	Handout
2016	Los libros de la vida	Recording	Handout
2016	Los Beneficios de Utilizar el Registro Civil	Recording	Handout
2016	Más allá de los Registros Indexados	Recording	Handout
2016	Nuevas herramientas del Árbol Familiar	Recording	Handout
2017	Conquistar la mitología: Usando fuentes	Recording
2017	Diviértete con tus hijos creando una fiesta de Historia Familiar	Recording
2017	Poner tus asuntos en orden: Métodos de organización	Recording	Formularios de extracción: Bautismo/Nacimiento Matrimonio Defunción
2017	¿Qué harías tú?	Recording
2018	Ayudando a los demás	Recording
2018	Búsquedas eficaces	Recording
2018	Conectando los árboles de Ancestry y FamilySearch	Recording
2018	Creando tu propia ofrenda	Recording
2018	Mi árbol es verdadero. ¡Citando la prueba!	Recording
2018	Mi árbol es verdadero. ¡Tengo la prueba!	Recording
2018	Mi papá también es mi abuelo	Recording
2018	¿Quién me ayuda?	Recording
2018	Reservando nombres para el templo (Para miembros SUD)	Recording
2018	Secretos del Catálogo de FamilySearch	Recording

Classes by Region[edit | edit source]

Latin American Research Webinars and Handouts

European Research Webinars and Handouts

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 |Becoming American: U.S. Naturalization Research
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 |Migration Routes Across America
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 |Getting Started with U.S. Church Records Part 1: Introduction to Church Records and Anabaptists
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 |Getting Started with U.S. Church Records Part 2: Roman Catholic, Lutheran/Reformed, Episcopal/Anglican, Presbyterian
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 |Getting Started with U.S. Church Records Part 3: Congregationalists, Quakers, Baptists, Methodists
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 |African American Strategies and Records Part 1
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 |Beginning Jewish Research in the U.S.
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 |Are You Your Own Brick Wall: Common Genealogical Mistakes and Their Solutions
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 |When the Pandemic's Over: How to Do On-Site Research
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 |United States (Beginner)
 |Handout

Class Title	Recording Link	Handout Link
Finding Original Records: The Real Game of Hide and Seek	None	Handout
Cousin Research	None	Handout
Descendancy Research	Recording	Handout
DNA: I've Tested, Now What?	None	Handout
Genetic Genealogy: An Introduction to DNA	None	Handout
Give Me An Estimate: When It's Okay to Guess in Genealogy -	None	Handout
Organizing Your Genealogy	None	Handout
Research Logs: A Tool for Organizing Your Research	None	Handout
Solving Tough Research Problems	None	Handout
Using Social Media for Family History	None	Handout
Locating your Immigrant's Hometown	None	Handout