FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars

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 a list of webinar online classes: April 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

• List of Online Classes in April 2020
• List of Online Classes in May 2020

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, May 4, 10:00 AM MDT	Using the FamilySearch Catalog	Link to webinar	FamilySearch (Beginner)	Handout
Tue, May 5, 1:00 PM MDT	Navigating, Adding, Editing, Standardizing in Family Tree	Link to webinar	FamilySearch (Beginner)	Handout
Mon, Jun 1, 10:00 AM MDT	Using the FamilySearch Catalog	Link to webinar	FamilySearch	Handout
Tue, Jun 2, 10:00 AM MDT	The Research Process, Research Help, and Searching Records	Link to webinar	FamilySearch	Handout

Russian Research Webinars and Handouts

This webinar series is at an intermediate level. To best prepare for this webinar series, please watch the following classes:

• Reading Russian Documents: The Russian Alphabet
• Deciphering the Handwriting and Understanding the Grammar
  

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Mon, Apr 13, 1:00 PM MDT	European Handwriting Seminar: Russian Session 1	Link to webinar	Russia
Tue, Apr 14, 1:00 PM MDT	European Handwriting Seminar: Russian Session 2	Link to webinar	Russia
Wed, Apr 15, 1:00 PM MDT	European Handwriting Seminar: Russian Session 3	Link to webinar	Russia
Thu, Apr 16, 1:00 PM MDT	European Handwriting Seminar: Russian Session 4	Link to webinar	Russia
Fri, Apr 17, 1:00 PM MDT	European Handwriting Seminar: Russian Session 5	Link to webinar	Russia

European Research Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Mon, May 11, 11:30 AM MDT	European Handwriting Seminar: Dutch Session 1	Link to webinar	Netherlands (Intermediate)
Mon, May 11, 1:00 PM MDT	To America and Back: Crossing the Pond with Your Swedish Ancestors	Link to webinar	Sweden (Beginner)
Tues, May 12, 11:30 AM MDT	European Handwriting Seminar: Dutch Session 2	Link to webinar	Netherlands (Intermediate)
Wed, May 13, 11:30 AM MDT	European Handwriting Seminar: Dutch Session 3	Link to webinar	Netherlands (Intermediate)
Thurs, May 14, 11:30 AM MDT	European Handwriting Seminar: Dutch Session 4	Link to webinar	Netherlands (Intermediate)
Fri, May 14, 11:30 AM MDT	European Handwriting Seminar: Dutch Session 5	Link to webinar	Netherlands (Intermediate)

St. George's Day England Research Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Thu, Apr 23, 9:00 AM MDT	A Researcher's View of Old English Life	Link to webinar	England	None
Thu, Apr 23, 10:30 AM MDT	England Non-Conformist Church Records	Link to webinar	England	Handout
Thu, Apr 23, 1:00 PM MDT	I Give and Bequeath: English Probate Records	Link to webinar	England	Handout
Thu, Apr 23, 2:30 PM MDT	Introduction to English Heraldry	Link to webinar	England	Handout

British Isles Research Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Thurs, May 14, 1:OO PM MDT	Strategies for Using Civil Registration in the British Isles	Link to webinar	British Isles (Beginner)

Asia Research Webinars and Handouts

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Mon, May 18, 11:OO AM MDT	Chinese Collections and Resources in FamilySearch	Link to webinar	Chinese Research (Beginner)

United States Research Webinar and Handout

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Tue, Apr 28, 1:00 PM MDT	Introduction to Pennsylvania Research	Link to webinar	Pennsylvania	Handout
Tues, May 26, 1:00 PM MDT	United States Vital Records Overview	Link to webinar	United States (Beginner)

Research Webinars and Handouts in Spanish

Date	Class Title	Link to Webinar	Topic	Handout Link
Tues, May 5, 10:00 AM MDT	¿Dónde lo enconstraste?	Link to webinar	(Beginner)
Tues, May 19, 11:00 AM MDT	Arreglando nuestro árbol familiar	Link to webinar	(Beginner)

Past Webinars & Handouts

Classes in English

General Classes

General Research Webinars

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	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

FamilySearch Webinars

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	Handout Link
	Overview of FamilySearch	None		Handout
	Starting Family Tree: Attaching FamilySearch Sources in Family Tree	None		Handout
	Starting Family Tree: Attaching Non-FamilySearch Sources in Family Tree	None		Handout
	Starting Family Tree: Correcting Relationships	None		Handout
	Starting Family Tree: Navigating, Adding, Editing, and Standardization of Dates and Places]	None		Handout
	Starting Family Tree: Preserving Memories Using Photos and Documents	None		Handout
	Starting FamilyTree: Research Help and Searching the Records	None		Handout
	Starting Family Tree: Submitting Names for Temple Ordinances (For Church Members)	None		Handout
	FamilySearch Research Wiki	None		Handout
	Tips and Tricks for Using FamilySearch's Historical Records Collection	Recording		Handout
	Using the Family History Library Catalog Effectively	None		Handout

Classes by Region

African Research Webinars and Handouts

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	Handout Link
2018	South Africa: Beginning Research	Recording	South Africa	Handout
2018	South Africa: National Archives	Recording	South Africa	Handout
2018	South Africa: Online Family History Library Collections	Recording	South Africa	Handout

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

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	Handout Link
2017	Canada Census Records	Recording	Census	Handout
2017	Quebec Research	Recording	Quebec

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

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	Handout Link
2016	FamilySearch Records for South America	Recording
2016	I Found My Abuela in Mexico: Next Steps	Recording	Mexico	Handout
2016	Improve Your Search Results in FamilySearch Hispanic Records	Recording		Handout
2016	Online Resources for Mexico	Recording	Mexico	Handout
2016	Reading Spanish Handwriting	Recording		Handout
2016	Relatives Masked in the Indexes of Ancestry	Recording		Handout
2018	Finding Echeverria in Spain and France	Recording	Spain
2018	Finding Your Hispanic Ancestors on FamilySearch	Recording
2018	Mexico research with the Wiki	Recording	Mexico
2018	Migration Patterns in New Spain	Recording
2018	Online Resources for Norther Nueva España	Recording
2018	Through the Eyes of the Parish Priest	Recording

United States Research Webinars and Handouts

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	Handout Link
2017	Descendancy Research	Recording	Descendancy
2017	Freedman Bureau Records	Recording	African-American
2017	Great Internet Sites for United States Research	Recording	Online research
2017	Immigration and Canadian Border Crossings	Recording	Immigration
2017	Over There!: World War I Records Over Here	Recording	Military
2017	Tips and Tricks for Using FamilySearch's Historical Records Collection	Recording	Online research
2017	The Research Process	Recording	Methodology
2017	United States Case Study	Recording	Methodology
2017	United States Land Records	Recording	Land
2017	United States Naturalization Records	Recording	Naturalization
2017	Using Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Recording	LDS research
2015	U.S. Hispanic Immigration	Recording	Immigration	Handout
	Finding Your Ancestors in Vital Records	Recording	Vital records	Handout
	Mid-Atlantic States Overview	Recording	Mid-Atlantic States	Handout
	United States Census Techniques and Strategies for Finding Elusive Ancestors	Recording	Census	Handout
	United States Church Records	Recording	Church records	Handout
	United States Court Records	Recording	Court Records	Handout
	United States Naturalization Records	Recording	Naturalization records	Handout
	United States Probate Records	Recording	Probate records	Handout
	United States Records before 1850	Recording	Pre-1850 research	Handout
	United States Research: Mid-South Region	Recording	Mid-South	Handout
	United States Research: Mountain West States	Recording	Mountain West	Handout
	United States Research: Pacific States Region	Recording	Pacific States	Handout

Classes in Spanish

General Classes

General Research Webinars and Handouts

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	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

Latin American Research Webinars and Handouts

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	Handout Link
2016	Familiares enmascarados en los índices de Ancestry.mx	Recording
2016	Investigación genealógica en Centro y Sudamérica	Recording
2016	Recursos en línea para México	Recording
2017	¡Nuevo! Registros de México	Recording
2017	Recursos genealógicos de Hispano América en Internet	Recording
2017	Recursos genealógicos de Panamá	Recording
	La Investigación Genealógica en Guatemala: Elementos Básicos	Recording
2017	Recursos genealógicos de Chile	Recording
2017	Recursos genealógicos de Colombia	Recording
2017	Recursos genealógicos de Venezuela	Recording
2018	Recursos genealógicos del Ecuador	Recording
2018	Recursos genealógicos de Costa Rica	Recording

European Research Webinars and Handouts

Year	Class Title	Recording Link	Topic	Handout Link
2016	Recursos en línea para España	Recording
2017	Construir e investigar la historia familiar en el País Vasco	Recording
2017	Buscar ancestros en Italia	Recording