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
  

Latin America Webinars

• Sat, 7 November, 1:00 PM, U.S. Hispanic Immigration (in English)
• Sat, 21 November, 1:00 PM, ¿De dónde vinieron mis antepasados?

Indexing Workshops

• Tue, 3 November, 10:00 AM, Spanish Records Indexing Workshop
• Tue, 10 November, 10:00 AM, Portuguese Records Indexing Workshop
• Tue, 17 November, 10:00 AM, Italian Records Indexing Workshop

US/Canada

(use Google Chrome to access US/Canada webinars)

• 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.
  
• Finding Your Ancestors in Vital Records This webinar was recorded on 13 October 2015.
• United States Census Techniques and Strategies for Finding Elusive Ancestors This webinar was recorded on 13 October 2015
• United States Court Records This webinar was recorded on 14 October 2015 [[]]
• Descendancy Research This webinar was recorded on 16 October 2015

British Isles

England

• 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 Poor Law Records
• England Probate Records Part 1; Handout
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• England Probate Records Part 2; Handout
• England & Wales Census Records; Handout
• England & Wales Civil Registration; Handout

Ireland

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

Scotland

• Basic Scotland Research Strategies
• Inheritance in Scotland: Testaments and Retours
• Scotland Census Records; Handout
• Scotland Church Records; Handout
• Scotland Civil Registration; Handout
• 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; Handout
• Wales Online Websites
• Wales Probate Records
• Welsh Naming Patterns; Handout

International/Scandinavian

Czech Republic

• Czech Online Records at the Brno and Litomerice Archives; Handout
  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), Handout 1, Handout 2; Finding Censuses on Arkivalieronline (28 minutes), Handout 1, Handout 2; Extracting Genealogical Information (38 minutes), Handout 1, Handout 2. You can use the lobby button in the left hand bar to skip between the different classes
• 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 Research Strategies; Handout 1, Handout 2

Germany

• German Church and Civil Records; Handout
• German research Series Using Genealogy.net; Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4, Handout 5, Handout 6, Handout 7, Handout 8, Handout 9

Norway

• Exploring Census Records in Norway; Handout

Poland

• Advancing Your Polish Genealogy: 300 Years of Records by Cecile Wendt Jensen; Handout
• Using The Digitized Records of Various Polish State Archives; Handout 1, Handout 2
  Please skip to point 23:32 to view the presentation.

South Africa

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

Switzerland

• Swiss Beginning Research Basics; Handout

Latin America

Classes in Spanish

2015

• Conozca el sitio de PARES; Handout
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• Conozca los sitios asociados de FamilySearch, parte 1: Inscripción y el sitio de FindMyPast; Handout
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• Conozca los sitios asociados de FamilySearch, parte 2: Los sitios de Ancestry y MyHeritage; Handout
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• Cómo utilizar mejor el Wiki de FamilySearch; Handout
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• El Árbol Familiar Para Principiantes; Handout
• FamilySearch: Fotos, Historias, y Audio; Handout
• Fuentes en FamilySearch; Handout
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• Genealogía Descendente; Handout
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• ¿He buscado aquí? El uso de notas y listas de investigación; Handout
• Metas genealógicas para 2015; Handout
• ¿No hay otros registros?; Handout
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• Preguntas Frecuentes de FamilySearch; Handout
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• Protocolos notariales; Handout
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• ¿Qué dice? Cómo leer la escritura antigua; Handout
• Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch; Handout
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• Registros civiles y censos; Handout
• Series de Investigación Genealógica; Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3
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2014

• Árbol Familiar para principiantes; Handout
• Búsquedas eficaces en los registros históricos de FamilySearch; Handout
• Capellanías, cofradías, dispensas y más; Handout
• Corrigiendo parentescos en el Árbol Familiar; Handout
• Cómo buscar a mis antepasados en FamilySearch; Handout
• Cómo buscar a mis antepasados en mi propio país; Handout
• ¿Cómo involucrar a los niños en la investigación familiar?
• Cómo organizar tu genealógia; Handout
• Encontrando a nuestros primos; Handout
• ¿Mis antepasados vinieron de …?; Handout
• ¿No hay otros registros?; Handout
• Obtenga el máximo de MyHeritage
• Preguntas frecuentes sobre el Árbol Familiar; Handout
• Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch; Handout
• Registros civiles y parroquiales; Handout
• Tesoros ocultos en los registros originales; Handout
• ¿Y ahora qué? Cómo hacer la investigación genealógica; Handout 1, Handout 2

Classes in English

2015

• Hispanic Online Resources; Handout
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• Hispanic Research Methodology: A Case Study; Handout
• Reading Spanish Handwriting; Handout