Family History Library Class Handouts
Welcome to the Family History Library Class Handouts page. Here you will find the handouts for the upcoming webinars as well as past webinars. In order to join a class please click here.
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Upcoming Webinar Handouts[edit | edit source]
US/Canada Handouts[edit | edit source]
British Isles Handouts[edit | edit source]
Mon. October 12th @ 11am - A Royal Flush or Not? Understanding the Differences between Royalty, Nobility, and Gentry
Tues. October 13th @ 11am - Say What? Understanding abbreviations, dates and other things found in English records
Wed. October 14th @ 11am - Understanding What England Church Records Are Online
Thurs. October 15th @ 11am - England Records from the Grave
Fri. October 16th @ 11am - Researching in Pre-1837 England
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Latin America Handouts[edit | edit source]
Past Webinar Handouts[edit | edit source]
US/Canada Handouts[edit | edit source]
- African American Research Using Plantation Records
- Beginning African-American Research: Post 1865
- Beginning LDS Research
- Beginning Research Techniques
- Descendancy Research
- FamilySearch Research Wiki
- Finding Your Ancestors in Vital Records
- Home on the Range: United states Federal Land Records
- Immigration into the United States
- Overview of American Indian Research
- Planning and Implementing a Research Trip
- Research Logs: A Tool for Organizing Your Research
- Solving Touch Research Problems
- Some People Really Need to Get a Clue! Document Analyzation and Evaluation
- Some People Really Need to Get a Clue! Addendum
- Tips and Tricks for Using FamilySearch's Historical Records Collection
- Understanding United States Land Records
- United States Census
- United States Census Techniques and Strategies for Finding Elusive Ancestors
- United States City Directories
- United States Court Records
- United States Naturalization Records
- United States Newspaper Research: News You Can Use
- United States Probate Records
- Using Canadian Census Records
- Using FamilySearch's Historical Records Collection
- Using the Family History Library Catalog Effectively
- Why Didn't My Ancestor Naturalize? Navigating US Naturalization Records
British Isles Handouts[edit | edit source]
England[edit | edit source]
- Church of England Church Records
- England Maps & Gazetteers
- England Non-conformist Church Records
- England Online Websites
- England Parish Chest Records
- England Poor Law Records
- England Probate Records Part 1
- England Probate Records Part 2
- England & Wales Census Records
- England & Wales Civil Registration
Ireland[edit | edit source]
- Church of Ireland Chuch Records
- Ireland Catholic Church Records
- Ireland Census & Census Substitutes
- Ireland Civil Registration
- Ireland Emigration
- Ireland Jursidictions
- Ireland Land Records
- Ireland Presbyterian Church Records
- Ireland Websites
- Scotch-Irish Research
Scotland[edit | edit source]
Wales[edit | edit source]
- Wales Anglican and Non-conformist Church Records
- Wales Online Websites
- Wales Place-Names, Maps and Gazetteers
- Wales Probate Records
- Welsh Naming Patterns
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Czech Republic[edit | edit source]
Denmark[edit | edit source]
Census Records Research Series[edit | edit source]
- A Guide to the Danish Demographical Database
- Dansk Demografisk Database Practice
- A Guide to Arkivalieronline: Accessing the Digitized Census Records
- Let's Practice: Finding Census Records on Arkivalieronline
- Danish Census Records: Extracting Genealogical Information
- Danish Census Records: Extracting Genealogical Information Practice
Church Records: Extracting Genealogical Information[edit | edit source]
- Key Words Practice
- Danish Church Records: Extracting Genealogical Information Syllabus
- Let's Practice: Extracting Genealogical Information from Danish Church Records
- Gothic Handwriting Practice
Church Records: Finding Ancestors through Witnesses[edit | edit source]
Church Records: Research Strategies[edit | edit source]
Emigration[edit | edit source]
- Danish Emigration Syllabus
- A Guide to the Danish Emigration Archives Database
- Practice Worksheet for the Emigration Database
FamilySearch.org or Slægtsforskning[edit | edit source]
Feast Days[edit | edit source]
Jurisdictions and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Probate Research Series[edit | edit source]
Resources on FamilySearch.org[edit | edit source]
France[edit | edit source]
Germany[edit | edit source]
- Address books on Genealogy.net practice sheet
- Address books on Genealogy.net practice sheet answer key
- Family Lineage book practice document
- Family Lineage book practice document answer key
- Finding and Using German Lineage Books on Genealogy.net
- Finding German Address Books on Genealogy.net
- German Church and Civil Records
- Hamburg Passenger Lists
- Metasearch on Genealogy.net Practice Document
- Metasearch on Genealogy.net Practice Document answer key
- Using Metasearch on Genealogy.net
Norway[edit | edit source]
- Case History-How to find ancestors in Digitalarkivet
- Exploring Census Records in Norway
- Exploring Norwegian Parish Records
- Norway Emigration: The Experience
- Norway: Migration and Immigration
- Norwegian Paleography
Poland[edit | edit source]
- 300 Years of Polish Records
- Archives Vocabulary List
- How to Use the Digitized Records of the Polish State Archives
- Polish websites
- Stettin Archives Tutorial
Slovakia[edit | edit source]
South Africa[edit | edit source]
- South Africa: Beginning Research
- South Africa: National Archives
- South Africa: Online Family History Library Collections
Switzerland[edit | edit source]
- 1808 Census headings for Canton Ticino
- Appenzell Online Records
- Register of Swiss Surnames
- Swiss Beginning Research Basics
- Swiss Genealogical Word List
Latin America Handouts[edit | edit source]
Handouts in Spanish[edit | edit source]
2015[edit | edit source]
- Búsquedas eficaces
- Conozca los sitios asociados de FamilySearch: Inscripción, FindMyPast, Ancestry, MyHeritage
- Cómo utilizar mejor el Wiki de FamilySearch
- El Árbol Familiar para principiantes
- Expedientes Matrimoniales
- Fuentes en FamilySearch
- Genealogia Descendente
- ¿He buscado aquí? El uso de notas y listas de investigación
- Metas genealógicas para 2015
- Metodologia
- Obras Pías
- Preguntas Frecuentes de FamilySearch
- ¿Qué dice? Cómo leer la escritura antigua
- Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch
- Registros civiles y parroquiales
2014[edit | edit source]
- Árbol Familiar: Fuentes, fotos e historias
- Árbol Familiar para principiantes
- Búsquedas eficaces en los registros históricos de FamilySearch]
- Capellanías, cofradías, dispensas y más
- Cómo empezar su historia familiar
- Cómo encontrar mis antepasados en FamilySearch
- Cómo encontrar mis antepasados en mi propio país
- Cómo organizar tu genealógia
- Corrigiendo parentescos en el Árbol Familiar (January)
- Corrigiendo parentescos en el Árbol Familiar (October)
- ¿Dónde vivían mis antepasados? El uso de los diccionarios geográficos
- Encontrando a nuestros primos
- Mis antepasados vinieron de ...
- ¿No hay otros registros?
- Preguntas frecuentes sobre el Árbol Familiar
- Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch
- Registros civiles y parroquiales
- Tesoros ocultos en los registros originales
- ¿Y ahora qué? Cómo hacer la investigación genealógica (March)
- ¿Y ahora qué? Cómo hacer la investigación genealógica (July)