FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars


Welcome! Here you can learn about the upcoming classes and webinars from the Family History Library. You are also able to view previous webinars if you could not attend live. Use the table below to navigate to the section you wish to view.

Upcoming Classes and Seminars Webinar Information Past Webinars
April US/Canada Scandinavian Canada Germany Norway Switzerland
May British Isles Latin America & Spanish Czech Republic Ireland Poland United States
Australia Indexing Workshops Denmark Latin America Spanish Classes Scotland Wales
European England & Wales Latin America English Classes South Africa

Upcoming Classes and Webinars

All class times are Mountain Time.

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

May 2016

June 2016

Webinar Information

US/Canada Webinars

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  • Thu, 28 April, 6:00 PM MDT, Planning and Implementing a Research Trip - Handout
  • Thu, 12 May, 6:00 PM MDT, United States Records Before 1850 - Handout
  • Thu, 26 May, 12:00 PM MDT, United States Church and Cemetery Records - Handout
  • Tue, 21 Jun, 9:30 AM MDT, United States Church Records - Handout
  • Thu, 23 Jun, 10:00 AM MDT, FamilySearch Sourcing: How and Why - Handout

British Isles Webinars

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  • Wed, 27 April, 1:00 PM MDT, British Research Problem Solving Strategy Session - (The handout will be made up of the questions asked & Answered)
  • Tue, 3 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Ireland Hands On Case Study & Brainstorming Session - Handout
  • Thu, 12 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Tracing Scottish Ancestry in Non-Parochial Registers - Handout
  • Mon, 16 May, 2:00 PM MDT, More Irish than the Irish Themselves: The Hiberno-Norman Families - Handout
  • Thu, 26 May, 2:00 PM MDT, British Research Problem Strategy Session
  • Tue, 7 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, England Research Case Study
  • Tue, 21 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Welsh Naming Patterns - Handout
  • Wed, 22 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Welsh Non-conformity & Non-conformist Records - Handout
  • Thu, 23 Jun, 1:00 PM Wales Probate Records

Australia

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  • Tue, 24 May, 2:00 PM MDT, Beginning Australian Research - Handout

European Webinars

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  • Sat, 14 May, 10:00 AM MDT, Register of Swiss Surnames - Handout
  • Wed, 15 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Using Polish Community Newspapers in North America and Poland - Handout
  • Tue, 21 Jun, 11:00 AM MDT, Finding Places in Former German Areas of Poland using the Online Gazetteer Kartenmeister.com - Handout
  • Tue, 28 Jun, 11:00 AM MDT, Genteam.at a Necessity When Researching in the Czech Republic - Handout

Scandinavian Webinars

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  • Thu, 28 April, 2:00 PM MDT, Exploring Probate Records in Norway - Handout
  • Fri, 20 May, 11:00 AM MDT, Exploring Norwegian Emigration Records: Finding Place of Origin - Handout
  • Fri, 20 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Exploring "Church Records" in Norway - Handout
  • Fri, 3 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Figure Out Place Names for Swedish Genealogy - Handout
  • Tue, 7 Jun, 11:00 AM MDT, Norwegian Printed Sources: An Overview - Handout
  • Fri, 24 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Recognizing and Extracting Genealogical Information from Norwegian church Records - Handout

Latin America & Spanish Language Webinars

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  • Sat, 7 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Descubre Árbol Familiar de FamilySearch - Handout
  • Sat, 21 May, 1:00 PM MDT, Relatives Masked in the Ancestry Indexes - Handout
  • Sat, 21 May, 2:00 PM MDT, I've found my abuela in Mexico! Next Steps - Handout
  • Sat, 21 May, 3:00 PM MDT, Online Resources for Mexico - Handout
  • Sat, 4 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Los beneficios de utilizar el Registro Civil - Handout
  • Sat, 18 Jun, 1:00 PM MDT, Fuentes de FamilySearch - Handout

Indexing Workshops

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  • Wed, 4 May, 10:00 AM MDT, Italian Indexing
  • Wed, 11 May, 10:00 AM MDT, Spanish Indexing
  • Wed, 18 May, 10:00 AM MDT, Portuguese Indexing
  • Wed, 25 May, 10:00 AM MDT, French Indexing
  • Wed, 1 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Dutch Indexing
  • Wed, 8 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Italian Indexing
  • Wed, 15 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Spanish Indexing
  • Wed, 22 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, Portuguese Indexing
  • Wed, 27 Jun, 2:00 PM MDT, French Indexing

For Class Handouts click here

Past Webinars

Webinars are organized by research country.

Canada Ireland Scotland
Czech Republic Latin America Spanish Classes South Africa
Denmark Latin America English Classes Switzerland
England & Wales Norway United States
Germany Poland Wales

British Isles

England

Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Canada

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Latin America

Classes in Spanish

2016

2015

2014

Classes in English

2016

2015

Norway

Poland

South Africa

Sweden

Switzerland

United States