FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars
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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 the Learning Center
Upcoming Webinars
General FamilySearch Webinars and Handouts
| Date | Class Title | Link to Webinar | Topic | Handout Link |
| Mon, Apr 13, 10:00 AM MDT | FamilySearch Catalog | Link to webinar | FamilySearch | Handout |
| Tue, Apr 14, 10:00 AM MDT | Overview of FamilySearch | Link to webinar | FamilySearch | Handout |
| Mon, May 4, 10:00 AM MDT | Using the FamilySearch Catalog | Link to webinar | FamilySearch | Handout |
| Tue, May 5, 1:00 PM MDT | Navigating, Adding, Editing, Standardizing in Family Tree | Link to webinar | FamilySearch | 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 |
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 | |
| Thu, Apr 23, 10:30 AM MDT | England Non-Conformist Church Records | Link to webinar | England | |
| Thu, Apr 23, 1:00 PM MDT | I Give and Bequeath: English Probate Records | Link to webinar | England | |
| Thu, Apr 23, 2:30 PM MDT | Introduction to English Heraldry | Link to webinar | England |
St. George's Day England Research Webinars and Handouts
| Date | Class Title | Link to Webinar | Topic | Handout Link |
| Tue, Apr 28, 1:00 PM MDT | Introduction to Pennsylvania Research | Link to webinar | England |
Past Webinars & Handouts
Classes in English
General Classes
General Research Webinars
| Year | Class Title | Recording Link | Topic | Handout Link |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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