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The chart below contains links to relevant online class recordings available through the FamilySearch Learning Center, RootsTech On Demand, and the FamilySearch Library Facebook Page. The chart is sortable by clicking the desired column heading.

Platform	Title	Presenter	Language	Location	Topic	Year Presented
RootsTech	Cómo aprovechar la información familiar de las lápidas de cementerio	FamilySearch	Spanish	Latin America	Cemeteries	2023
RootsTech	De dónde vengo: Introducción a la genealogía	Walter Kevin Sanchez	Spanish	Latin America	Getting Started	2025
RootsTech	Clase de lectura de documento del siglo XVI. (Paleografía)	Ana Margarita Martínez Domínguez	Spanish	Latin America	Paleography	2025
RootsTech	Opening the Door to Latin American Genealogical Research with Full-text Searches	James Tanner	English	Latin America	Civil Registration; Church Records	2025
RootsTech	Discovering your Roots: Getting Started with Central and South American Family History	Sarah Day	English	Latin America; South America	Getting Started	2025
RootsTech	Lo básico de los registros parroquiales de América Latina	Debbie Gurtler, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Church Records	2023
RootsTech	Lo básico de los registros civiles de América Latina	Debbie Gurtler, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Civil Registration	2023
FSL Facebook	Mis antepasados fueron españoles, pero ¿de dónde vinieron?	Debbie Gurtler, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Emigration/Immigration	2022
RootsTech	Historia e inmigración	FamilySearch	Spanish	Latin America	Emigration/Immigration	2023
RootsTech	Vaya con Dios: inmigración hispana a América Latina	Debbie Gurtler, AG®	English	Latin America	Emigration/Immigration	2023
FS Learning Center	Reading Spanish Handwriting	Brandon Lee Baird, M.Ed., AG®	Englsih	Latin America	Paleography	2016
FSL Facebook	Parientes del Caribe: Buscando sus antepasados en las islas del mar	Hailey Wentz	English	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2022
FSL Facebook	La investigación genealógica en Centroamérica	Arturo Cuellar Gonzales, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2022
FSL Facebook	Paso a paso: El proceso de una investigación genealógica eficaz	Debbie Gurtler, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2022
FS Learning Center	Recursos genealógicos de Costa Rica: Introducción	Ada Nelson	Spanish	Costa Rica	Getting Started	2018
FS Learning Center	Recursos genealógicos de Costa Rica: Historia y geografía	Ada Nelson	Spanish	Costa Rica	History; Geography	2018
FS Learning Center	Recursos genealógicos de Costa Rica: Registros en FamilySearch	Ada Nelson	Spanish	Costa Rica	FS Records	2018
FS Learning Center	Recursos genealógicos de Costa Rica: Registro Civil	Ada Nelson	Spanish	Costa Rica	Civil Registration	2018
FS Learning Center	Recursos genealógicos de Costa Rica: Registros de fallecidos	Ada Nelson	Spanish	Costa Rica	Civil Registration	2018
FS Learning Center	Recursos genealógicos de Costa Rica: Otras bases de datos	Ada Nelson	Spanish	Costa Rica	Research/Methodology	2018
FS Learning Center	Recursos genealógicos de Costa Rica: Genealogías	Ada Nelson	Spanish	Costa Rica	Compiled Genealogies	2018
FS Learning Center	Recursos genealógicos de Costa Rica: Bibliotecas y Archivos	Ada Nelson	Spanish	Costa Rica	Archives & Libraries	2018
FS Learning Center	Recursos genealógicos de Costa Rica: Redes sociales	Ada Nelson	Spanish	Costa Rica	Research/Methodology	2018
FS Learning Center	Cómo encontrar parientes lejanos… y cómo calcular fechas	Elsi Margarita Reyes de Pastrana	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology
FS Learning Center	Búsquedas eficaces: Introducción	Lauren Wake, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2018
FS Learning Center	Búsquedas eficaces: Buscando por nombre	Lauren Wake, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2018
FS Learning Center	Búsquedas eficaces: Filtros	Lauren Wake, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2018
FS Learning Center	Búsquedas eficaces: Ver imágenes	Lauren Wake, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2018
FS Learning Center	Búsquedas eficaces: Practicar buscando por nombre	Lauren Wake, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2018
FS Learning Center	Búsquedas eficaces: Búsquedas de parentesco	Lauren Wake, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2018
FS Learning Center	Búsquedas eficaces: Práctica de buscar por parentesco	Lauren Wake, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2018
FS Learning Center	Búsquedas eficaces: Resumen	Lauren Wake, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Research/Methodology	2018
FS Learning Center	Palegra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Introduction	Lauren Wake, AG®	English	Latin America	Paleography	2018
FS Learning Center	Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Spanish Alphabet	Lauren Wake, AG®	English	Latin America	Paleography	2018
FS Learning Center	Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Spanish Names	Lauren Wake, AG®	English	Latin America	Paleography	2018
FS Learning Center	Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Spanish Dates	Lauren Wake, AG®	English	Latin America	Paleography	2018
FS Learning Center	Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Spanish Records	Lauren Wake, AG®	English	Latin America	Paleography	2018
FS Learning Center	Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Key Terms: Births and Baptisms	Lauren Wake, AG®	English	Latin America	Paleography	2018
FS Learning Center	Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Key Terms: Marriages	Lauren Wake, AG®	English	Latin America	Paleography	2018
FS Learning Center	Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Key Terms: Deaths and Burials	Lauren Wake, AG®	English	Latin America	Paleography	2018
FS Learning Center	Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Online Resources	Lauren Wake, AG®	English	Latin America	Paleography	2018
FS Learning Center	Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Review	Lauren Wake, AG®	English	Latin America	Paleography	2018
RootsTech	Recursos para la Investigación Genealógica en Guatemala y Centroamérica	Walter Kevin Sanchez	Spanish	Guatemala; Central America	Research/Methodology	2024
RootsTech	Registros parroquiales: Una introducción	Brandon Lee Baird, M.Ed., AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Church Records	2024
RootsTech	Conoce el formulario de los registros bautismales (desde el siglo XVI hasta la actualidad)	Moramay Alva Castelán	Spanish	Latin America	Church Records	2024
RootsTech	Travesías por mar y por tierra: buscando a antepasados inmigrantes, parte 1	Debbie Gurtler, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Emigration/Immigration	2024
RootsTech	Travesías por mar y por tierra: buscando a antepasados inmigrantes, parte 2	Debbie Gurtler, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Emigration/Immigration	2024
RootsTech	Travesías por mar y por tierra: buscando a antepasados inmigrantes, parte 3	Debbie Gurtler, AG®	Spanish	Latin America	Emigration/Immigration	2024
RootsTech	¿Qué es la paleografía, y por qué es importante para la elaboración de genealogías?	Ana Margarita Martínez Domínguez	Spanish	Latin America	Paleography	2024
RootsTech	NEW! Vaya con Dios: Hispanic Immigration to North America	Debbie Gurtler, AG®	English	United States; Latin America	Emigration/Immigration	2024
RootsTech	Paleografía para la Historia Familiar (del siglo XVI al XIX)	Moramay Alva Castelán	Spanish	Latin America	Paleography	2024
RootsTech	Spanish and Portuguese Surnames	Daniel Taddone	English	Latin America; Brazil	Naming Customs	2024
RootsTech	Reconstructing Enslaved Families in Latin America and Brazil	Caileigh McGraw	English	Latin America; Brazil	Slavery and Bondage	2024

More Resources

• Additional classes at RootsTech

A family history conference hosted by FamilySearch. For online genealogical classes and videos see RootsTech.org.

FamilySearch Library (FSL); formerly called, Family History Library (FHL)

Use the FamilySearch Learning Center to find online genealogy classes.