Free Weeklong Seminars

That's right, they are free! FamilySearch is hosting two week long seminars that you can participate  either in person or viewed as a live webinar from the comfort of your home. And the best part is that it is 100% FREE!

Registration is required whether you will attend in person or online. Space is limited. All attendees will receive a free spiral bound syllabus containing all class handouts and materials. Webinar attendees will be able to print the handouts at home.

The United States seminar will be held on August 22-26, 2016. This seminar is for "beginning and intermediate genealogists interested in learning about U.S. regions and records, FamilySearch resources, and Family History Library collections." All classes, except the hands-on activities will be broadcast live to registered webinar participants. Below is the schedule of classes (all times are in MDT, Arizona is one hour earlier):

TIME	Monday, 22 August	Tuesday, 23 August	Wednesday, 24 August	Thursday, 25 August	Friday, 26 August
8:30-9:30 AM MDT	Using the Family History Catalog Effectively	Tips and Tricks for Using FamilySearch's Historical Records Collection	FamilySearch Research Wiki	FamilySearch Memories	Cousin Research
9:45-11:15 AM MDT	United States Research: New England Region	United States Research: Mid-South Region	United States Research: Midwest Region	United States Research: Pacific States Region	United States Research: Big City Research
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Personal Research or Finding a Family in pre-1859 Census Records	Personal Research or Land Records, Understanding a Deed	Personal Research or Know a Little, Learn a Lot	Personal Research or Records Tell a Story	Personal Research or Tackling a Brick Wall
1:15-2:15 PM MDT	United States Census Techniques and Strategies for Finding Elusive Ancestors	Immigration into the United States	United States Naturalization	United States Land Records	United States Probate Records
2:30-4:00 PM MDT	United States Research: Mid-Atlantic Region	United States Research: Gulf South Region	United States Research: Great Plains Region	United States Research: Mountain West Region	Round Table Discussion

For more information and to register, visit the FamilySearch Blog Free Weeklong United States Seminar.

The European seminar will be held on September 12-16, 2016 and is for both beginning and intermediate researchers of records in European localities. The classes will discuss census, church, immigration, and vital records for countries such as Germany, Switzerland, Russia and Poland. Below is the schedule of classes (all times are in MDT, Arizona is one hour earlier):

TIME	Monday, 12 September	Tuesday, 13 September	Wednesday, 14 September	Thursday, 15 September	Friday, 16 September
9:00-10:00 AM MDT	Finding German Ancestors Online-Resources and Records	Old German Script Part 1	Poland and Galicia Jewish Research: A Template for East European Research Part 1	Research in the Czech Republic	Bessarabia Then and Now: Researching our ancestors and locating helpful resources
	LAB: Swiss Names and Places
10:15-11:15 AM MDT	Internet Sources for Locating Your 19th Century German Emigrant	Old German Script Part 2	Poland and Galicia Jewish Research: A Template for East European Research Part 2	Russian Alphabet, Language and Handwriting Part 1	Russian Germans in North Caucasus
11:30 AM-12:30 PM MDT	Introduction to Swiss Research	Extracting Information from German Church and Civil Records	Discovering Polish Websites	Russian Alphabet, Language and Handwriting Part 2	The Volga German Settlements in Russia
		LAB: Kartenmeister.com Finding Places in the former German Area of Poland	LAB: Genteam.at - a necessity when researching in the Czech Republic and Austria
2:00-3:00 PM MDT	German Research Strategies for Eastern Provinces	German Census Records 1816-1916	Co Kraj, to Obyczaj: Records of the Polish Partitions	On Eagle's Wings: Records of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Republics	Latin for Genealogists
3:15-4:15 PM MDT	Research in German Archives	German Historical Maps and Territories	Sources for Polish Research and Gazetteers	Introduction to Russian Research

Visit the FamilySearch Wiki 2016 European Family History Conference for details and registration.

Don't forget to visit the Family History Library Classes and Webinars page on the FamilySearch Wiki to view past recorded webinars and a schedule of upcoming webinars hosted by the Family History Library.