The first is the Western European Family History Conference on May 15-19, 2017. This seminar is for anyone who has German, French, Belgium, Dutch, Swiss, and Luxembourger ancestry. It is 5 days of classes in order to help you find your ancestors. You can attend in person or online. Registration is required to attend in person or online. Check out the FamilySearch Wiki for registration, class descriptions and handout links herehttps://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Western_European_Family_History_Conference. Below is a schedule of classes (all times are in MDT, Arizona is one hour earlier):
| TIME | Monday, 15 May | Tuesday, 16 May | Wednesday, 17 May | Thursday, 18 May | Friday, 19 May |
| Germany | France | The Low Countries | The Netherlands | Switzerland | |
| 9:00-10:00 AM MDT | Finding German Places of Origin | Finding Your French Ancestors Online, part 1 (FamilySearch and Ancestry) | Latin for Researchers | Names in Belgium and the Netherlands | Beginning Swiss Research |
| 10:15-11:15 AM MDT | Spelling Variations in German Given and Place Names | Finding Your French Ancestors Online, part 2 (FranceGenWeb) | Calendar Changes in France, Germany, Switzerland and the Low Countries | WieWasWie, Past the Index: What to do Next | Swiss Maps and Gazetteers |
| 11:30 AM-12:30 PM MDT | Meyer's Gazetteer Now Online, Indexed and Fully Searchable! | Finding Your French Ancestors Online, part 3 (Geneanet) | Gazetteers and Maps for Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands | Dutch Provincial and City Research | Swiss Archives Online Records |
| 2:00-3:00 PM MDT | German Church Records and Beyond: Deepen Your Research Using a Variety of Town Records | Out of the Ashes of Paris | Beginning Research in Luxembourg | Dutch Research Before 1811 | Swiss Census Records |
| 3:15-4:15 PM MDT | Elusive Immigrant: Methods of Proving Identity | Research in Alsace-Lorraine | Beginning Research in Belgium | Finding Your Family in the Amazing Online Amsterdam City Archives | Swiss Chorgericht Records |
Save the date for two upcoming week long seminars:
- September 11-15, 2017, Nordic Research Seminar
- October 2-6, 2017, U.S. Research Seminar
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