MyHeritage Acquires Legacy Family Tree

Legacy Family Tree issued a press lease yesterday informing us that they are now part of MyHeritage. They are very excited about this merger because it allows the Legacy team to focus on improving and supporting their product without having to worry about all the other things a small business has to deal with.

Legacy says they will continue to give customers the same high level of support they receive now. Visit the Legacy Family Tree News article Legacy Family Tree has a new home with MyHeritage for more details about what will change and what will stay the same. Be sure to read the Frequently Asked Questions and the Comments to get the full details.

To celebrate the merger, Legacy Family Tree is offering a 50% discount on Legacy 9 software (regularly $34.95, now $17.48) and on a 1 year webinar membership or extension (regularly $49.95, now $24.98). If you have the current coupon code from the latest webinar, you can get an extra 10% off (visit Legacy Family Tree Webinars and click on the free Tracing Your West Country Ancestors webinar. The code is in the description. Code is valid through August 8, 2017). And if you are already a webinar subscriber, be sure to login to receive an additional 5% discount. Follow the hyperlink in the news article to purchase the software or webinar membership at the reduced price.

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Disclaimer
Pima County Genealogy Society is not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in this article, nor do we endorse any of the products mentioned. We are simply passing on news that we feel may be of interest to you, our readers.

At-Home Learning Opportunities for 2017

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You probably know by now that there are a plethora of opportunities to increase your knowledge on genealogy research processes. Many of them are accessed from your home for free. Here are the webinars that are offered during the month of April 2017.

Family History Library Webinars

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has published their March, April, and May classes, including many free webinars. Most of the classes offered in those months are for the Beginner, but there are a few in April for the Intermediate researcher. Visit the Family History Library Classes and Webinars wiki page for the schedule and links to upcoming webinars and their accompanying handouts.  Scroll down to the Past Webinars & Handouts section for links to the recordings and handouts of past webinars. Both the upcoming and past webinars are grouped by country and topics:

• FamilySearch & FamilySearch Family Tree
• General Research
• Africa
• British Isles
• Scandinavia
• Asia
• Latin America & Spanish
• Indexing Workshops
• United States and Canada
• and more

Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Legacy Family Tree webinars is known for its quality genealogy webinars by professional and well-known genealogists. Every Wednesday afternoon, and once a month on Friday evening, a new webinar is broadcast live for free. The webinar is recording and available for free viewing about a week following the broadcast. After that, you must be a subscribed member.

It is necessary to pre-register for the webinar if you wish to attend live. The entire 2017 year of webinars are available for registration by visiting the Legacy Family Tree Webinars website. Occasionally, a special webinar as slid in on short notice, like Blain Bettinger's Exploring AncestryDNA's New Genetic Communities announced last week and scheduled for Thursday, March 30. It is a good idea to check the schedule frequently or to subscribe to the Legacy Family Tree News in order to catch those special broadcasts.

The webinars scheduled for April are:

•  Preserve, Share, and Search Your Digital Pictures with Google Photos by Geoff Rasmussen on April 5
• Your Whiteboard in the Cloud: Trello for Genealogists by Lisa Alzo on April 12
• Complete Photo Restoration in 4 Easy Steps by Eric Basir on April 14
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• Neighborhood Reconstruction: Effective Use of Land Records by Mary Hill on April 19
• Finding and Using Land Ownership Maps by Rick Sayre on April 26
• Researching Criminal Records by Ron Arons on April 28

Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) Webinars

The BCG offers monthly free webinars "as part of an ongoing series that supports our mission to provide education for family historians." (President Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG). In late July, 2016, BCG partnered with Legacy Family Tree Webinars to host, produce, and publish all future BCG webinars (go here to read the announcement). The BCG webinars are stored on a separate webpage on the Legacy Family Tree Webinars website. These webinars are broadcast live the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 5pm Pacific, and the recordings are available for free viewing for a limited time. The March 21 webinar Are You My Grandpa? Men of the Same Name by Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, is still free through March 31, 2017. April's webinar will be The Genealogy in Government Documents by Rick Sayre scheduled for April 18, 2017.


Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) Webinars
Sponsored by FamilySearch, ISGS webinars are broadcast live the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 8pm Central Time. The 2017 upcoming webinars are described on their Upcoming Webinars webpage. The live broadcast is offered free to everyone, but you must pre-register. Recordings are available to ISGS members indefinitely. Visit their website for infomation about their organization and the genealogy education opportunities.

April's webinar is Tracing slave and slave owner Ancestors with DNA and Genealogy by Nicka Smith on April 11. A printable brochure of the ISGS webinars for 2017 is found here.

Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) Webinars
SCGS webinars are offered twice monthly (the first Saturday and third Wednesday). The live broadcasts are free and open to the public; the recordings are available only to SCGS members. You must register to participate. The Saturday webinars are held in the morning (10am Pacific) and the Wednesday webinars are held in the evening (6pm Pacific). Visit their 2017 Webinar Series webpage for the scheduled broadcasts this year. The April webinars are:

• Finding Scottish Ancestors Online by Nancy E. Loe on April 1
• So Many Historic Books: How Can I Find My People? by James M. Baker on April 19

 BYU Family History Library Webinars
Separate from the Family History Library above, the BYU Family History Library hosts a series of online webinars that allow you to learn from family history experts without being required to go to the library. All webinars can be held on any evening. It is easy to connect to these webinars and view them on your own computer or mobile device.  The Online Webinars Webpage has a form you can fill out to receive emails on upcoming webinars. The schedule is usually posted there a month in advance; currently, the March and April schedules are there. Some of the April webinars are:

• International Research with the Family History Guide on April 6
• How You Can Help with Record Preservation on April 11
• Researching in a Library or Archive on April 13
• Digging Deeper into Google for Genealogists on April 14
• Beginning Danish Research: Sorting out the places on April 18
• Buying Technology: A Genealogist's Primer on April 20
• Finding that Genealogical Gold Right Under Your Feet on April 25

You can also access past webinars and handouts on this page. The archived webinars are sorted into categories including Ancestry.com, DNA, Findmypast.com, Foreign County, Legal Record, Maps, Military Record, MyHeritage.com, and Newspaper training.

Other Webinars Offered
Many genealogy societies broadcast live webinars for free. Most provide archived recordings to their members, but some offer the recordings free. Some examples are:

• Fountaindale Public Library Genealogy Club
• Minnesota Genealogical Society
• Georgia Genealogical Society
• Utah Genealogical Association Virtual Chapter
• New England Historic Genealogical Society
• Florida State Genealogical Society
• Lisa Alzo Webinars for Genealogists
• Wisconsin State Genealogical Society

Another excellent source of free webinars is the Family Tree DNA Webinars series. These free webinars are on genetic genealogy and DNA ancestry testing related topics. All webinars are open to the public and are recorded for later viewing.

If you find other sources for free at-home learning opportunities, please share them in the comments section below.

Genealogy Webinars for 2016

Last October, we published an article about Bringing Genealogy Education into Your Home. At that time, we gave you a list of organizations that offer free genealogy webinars. Well, it's a new year and there are new webinars coming down the pike.

Family History Library Webinars
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has published their February and March class line-up, including their free webinars. They consistently offer high quality classes for beginning and intermediate skill levels. Visit the Family History Library Classes and Webinars wiki page for the schedule and links to upcoming webinars and handouts. Jump down to section 2 Past Webinars for links to the recording of past webinars and handouts. The webinars are grouped by country of topic in both the Upcoming webinars and the Past webinars:

• US/Canada
• British Isles (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
• International (Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland)
• Scandinavian (Denmark, Norway)
• Latin America

Most of the Latin America webinars are taught in Spanish, but a few are taught in English. The past Spanish language classes are listed here; the past English language classes are listed here.

Migration Routes Across America will be broadcast on February 11 at 10am Mountain Time. This is an intermediate level webinar. You do not register for these webinars; you must go to section 1.2 Webinar Information on the Family History Library Classes and Webinars wiki page to click the link to attend a webinar.

Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Legacy Family Tree Webinars is in its seventh year of providing quality genealogy webinars by professional and well-known genealogists such as Thomas MacEntee, Cyndi Ingle, Judy G. Russell, Warren Bittner, Tom Jones, and so many more! Each month you may watch five or six webinars: every Wednesday afternoon, once a month on Friday evening, and even a couple of Saturdays this year. The live webinars are free, but pre-registration is required and attendance is limited to 1,000 viewers so it is best to log in at least 15-20 minutes early. During the live broadcast, you are able to enter questions and comments in the chat box. The questions will either be answered by the moderator (usually Geoff Rasmussen), sometimes shared to all viewers, or will be asked during the Q&A session. At the end of the presentation, Geoff Rasmussen will demonstrate Legacy Family Tree software in a way that is relevant to the topic just discussed—this is called the After Party.

Recordings of these webinars are available to view for free for about a week following the live webinar. After that, you must be a paid subscriber to view the recordings. The advantages to attending the live broadcast are 1) you may download the chatlog which contain a lot of comments, links, and answers to questions not necessarily asked in the recording and 2) there are drawings to give away an ebook, quick guide, and/or some other items relevant to the day's topic for which you must be "present" to participate. Visit their website to see the schedule for this year and to register for webinars you may wish to attend live. If you want to watch a specific webinar, but am unable to attend live, it is still a good idea to register for it. Registrants will receive an email reminder before the webinar and a "Sorry you missed..." email afterwards, which lets you know that the recording is online and available to view for a few days.

The webinars scheduled for February are:

• The Scots-Irish in America by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen on February 10
• Getting Started with Microsoft Word by Thomas MacEntee on February 17
• Problem Solving with FANs by Beth Foulk on February 19
• A Guided Tour of Cyndi's List 2.0 by Cyndi Ingle on February 24

Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) Webinars
Since 2012, ISGS webinars have been broadcast live the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 8pm Central Time. The 2016 upcoming webinars are described on the Upcoming Webinars webpage. The live broadcast is offered free to everyone, but you must pre-register. Recordings are available to ISGS members indefinitely. Visit their website for information about their organization and the genealogy education opportunities.

This month's webinar is Reconstructing Black Community Life Through Benevolent Societies by Angela Walton-Raji and will be broadcast on February 9.

Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) Webinars
SCGS webinars are offered twice monthly (the first Saturday and third Wednesday). The live broadcasts are free and open to the public; the recordings are available only to SCGS members. You must register to participate in the live broadcast. Visit their 2016 Webinar Series webpage for the schedule for this year, to register, and for instructions for joining the webinar. Diahan Southard was the guest speaker for the last webinar: Making YDNA and mtDNA Part of Your Family History broadcast on January 20. The two classes scheduled for February are:

• Scanning and Photo Retouching for Beginners by Tom Underhill on February 6
• The Family Historian's Publishing Primer by Nicka J. Smith on February 17

Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) Webinars
The BCG offers occasional free webinars "as part of an ongoing series that supports our mission to provide education for family historians." (President Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG).  You must register in order to attend their webinars and attendance is limited. To receive email notification of upcoming webinars, visit their blog and scroll down to the Email Notification area, enter your email address where indicated, and click the Subscribe button.

BCG offers recordings of past webinars on their BCG Webinars webpage; some are free, most are available for purchase.

The next free webinar is The Importance of Context in Record Analysis by Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS scheduled for February 16 at 8pm EST. You may read the details about this webinar and register by visiting their blog post BCG Webinar: Little on Context in Record Analysis.

Genealogy education has never been so easily and freely accessible as it is today. Take advantage of the many free learning opportunities available to you.
 

Bringing Genealogy Education into Your Home

Every year around this time, we start thinking about furthering our education. And every year we are given many opportunities to increase our knowledge and research skills for free, or nearly so. Here are some ways you can bring the classroom into your own home. Most of these webinars have a chat box available during the live broadcast for attendees to ask questions, making it seem almost like being in the room with the presenter.

Note: Times given below are in the hosting organization's time zone. To determine local time, visit the Time Zone Converter, enter the date and time of the broadcast, select the From Time Zone (for example, US/Central), select the To Time Zone (for example, US/Arizona), and click on the green "Convert Time Now" button.


Family History Library Webinars
Each month, the Family History Library hosts a number of free online family history webinars. The list of upcoming webinars are on the Family History Library Classes and Webinars wiki page. I counted 23 webinars scheduled for October and 6 for November. Topics range from researching in US church, cemetery and vital records to improving skills in citing sources, organizing your research, and solving tough research problems to international research techniques in England, Germany, Italy, and Portugal and much, much more. Most of the Latin America webinars are taught in Spanish. And that is only in the months of October and November!  Registration for these webinars is not necessary—simply go to the webinars wiki page 15 minutes before the webinar begins and click on the link next to the group teaching the webinar (US/Canada, British Isles, International/Scandinavian, or Latin America). You can also find recordings of past webinars on pretty much every country that same wiki page. Handouts for all upcoming and past webinars are at the Family History Library Class Handouts wiki page.


Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Every Wednesday is Webinar Wednesday at Legacy Family Tree Webinars. Prominent Genealogists give a free hour-long presentation every Wednesday at 12pm Mountain, except the second Wednesday which is at 7pm Mountain time. Once a month an additional webinar is offered on Friday, also at 12pm Mountain. The webinars are free, but pre-registration is required to attend the live session. Following the live webinar, the recording will be available to view for free for about a week. After that, you must be a paid member to view the recording. You also must be a member to download the handouts. Visit their website to see the schedule for the rest of this year and to register for webinars you wish to attend live.

Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) Webinars
ISGS offers a webinar on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 8pm Central time. These webinars cover topics on a wide range of research methodology and strategies relevant to all genealogists, not just Illinois and the Midwest. And the presenters are some of the best-known genealogy speakers. The live broadcasts are free and open to the public. After the live broadcast, the recording is available to ISGS members only. Visit their Upcoming Webinars page for the schedule for the rest of this year and to register for the live broadcast.

Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) Webinars
Live SCGS webinars are broadcast the first Saturday and third Wednesday of each month. Saturday sessions are held at 10am Pacific time and Wednesday sessions are held at 6pm Pacific time. The webinars are presented by professional genealogists and lecturers. The live broadcasts are free to the general public; the recordings are available only to SCGS members. To view the schedule for the rest of this year and to register for the webinars, visit the SCGS Webinar Series website.

BCG Webinars
The Board for Certification of Genealogists present occasional free webinars. There doesn't appear to be a schedule of those webinars, but they announce the a few days in advance on their blog SpringBoard News and Notes. To receive email notification of upcoming webinars, visit their blog and scroll down to the Email Notification area, enter your email address where indicated and click the Subscribe button. Pre-registration is required to attend the live viewing. BCG offers recordings of some of their past webinars, some are free but most are available for a fee. Previews and links to all videos are available on the BCG Webinars page.

New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Online Classes
NEHGS offers online educational programs in the form of webinars, videos, and online classes. Most webinars are available for NEHGS members and Guests. Registration is required. Visit their Online Classes webpage for the schedule and to register. Archived webinars are available from their Learning Resources webpage and from the AmericanAncestors YouTube channel. Most of the webinars are about using the resources available at NEHGS and AmericanAncestors.org, but also give instruction on how to do research in the New England states and Canada. AmericanAncestors databases are free to patrons of the Tucson Family History Center.

As you can see, there are many options for furthering our education in genealogy. Take a look at what is offered between now and the end of the year and go for it! I promise that you won't be disappointed.

Do you know of any other options? Tell us about them in the comments below.

                                                                                                                                                                    

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Legacy Family Tree Tucson Users Group Meets Saturday, January 10

The Legacy Tucson Users Group is meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 10, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley. The meeting is open to the public.

This month’s topic is Tips for Merging Files. The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy Family Tree or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for the presentation schedule; click here for the handouts. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

Free Webinar "Thinking about Becoming a Board-certified Genealogist?" Legacy Family Tree Webinar

 

Free BCG Certification Webinar

Posted on July 8, 2014 by epowell

BCG is happy to announce that president Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL, will be giving a free webinar on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at 2 PM Eastern (1 PM Central, Noon Mountain, 11 AM Pacific, 6 PM GMT) as a part of the Legacy Family Tree Webinar series.
“Thinking about Becoming a Board-certified Genealogist?” will present the “why” and “how” of the certification application process. Registration and the free handout for this webinar are now available at http://www.familytreewebinars.com/webinar_details.php?webinar_id=215. Door prizes will be awarded during the session including Genealogy Standards (50th anniversary edition) courtesy of BCG and $100 off a new registration for GRIP 2014, GRIP on the Road (Michigan), or either GRIP 2015 week.
For those who cannot make the live webinar (where you may interact with the speaker by asking questions) you will be able to view the recorded session afterward.

Legacy Family Tree Tucson Users Group Meets Saturday, April 12th

The Legacy Tucson Users Group is meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley. The meeting is open to the public.

This month’s topic is Using AniMap with Legacy. The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy Family Tree or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for the presentation schedule; click here for the handout. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

Legacy Family Tree Tucson Users Group Meets Saturday, March 8th

The Legacy Tucson Users Group is meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley. The meeting is open to the public.

This month’s topic is Documenting your research in Legacy 8, part 3. The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy Family Tree or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for the presentation schedule; click here for the handout. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

Legacy Tucson Users Group Meets Saturday, January 11

The Legacy Tucson Users Group is meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 11, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley. The meeting is open to the public.

The month's topic is Documenting your research in Legacy 8. The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy Family Tree or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for more details and the presentation schedule for the rest of this year. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

The February meeting will be held on the first Saturday, February 1, because of the Green Valley Genealogical Society's seminar being held on our regularly scheduled date.

Legacy Tucson Users Group Meets Saturday, December 14

The Legacy Tucson Users Group is meeting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 14, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley. The meeting is open to the public.

The month's topic is Legacy Tools for Family Reunions. The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy Family Tree or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for the presentation schedule; click here for the handout. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

Legacy Users Group meeting November 9

The Legacy Tucson Users Group is meeting is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 9, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley. The Legacy User's Group is open to the public.

This month's topic is Publishing a Genealogy Book. The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for the presentation schedule. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

Legacy Tucson Users Group meeting October 12

The Legacy Tucson Users Group is returning after taking the summer off. The next meeting is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 12, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley. The Legacy User's Group is open to the public.

This month's topic is Customizing Legacy - Make it Work for You (Part One). The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for the presentation schedule. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

Legacy Tucson Users Group meeting June 8

The next Legacy Tucson Users Group meeting is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 8, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley.

This month's topic is Take a note: using Research, Medical, and Event notes in Legacy. The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for the presentation schedule. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

Legacy Tucson Users Group Saturday, May 11

The next Legacy Tucson Users Group meeting is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley. 

This month's topic is Finding subsets of your family: using advanced search techniques and tagging. The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for the presentation schedule. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

Legacy Tucson Users Group Saturday, April 13

The next Legacy Tucson Users Group meeting is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley. 

This month's topic is Keeping it straight with Intellishare. The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for the presentation schedule. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

Legacy Tucson Users Group Saturday, February 9

The next Legacy Tucson Users Group meeting is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 9, at the Family History Center, 500 S. Langley. 

This month's topic is Timelines. The presentation will be followed by open discussions where we can all share something new that we may have learned about Legacy or try to work out solutions to questions that we might have. Please come prepared with your tips, questions, and with ideas for future presentations. Click here for the presentation schedule. Feel free to bring your laptops if you desire.

Free Webinars from Legacy Family Tree 2013

Free Webinars from Legacy Family Tree

Date presented live	Name of Webinar	Presenter
Wednesday, August 29, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	Building a Family from Circumstantial Evidence. Most genealogists learn very quickly that it's a rare family where direct evidence supplies all the proof needed to connect one generation to another and tie brothers and sisters to each other. In most cases, it's necessary to build the case for family relationships from bits and pieces and hints and clues gathered from a wide variety of sources. Find out more about how to build a family from circumstantial evidence.	Judy G. Russell, CG		Register
Wednesday, September 5, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	Beyond the Arrival Date: Extracting More from Passenger Lists. Passenger lists provide key information about an ancestor’s arrival in the New World. But there are additional hidden clues you on them you might be missing. Learn how to really examine these lists to get more of the story!	Lisa Alzo		Register
Wednesday, September 12, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	What is a 'Reasonably Exhaustive Search'? The first step of the Genealogical Proof Standard is to "complete a reasonably exhaustive search for all relevant records" related to your research objective. This presentation discusses what a "reasonably exhaustive search" constitutes, why this is necessary, and how to conduct a search. A case study explores how failing to identify all relevant records can lead to missing information and forming inaccurate conclusions about your ancestors' lives.	Michael Hait, CG		Register
Fridays, September 14/21/28, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	Getting Started with Heritage Collector Software (a Legacy add-on tool for your photos). Whether you are just getting started with organizing your digital photos or have been using the Legacy add-on software, Heritage Collector, to manage your digital collections, you will benefit from this three-class series, taught by Heritage Collector's Kathleen Bitter. You may attend all three or pick and choose what suits your needs. Register once and you are registered for all three classes. September 14/21/28. Class details at registration screen.	Kathleen Bitter		Register
Wednesday, September 19, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	Use Your Digital Camera to Copy Records. Learn how to use your digital camera to copy records from microfilm, original sources, books and manuscripts. Know what settings to use on your camera, learn about mega pixels, and how to get the best images possible in various circumstances.	Mary Hill		Register
Wednesday, September 26, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	Digital Research Guidance, Research Logs, and To Do Lists: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy FamilyTree. Everyone can use a little research help every now and then, right? Learn about best practices in using the latest technology to organize and plan your research strategies. Call on these digital research assistants 24/7. Geoff Rasmussen will educate, compare, and contrast the three major research guidance tools: FamilySearch, Research Wiki, and Legacy Family Tree's Research Guidance. You will learn how to easily keep track of what you've previously researched, as well as plan your research To Do List.	Geoff Rasmussen		Register
Wednesday, October 3, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	Privacy and Our Ancestors. With all the news about privacy, identity theft and the role of access to vital records, have you ever considered that in 2012 most of us (at least here in the United States) have more privacy than our ancestors? As a result of living in the a digital age ruled by the Internet and social media, is there really less privacy than in prior years? In fact, the reverse is true. Learn what type of information about your ancestors was public and how to find it!	Thomas MacEntee		Register
Wednesday, October 17, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	Ten Brick Wall Tips for Intermediate Researchers. Earlier this year Marian Pierre-Louis gave us " Ten Brick Wall Tips for Beginners." Now she's back with Ten Intermediate Brick Wall Tips. This next set of tips will stretch your research even further. Marian will demonstrate ways to analyze your research, tweak your methodology and encourage you to look for records off the beaten path. Sign up for this webinar and watch your brick walls start to come tumbling down.	Marian Pierre-Louis		Register
Wednesday, October 24, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	Your Civil War Ancestors: Beginning Your Research. Learn how to identify your Civil War ancestors, and what information can be found in the Civil War records. Both Union and Confederate ancestors are covered.	Michael Hait, CG		Register
Wednesday, October 31, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	Breaking Down Your Irish Brick Wall. Where do you turn when you can't find your Irish ancestors in civil registration, church records or what few censuses survive? Experienced researchers dive right in to the Irish estate records. There is a surprising array of material in estate records that can be used to document the tenants who lived on the estates that covered rural Ireland. In this webinar you will learn how to identify the estate where your ancestor lived, repositories where estate records might be found, and what types of records were kept.	Judith Eccles Wight		Register
Wednesday, November 7, 2012. 9:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 8:00 PM Central 7:00 PM Mountain 6:00 PM Pacific 2:00 AM GMT (Nov 8)	Researching Your Canadian Ancestors - an Overview. Got Canadian ancestors? Don't miss this webinar by Claire Brisson-Banks, an accredited genealogist (AG). The key to good research in any country is understanding its history, records and resources. This class will review a timetable and discuss the differences in searching Canadian records versus US records. It will cover a mini-history of the country's growth, census, church, land, and probate records along with online and community resources.	Claire V. Brisson-Banks		Register
Wednesday, November 14, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 7:00 PM GMT	Genealogy for Novices: Where Do We Begin? Tips for the beginning genealogist or family historian will be offered including organization skills, home sources, personal interviews, and jurisdiction of some original records.	Linda Geiger		Register
Wednesday, November 28, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 7:00 PM GMT	The Big 4 U.S. Record Sources. Research in the United States depends upon census, vital, land, and probate records, the bread and butter of American research. Get an overview of each type of record. Learn where to find them and how to use them effectively in your research.	Mary Hill		Register
Wednesday, December 5, 2012. 2:00 PM Eastern (U.S.) 1:00 PM Central 12:00 PM Mountain 11:00 AM Pacific 6:00 PM GMT	Researching Your Irish Ancestors: Beyond the Basics. As difficult as Irish research is, we can overcome its hurdles if we have a better understanding of the idiosyncrasies of Irish given names, surnames, and place names. Our speaker, Judy Wight, solved the case of Delia Holland - in Ireland she was known as Bridget Houlihan. This webinar discusses situations you may encounter with names and places and provides resources for overcoming these problems.	Judith Eccles Wight		Register

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