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  • May 22, 2020
    In order to search for your ancestor in the records in Europe, you need to know the town of origin. If you do not know the town of origin, you need to start searching in United States records. This lesson will teach you what U.S. records you can collect to help you find where your ancestor came from before arriving in the United States.
  • May 22, 2020
    In order to search for your ancestor in the records in Europe, you need to know the town of origin. If you do not know the town of origin, you need to start searching in United States records. This lesson will teach you about U.S. Passenger Lists, and what information you can find to help discover where your ancestor came from before arriving in the United States.
  • May 27, 2020
    Learn how to use New Zealand's online birth, death, and marriage records.
  • May 22, 2020
    Lecture designed to acquaint beginning genealogist with strategies and sources for getting started in Irish genealogy.
  • May 28, 2020
    Research Logs are a tool for organizing your genealogy. It is essential to keep notes.
  • May 28, 2020
    Research Logs will help you remember where you have researched make notes of where you want to go with your research. Design your own Research Log if you wish.
  • May 27, 2020
    **The website demonstrated from 12:09-13:43 does not work. Use this link to access instead http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl **The second of a three-part series, this lesson will introduce you to the National Archives holdings of South Africa. The class will discuss the types of documents held at the National Archives, and explain how to access the online index to the archives, called NAAIRS. The lesson will explore the National Archives records held at the FamilySearch Library, and how to access those records that are only available at the Archives in South Africa.
  • May 22, 2020
    The third of a three-part series, this lesson will introduce to the FamilySearch online collections for South Africa. The class will discuss the types of records available, various ways on how to access the records, and how to use the collections. There will be a short quiz/activity at the end of the lesson pause the recording when the question is read, work to answer the question asked, and then resume the recording for the answer. The handout includes the activity questions.
  • May 20, 2020
    Let's Start at the Very Beginning.
  • May 27, 2020
    The first of a three-part series, this lesson will introduce you to South African research. The class will first discuss historical events that affected South African research, then talk about the major record types that can assist you in finding your South African ancestors. Finally, the lesson will discuss naming patterns and peculiarities to researching in South Africa.
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