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This four part miniseries will cover the basics to research your African American Research. You can switch between the parts of the series by click on the title to the left. Part 1: "Where Do I Begin? Getting Started with African American Research" is for the beginner new to genealogy and will touch on such subjects as gathering home records, interviewing relatives, analyzing the family information and research strategies for getting started in 20th century records. Part 2: "Finding Helpful Resources, Post 1865" digs a bit deeper into building the family pedigree and finding and using record sets beyond vital records and census. Part 3: "How FamilySearch Tools Can Help with Post 1865 Research will build on the resources for African American Research" specific to FamilySearch, such as the Research Wiki and the FamilySearch Catalog. Part 4: "Unique African American Records, Post 1865" will review record sets that are uniquely African American.

How to continue research in Sweden in the parish records fail

Instruction on how to convert the Scandinavian fixed and movable feast days into standard modern dates

Instruction on how to read the handwriting used in Scandinavian genealogical documents.

How to figure out place names in Sweden when the written word does not make the place's location obvious

How to use Norwegian Military Records, especially when the parish records fail

Describes the legal jurisdictions of Sweden during the early modern period to the present day

This class will cover the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar and the French Republican Calendar.