In this German Paleography Seminar series, learn how to decipher simple German-language records by recognizing and writing letters in Kurrent, recognizing key genealogical terms, and recognizing common German names.

In this German Paleography Seminar series, learn how to decipher simple German-language records by recognizing and writing letters in Kurrent, recognizing key genealogical terms, and recognizing common German names.

In this German Paleography Seminar series, learn how to decipher simple German-language records by recognizing and writing letters in Kurrent, recognizing key genealogical terms, and recognizing common German names.

In this German Paleography Seminar series, learn how to decipher simple German-language records by recognizing and writing letters in Kurrent, recognizing key genealogical terms, and recognizing common German names.

In this German Paleography Seminar series, learn how to decipher simple German-language records by recognizing and writing letters in Kurrent, recognizing key genealogical terms, and recognizing common German names.

In this German Paleography Seminar series, learn how to decipher simple German-language records by recognizing and writing letters in Kurrent, recognizing key genealogical terms, and recognizing common German names.

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.

New and thrilling developments now change the way to approach post-1845 and especially post-1864 Irish genealogical research. Did you know that millions of new name entries are now available online for researching these records? Here is instructions for best practices for researching these important (vital) records.

Here you will learn how to find Gyrid in the US immigration. Then you will learn how to find her farm name in the 1972 Norwegian online Postal Guide. Next you will learn how to find her in the emigration records from Bergen, and with information from the emigration records find her home parish in the FamilySearch Wiki for Norway. Then find her in the 1900 census for Norway and lastly find her in her birth record. The duration of all the combined videos is 26:45.

This class is a basic course on birth, marriage and death records recorded through the civil registration system in England. It gives some introduction and background to the records, the kind of information found in them, and important things to know before beginning your search. It then covers searching for birth, marriage and death records in indexes and how to order certificates. Lastly, it contains some final considerations when certificates cannot be found.