The Great Plains region includes the states of Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota. This class is an introduction to Great Plains research and includes a brief history and background of the region. Key records are discussed which include church, census, land, and military records. An overview of each state highlights records and helpful archives and websites unique to the state.

This section of the presentation highlights migration paths up the Pacific coast of Mexico and California and through the southwest.

A portion of western Ukraine as well as southeastern Poland, was a part of a historical and geographic region known as Galicia. Learn about Galician records, how to locate them online, and tips for research.

This section of the presentation teaches about El Camino Real, a major pathway for migrants from southern Mexico up in to present-day New Mexico.

This presentation highlights the objectives of the series which are: Understand migration patterns in New Spain and how they impacted record keeping. Learn how you can use these migration patterns to locate records for your Hispanic ancestors in the northern hemisphere.

This section will discuss the history and background of the Midwest Region.

This segment will discuss the migration patterns of the Midwest.

This segment will discuss the church records of the Midwest.

This segment will discuss state and territorial census records of the Midwest.

The Midwest region includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. This class is an introduction to Midwest research and includes a brief history and background of the region. Key records are discussed which include church, census, land, and military records. An overview of each state highlights records and helpful archives and websites unique to the state. The entire duration of this class is 52:49.