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  • June 29, 2020
    This webinar provides key research strategies and an important research perspective on the value and use of several under-utilized Irish records. Get ready to learn the research applications and approach in the use of these "substitute" records in the absence (and destruction) of several major records collections, and techniques for locating and further establishing your Irish ancestral connections through other ways and means.
  • October 8, 2020
    This class discusses the concept of Dutch diminutives, which are ways to form nicknames for people.
  • July 10, 2020
    This recording introduces the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands, a site where one can find geographic distribution and variants of Dutch surnames.
  • May 27, 2020
    This class discusses how we can identify farms, towns, parishes, and counties using two gazetteers Krabsens Stednavnebase and FamilySearch Research Wiki. You can use a gazetteer to find the places where your family lived and determine the civil and church jurisdictions over those places. Krabsens Stednavnebase is an online Danish gazetteer and is searchable using names of farms/towns or parishes. Place names found on FamilySearch Research wiki are a combination of place names found in J. P. trap’s gazetteer and Krabsen’s stednavnebase. In addition to finding your place names on the FamilySearch Research Wiki, you will also find helpful information regarding your places.
  • May 22, 2020
    In this section you will learn how to find Gyrid in the Bergen Emigration Records.*The collection mentioned at 2:01-3:05 has changed its name. It is now the Bergen Police district, Emigrant protocols, no. 1-23: Emigrants via Bergen 1874-1930.*
  • May 22, 2020
    This segment is a state overview of Michigan.*The website discussed from 0:25-0:43 has changed its web address and name. It is now called Michiganology and can be found at https://michiganology.org/.*
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