Learn why, where, and when vital records were created in the United States and how to find them.

Probate records include more than just wills. This class will examine what is included in probate records and how these records can help you flesh out a family history.

This class will help you to find information to identify the ancestor in the records of his hometown. The Mexico-United States border crossing information and their content is analyzed during this class.

Lack of vital records? No problem. Discover the various record types to assist you with research in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Beyond the Christening, Marriage and Burial Registers.

In this lesson you will learn how to gain access to French church an civil records online by using FranceGenWeb.

This lesson will teach you how to use the online gazetteer Kartenmeister.com to find German, Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian names for the same locality. You will also learn to find all the villages listed within a county or “Kreis” and how to collaborate with other people researching the same localities.

In this course, using the Dutch website WieWasWie (Who was who), you will learn how to access information for your ancestors who lived in the Netherlands and its former territories.

This lesson will teach you to use the website Dokuklik to search online for the parish records indexes for the three provinces of the Basque country (País Vasco) in Spain. You will also learn about the Hispanic surname system and several successful search tips and techniques.

This course will help you understand the rectangular survey system and the distribution of public lands. You will also learn about state land systems.