The FamilySearch Family History Library announced its free webinars for October 2022. This month's featured sessions will cover Research in Belarus, Canadian Civil Registrations, Estonian Records using Saaga, Latvian Records Using Radurakst, Lithuanian Records Using E-Paveldas, and Hungarian Parish, Civil, and Gazetteers, Norwegian Land and Probate Records, Swedish Emigration and the Swedish National Archives (Riksarkivet), along with sessions on JRI-Poland, Russian Historical Geography and Research, and the Russian Alphabet and Deciphering the Handwriting. No registration is required.
Other research-oriented sessions will cover Germans from Russia, 3 sessions on Research in Spain presented in Spanish, Ukrainian Research, the FamilySearch Wiki source for Ukrainian Research plus the United States Immigration Records. One session in Chinese titled 在FamilySearch獲得免費中文家譜幫助系列:FamilySearch幫助中心 will continue with the Family Tree Help Series at Family Search with emphasis on the Help Center.
Additional classes throughout the month will cover developing basic skills and include the how to get the most out of the FamilySearch Catalog, the Family Tree App on an Android phone, FamilySearch Tips and Tricks, Explore Historical Images, and more.
All class times are in [Mountain Daylight Time]. If you cannot attend a live event, most sessions are recorded and can be viewed later at your convenience at Family History Library classes and webinars. Want more? Peruse over 1,500 free, on-demand sessions from RootsTech.org or schedule a free 20 minute consultation with a Family History History Library research specialist.
Date/Time (MDT) | Class | Webinar |
Mon, Oct 3, 10:00 AM MDT | Using the FamilySearch Catalog | |
Tue, Oct 4, 10:00 AM MDT | Using the FamilySearch Family Tree App: Android | |
Wed, Oct 5, 10:00 AM MDT | FamilySearch Search: Tips & Tricks | |
Wed, Oct 5, 1:00 PM MDT | 1877 (Dvorzsák) and 1913 Kingdom of Hungary Gazetteers | |
Wed, Oct 5, 2:15 PM MDT | Reading Hungarian Civil Registration Records | |
Wed, Oct 5, 3:30 PM MDT | Reading Hungarian Parish Registers | |
Thu, Oct 6, 10:00 AM MDT | The Bred, the Wed, and the Dead, Eh?: An Introduction to Canadian Civil Registration | |
Wed, Oct 12, 10:00 AM MDT | Using FamilySearch Images | |
Thu, Oct 13, 9:00 AM MDT | España: Registros en línea (Spain: Online Records) | |
Thu, Oct 13, 10:15 AM MDT | ¿Qué dice? Cómo leer la escritura antigua (What does it say? How to read ancient writing) | |
Thu, Oct 13, 11:30 AM MDT | Mis antepasados fueron españoles, pero ¿de dónde vinieron? (My ancestors were Spanish, but where did they come from?) | |
Mon, Oct 17, 9:00 AM MDT | Russian Historical Geography and Introduction to Record Types (45 min) | |
Mon, Oct 17, 10:00 AM MDT | Researching Records from the Former Soviet Republics (30 min) | |
Mon, Oct 17, 11:00 AM MDT | Historical Images (30 min) | |
Mon, Oct 17, 1:00 PM MDT | Russian Empire Gazetteers (45 min) | |
Mon, Oct 17, 2:00 PM MDT | Russian Alphabet and Deciphering the Handwriting | |
Tue, Oct 18, 9:00 AM MDT | Introduction to Ukrainian Research (45 min) | |
Tue, Oct 18, 10:00 AM MDT | Update on FamilySearch Operations in Ukraine (30 min) | |
Tue, Oct 18, 10:45 AM MDT | Using WikiSource in Your Ukrainian Research (30 min) | |
Tue, Oct 18, 11:30 AM MDT | Locating Metrical Books in Archives Using the Metrics Website/Working with Archives (45 min) | |
Tue, Oct 18, 1:00 PM MDT | Introduction to Research in Belarus (45 min) | |
Tue, Oct 18, 2:00 PM MDT | Introduction to Germans from Russia Research (45 min) | |
Wed, Oct 19, 9:00 AM MDT | Locating Lithuanian Records Using E-Paveldas (30 min) | |
Wed, Oct 19, 9:45 AM MDT | Locating Latvian Records Using Raduraksti (30 min) | |
Wed, Oct 19, 10:45 AM MDT | Locating Estonian Records Using Saaga (30 min) | |
Wed, Oct 19, 11:30 AM MDT | EWZ Records | |
Wed, Oct 19, 1:00 PM MDT | How to Use JRI-Poland | |
Wed, Oct 19, 6:00 PM MDT | 在FamilySearch獲得免費中文家譜幫助系列:FamilySearch幫助中心 (Get Free Chinese Family Tree Help Series at FamilySearch: FamilySearch Help Center) | |
Thu, Oct 20, 10:00 AM MDT | The Origins of the Melting Pot: U.S. Immigration Records, 1820-1957 | |
Tue, Oct 25, 9:00 AM MDT | Leaving the Garden of Sweden: Swedish Emigration Records and Strategy | |
Tue, Oct 25, 10:05 AM MDT | How to Use the Swedish National Archive Website, Riksarkivet | |
Tue, Oct 25, 12:00 PM MDT | Understanding Norwegian Land and Records | |
Tue, Oct 25, 1:15 PM MDT | Exploring Four Different Kinds of Probate Records for Norway | |
Wed, Oct 26, 10:00 AM MDT | How to Index on FamilySearch |