User:Tstubben/Beta/Development01/Class Schedule

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Indexing: Providing Clues About Our Lost Ancestors
The Basic Web Indexing Skill class teaches basic indexing skills.

Training integrated with Hands-on Practice - Presented by Kent Ahlstrom - No Registration Necessary

Danish Research
These classes define types of records used in Danish research that give names, dates, places, and relationships of your ancestors. Learn where to find these records online on your own home computer. Instructions are given on how to extract and interpret the information found in these various records about your ancestors and how it can be used to extend your family lines.

Lecture and Lab - Presented by Jed Black – No Registration Necessary

Week 1 - Introduction to Danish Parish Records

Week 2 - Danish Census Records

Week 3 - Danish Military Records

How to Create a Personalized Discovery Experience
This class is inspired by recent instruction on how to help others become involved in family history through personalized, one-on-one spirit-led experiences. The class discusses what makes an effective personalized discovery experience and different goals that can be approached in these experiences. Temple and Family History Consultants at any level will also learn sources for further instruction and skill development. After the initial class, participants can sign up for their own personalized discovery experience prepared from their tree and presented at a later date. Mentoring can also be arranged for guidance in helping those they serve. No Registration Necessary.

Conducted by Marilyn Freeman and Tina Whitney.

German Research
Lecture and Lab - Presented by Lorinda Mann – No Registration Necessary

Week 1 - Beginning German Research.

Week 2 - German Records.

Week 3 - Finding Records of German Ancestors.

Week 4 - How to Read the OSB’s.

Week 5 - Research Strategies to Find Your Palatine Ancestor.

Week 6 - Step by Step Palatine Research.

Ancestry.com Fundamentals
This four-week class is designed for all levels of family history users to integrate Ancestry.com into Family Tree. Using the new Ancestry tools, you will learn how to transfer data and sources between Ancestry and FamilySearch and learn the advantages of an active tree in Ancestry. You will also learn how to use all the tools within the Ancestry program to augment FamilySearch. Basic computer skills are helpful.

Lecture and demonstration - Presented by Melanie Montgomery - No Registration Necessary

Week 1 - Getting Started.

Week 2 – How to make Ancestry & FamilySearch Play nicely together.

Week 3 – Easily Search Ancestry’s 20 billion records.

Week 4 – Media, Merging & Sources, Oh My!

Beginning British Research
This four-week course teaches the basics of beginning British research. Learn where to find birth, death and marriage records. Learn where to find these records online. These classes will open doors for you to find your ancestors on the British Isles.

Lecture and Lab - Presented by Ray Moore - No Registration Necessary

Week 1 - Getting Started.

Week 2 - Census Records.

Week 3 - Civil Records.

Week 4 – Church Records.

Week 5 – Parish Chest Records.

FamilySearch Family Tree
These classes teach the basic fundamentals of using Family Tree features at FamilySearch.org.

Lecture and Hands-on Practice Presented by Stan Radford- No Registration Necessary

Week 1 - Navigation; Find, Add, Edit Information.

Week 2 - Attaching Sources, Creating Sources from Outside Websites, Source Box.

Week 3 - Temple Ordinances & Merging, Photos & Stories.

FamilySearch Family Tree in Spanish
These classes teach the basic fundamentals of using Family Tree features at FamilySearch.org in Spanish.

Lecture and Hands-on Practice Presented by Stan Radford- No Registration Necessary

This Class will be available in April.

Finding Cousins Workshop
This four-week course teaches how to quickly find missing people in your family lines as well as helping others on their family lines. Varying topics provide helpful information for finding family names, analyzing your FamilySearch Family Tree while performing descendancy research. Everyone has thousands of cousins to find. Helpful resources are also presented. We use your lines to work on.

Lecture and Lab Course – Presented by Ron Ray –No registration necessary.

Week 1 - Three Great Tools- Virtual Pedigree, Ancestry, FamilySearch.

Week 2 - Plus Ancestry.com Research Tips.

Week 3 - Plus Attaching Sources Found Outside FamilySearch.

Week 4 - Plus Google Tools: Search, Books, Translate, and Images.

RootsMagic
This four-week course teaches the basic features and capabilities of the RootsMagic family tree software, RootsMagic is approved FamilySearch affiliate software, and we provide hands-on computer experience. Basic computer skills are necessary. Some experience with RootsMagic is helpful.

Lecture and Lab Course - Presented by Ron Ray - No Registration Necessary

This class is temporarily unavailable.

Ancestry.com Trees, Sources, and Sharing with FamilySearch
This two-week course shows how to set up and use your own tree in Ancestry.com including attaching sources, pictures, and stories. It also shows how to copy people’s information and sources to and from FamilySearch using Ancestry.com.

Lecture and Lab Course - Presented by Ron Ray - No Registration Necessary

Week 1 - Learning how to create and use Ancestry.com Trees.

Week 2 - Using Ancestry Sources and Sharing with FamilySearch.

Three Week Combo – Newspapers, Graphics, and MS Word/Libre Office
This three-week course teaches where to find resources and what and how to use them.

Lecture and Lab Course - Presented by Ron Ray - No Registration Necessary

Week 1 - Read all about it… Where to find News articles about your ancestors.

Week 2 - Free Graphics program that works like Photoshop. Fix/Doctor photos, many tools.

Week 3 - MS Word- use it for storing sources, Research Log, family timelines. All in one.

How to write a History Narrative
Presented by David Reeve - No Registration Necessary

How to write a History Narrative.

Researching Hard to Find Records
About 70 percent of the free historical source records on FamilySearch.org can’t be found by searching indexed records. That’s a lot of information about your family just waiting to be discovered! In order to tap into these hard-to-find records, you’ll need to know how to use resources like unindexed image collections, the Wiki, the FamilySearch Catalog, and the internet as well as other advanced search features.

Presented by Glen Sisam - No Registration Necessary

Week 1 – Using FamilySearch Records Search.

Week 2 – Using FamilySearch Wiki.

Week 3 – Using FamilySearch Catalog.

Week 4 – Using Google Search Tools.

Week 5 – Using FamilySearch Newspapers.

Basic Computer Skills
This class teaches basic computer skills with hands-on practice. Please bring a flash drive to get the most from this class.

Lecture and Lab - Presented by Kenneth Spencer - No Registration Necessary.

Basic Computer Skills - Bring a Flash Drive.

Basic Graphic Skills
This class teaches basic graphic skills using IrfanView with hands-on practice. Basic computer skills are necessary. Please bring a flash drive to get the most from this class.

Lecture and Lab - Presented by Kenneth Spencer - No Registration Necessary.

Basic Graphic Skills Bring a Flash Drive

Ancestry
Lecture and Lab - Presented by Kenneth Spencer - No Registration Necessary.

Week 1 – Orientation, Navigating, Creating Tree.

Week 2 – Hints, Search, Merge Duplicates.

Week 3 – Ancestry Sources to FamilySearch.

Week 4 – Uploading Media and Photos to Ancestry.

FamilySearch
Lecture and Lab - Presented by Kenneth Spencer & Ross Buckwalter - No Registration Necessary

Week 1 – Orientation, Navigation.

Week 2 - Finding, Attaching, and Using Sources.

Week 3 – Sources Using Partner Websites – Buckwalter & Spencer – Rm1

Week 4 – Merging Duplicate Records.

Week 5 – Adding Memories (Photos, Documents, Stories, & Audio).

Week 6 – Temple Ordinances.

FamilySearch Wiki
A look into the Wiki and how it increases opportunities to find family information. The class includes explanations and practical exercises to help you understand and exploit the benefits of this little-used tool in your FamilySearch toolkit.

Lecture and Lab - Presented by Lee Tripp - No Registration Necessary.

Week 1 - Why Wiki Works.

Week 2 - Why Wiki Works.

Week 3 - Why Wiki Works.

Beginning Genealogy Research
This series of classes teaches how to be effective with genealogy research. Students will learn about a research process, genealogy record types, several record search techniques, and a variety of genealogy web sites.

Lecture and Lab - Presented by Larry Whittaker - No Registration Necessary.

Week 1 - Introduction to Genealogy.

Week 2 - People, Records, and Tips.

Week 3 - Effective Search Strategies.

Week 4 - Online Genealogy.

Ancestral Quest
This is an eight-week course designed for current and new users of Ancestral Quest. Ancestral Quest is approved FamilySearch affiliate software, and evolved from the same base program as Personal Ancestral File (PAF).

The class teaches the features and functions of the program and gives students hands-on practice with the software. Basic computer skills are necessary.

Lecture and Lab - Presented by Bud Wood - No Registration Necessary.

Week 1 - Introduction to Ancestral Quest.

Week 2 - Linking Records in my AQ Database with Family Tree.

Week 3 - Sources/Backups.

Week 4 - Photos and Stories.

Week 5 - Customization and Printing.

Week 6 - Search Techniques.

Week 7 - Match/Merge, etc.

Week 8 - Collaboration.

Maintained by: Elder Tom Stubben

Last modified: 06/24/21