Family History Library Classes and Webinars

= Upcoming Classes and Webinars =

Monthly Class Schedules
In order to see the upcoming classes and webinars please click on the appropriate month to download a PDF of the class schedule.

[[Media:Oct_2015_Class_Calendar.pdf|October 2015]]

[[Media:2015_Nov_Class_Calendar.pdf|November 2015]]

Webinar Information
To join a webinar from home, please click on the link next to the group teaching the webinar 15 minutes prior to start.

US/Canada Webinars

 * Thur, 22 October, 6:00 PM, Finding Original Records: The Real Game of Hide and Seek
 * Thur, 12 November, 6:00 PM, Organizing Your Research

British Isles Webinars

 * Wed, 21 October, 12:00 PM, Understanding What England Church Records Are Online
 * Thur, 22 October, 11:00 AM, England Records from the Grave; Handout
 * Fri, 23 October, 11:00 AM, Researching in Pre-1837 England

Latin America Webinars

 * Sat, 7 November, 1:00 PM, U.S. Hispanic Immigration (in English)
 * Sat, 21 November, 1:00 PM, ¿De dónde vinieron mis antepasados?

Indexing Workshops

 * Tue, 3 November, 10:00 AM, Spanish Records Indexing Workshop
 * Tue, 10 November, 10:00 AM, Portuguese Records Indexing Workshop
 * Tue, 17 November, 10:00 AM, Italian Records Indexing Workshop

For Class Handouts click here
= Past Webinars =

US/Canada

 * Using Canadian Census Records; Handout This webinar was recorded on the 28 May 2015. The presentation will start two minutes after you click into the recording.

England

 * Church of England Church Records; Handout
 * England Maps &amp; Gazetteers; Handout
 * England Non-conformist Church Records; Handout
 * England Online Websites; Handout
 * England Parish Chest Records; Handout
 * England Poor Law Records
 * England Probate Records Part 1; Handout (audio begins at 3 min 41 sec)
 * England Probate Records Part 2; Handout
 * England &amp; Wales Census Records; Handout
 * England &amp; Wales Civil Registration; [Handout

Ireland

 * Church of Ireland Chuch Records
 * Ireland Catholic Church Records
 * Ireland Census and Census Substitutes; [[Media:Ireland_Census_and_Census_Substitutes.pdf|Handout]]
 * Ireland Civil Registration; [[Media:Ireland_Civil_Registration.pdf|Handout]]
 * Ireland Emigration; [[Media:Tracing_Immigrant_Origins_Class_Handout.pdf|Handout]]
 * Ireland Jurisdictions
 * Ireland Land Records
 * Ireland Presbyterian Church Records; [[Media:Ireland_Presbyterian_Church_Records.pdf|Handout]]
 * Ireland Websites
 * Scotch-Irish Research

Scotland

 * Basic Scotland Research Strategies
 * Inheritance in Scotland: Testaments and Retours
 * Scotland Census Records; [[Media:Scotland_Census_Records_2015.pdf|Handout]]
 * Scotland Church Records; [[Media:UsingScottishChurchRecordsApr15.pdf|Handout]]
 * Scotland Civil Registration; [[Media:Scotland_Civil_Registration_2.pdf|Handout]]
 * Scotland Emigration
 * Scotland Land Records
 * Scotland Maps &amp; Gazetteers
 * Scotland Naming Patterns &amp; Clans
 * Scotland Poor Law Records
 * Scotland Probate Records
 * Scotland Websites
 * Scotland's Old Parish Registers: How to Access, Use, and Interpret
 * www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Wales

 * Wales Anglican and Non-conformist Church Records
 * Wales Maps and Gazetteers; [[Media:Wales_Online_Websites_-Mark_July_2015_%28Dan_partial_edit%29.pdf|Handout]]
 * Wales Online Websites
 * Wales Probate Records
 * Welsh Naming Patterns; [[Media:Welsh_Naming_Patterns_Handout.pdf|Handout]]

Czech Republic

 * Czech Online Records at the Brno and Litomerice Archives; [[Media:Czech_Archives_Brno_Litomerice.pdf|Handout]] Please begin the recording at position 14:30.

Denmark

 * Danish Census Research Series: This is a series of 3 classes - Using the Danish Demographical Database (37 minutes), [[Media:DDD_Guide.pdf|Handout 1]], [[Media:DDD_practice.pdf|Handout 2]]; Finding Censuses on Arkivalieronline (28 minutes), [[Media:A_Guide_to_Arkivalieronline_Accessing_the_Digitized_Census_Records.pdf|Handout 1]], [[Media:Arkivalieronline_Census_practice.pdf|Handout 2]]; Extracting Genealogical Information (38 minutes), [[Media:Census_Records_Research_Syllabus.pdf|Handout 1]], [[Media:Census_Records_Practice.pdf|Handout 2]]. You can use the lobby button in the left hand bar to skip between the different classes
 * Danish Church Records: Feast Days; [[Media:Feast_Days_Syllabus.pdf|Handout 1]], [[Media:Feast_Days_Practice.pdf|Handout 2]]
 * Danish Church Records: Finding Ancestors Through Witnesses (38 minutes); [[Media:Witness_Research_Syllabus.pdf|Handout 1]], [[Media:Witness_Research_Activity.pdf|Handout 2]]
 * Danish Church Records: Research Strategies (49 minutes); [[Media:Research_Strategies_Syllabus.pdf|Handout 1]], [[Media:Research_Strategies_Activity.pdf|Handout 2]]
 * Danish Family History Resources: Gazetteers and Jurisdictions; [[Media:Jurisdictions_Syllabus.pdf|Handout 1]], [[Media:Lets_Practice.pdf|Handout 2]]
 * Danish Research Strategies; [[Media:Research_Strategies_Syllabus.pdf|Handout 1]], [[Media:Research_Strategies_Activity.pdf|Handout 2]]

Germany

 * German Church and Civil Records; [[Media:German_Church_and_Civil_Records2.pdf|Handout]]
 * German research Series Using Genealogy.net; [[Media:OFBs_in_Genealogy_net_approved.pdf|Handout 1]], [[Media:Practice_Document_for_Using_German_Address_Books_webinar.pdf|Handout 2]], [[Media:Address_books_Answer_Sheet_Webinar_version_approved.pdf|Handout 3]], [[Media:OFBs_in_Genealogy_net_approved.pdf|Handout 4]], [[Media:Ortsfamilienbuch_Practice_Exercises_for_webinar.pdf|Handout 5]], [[Media:OSB_Answer_Key_for_webinar_approved.pdf|Handout 6]], [[Media:Metasearch_Genealogy_net_Syllabus_approved.pdf|Handout 7]], [[Media:Practice_Document_for_Using_Metasearch_on_Genealogy.pdf|Handout 8]], [[Media:Metasuche_Answer_Key_for_webinar.pdf|Handout 9]]

Norway

 * Exploring Census Records in Norway

Poland

 * Advancing Your Polish Genealogy: 300 Years of Records by Cecile Wendt Jensen
 * Using The Digitized Records of Various Polish State Archives Please skip to point 23:32 to view the presentation.

South Africa

 * South Africa: Beginning Research (48 minutes)
 * South Africa: National Archives (41 minutes)
 * South Africa: Online Family History Library Collections (36 minutes)

Switzerland

 * Swiss Beginning Research Basics

2015

 * Conozca el sitio de PARESThis recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 01:30.
 * Conozca los sitios asociados de FamilySearch, parte 1: Inscripción y el sitio de FindMyPast (15:26) Conozca los sitios asociados de FamilySearch, parte 2: Los sitios de Ancestry y MyHeritage (1:16:45) Cómo utilizar mejor el Wiki de FamilySearch (2:14:08) (This recording has not been edited. You will have to advance until the time stamp indicated next to the title of the class where this presentation begins.)
 * El Árbol Familiar Para Principiantes
 * FamilySearch: Fotos, Historias, y Audio
 * Fuentes en FamilySearch (This recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 8 of the recording).
 * Genealogía Descendente (This recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 39 of the recording).
 * ¿He buscado aquí? El uso de notas y listas de investigación
 * Metas genealógicas para 2015
 * ¿No hay otros registros?This recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 1:36:57.
 * ¿Qué dice? Cómo leer la escritura antigua
 * Preguntas Frecuentes de FamilySearch (This recording has not been edited.)
 * Protocolos notarialesThis recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 50:55
 * Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch (This recording has not been edited. The presentation begins in minute 22 of the recording).
 * Registros civiles y censos
 * Series de Investigación Genealógica (This recording has not been edited and contains 3 classes in one recording. The titles of the classes are Expedientes Matrimoniales, Limpieza de Sangre, and Obras Pias).

2014

 * Árbol Familiar: Fotos, fuentes e historias
 * Árbol Familiar para principiantes
 * Búsquedas eficaces en los registros históricos de FamilySearch
 * Capellanías, cofradías, dispensas y más
 * Corrigiendo parentescos en el Árbol Familiar
 * Cómo buscar a mis antepasados en FamilySearch
 * Cómo buscar a mis antepasados en mi propio país
 * ¿Cómo involucrar a los niños en la investigación familiar?
 * Cómo organizar tu genealógia
 * Encontrando a nuestros primos
 * ¿Mis antepasados vinieron de …?
 * ¿No hay otros registros?
 * Obtenga el máximo de MyHeritage
 * Preguntas frecuentes sobre el Árbol Familiar
 * Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch
 * Registros civiles y parroquiales
 * Tesoros ocultos en los registros originales
 * ¿Y ahora qué? Cómo hacer la investigación genealógica

2015

 * Hispanic Online Resources (This recording has not been edited.)
 * Hispanic Research Methodology: A Case Study
 * Reading Spanish Handwriting