Los Angeles FamilySearch Library - Family History Helps

Family History Helps

3 - Day Basic FH Course - Handouts, Powerpoints, and Exercises
To search the following resource list for a specific topic, type "Control + f" and enter the topic word in the field.


 * 01 Beginning Research and Organizing (PPT, 66 pp.)


 * 01 Beginning Research Exercise


 * 02 Searching by Surname (PPT, 56 pp.)


 * 03 Introduction to Family Tree 2016 (PPT, 76 pp.)


 * 03 Introduction to Family Tree Handout


 * 04 Birth, Death and Marriage Records 2016 (PPT, 68 pp.)


 * 04 Finding Birth, Death and Marriage Records April 2016 Exercise


 * 05 Censuses 2015   change to Gayles PPT 58 pp.


 * 05 US Census Handout


 * 06 Putting Photos and Documents as Memories in FS Family Tree Handout


 * 07 Ancestry.com 2016 (PPT, 37pp.)


 * 07 Ancestry Institution 2015 Exercise


 * 08 Ancestry.com Successful Searching 2016 (PPT, 74 pp.)


 * 08 Syncing Ancestry and FS Family Tree Handout


 * 09 Church Records 2016 (PPT, 64 pp.)


 * 09 Church Records Handout


 * 09 Church Records Exercise


 * 10 Attaching FS Records to Family Tree 2015 Handout


 * 11 Putting Documents as Sources in Family Tree 2015 Handout


 * 12 Introduction to Indexing and Arbitration 2016 (PPT, 30 pp.)

3 - Day Advanced FH Course - Handouts, Powerpoints, and Exercises
To search the following resource list for a specific topic, type "Control + f" and enter the topic word in the field.


 * 01 Death Records June 2016 (PPT, 72 pp.)


 * 01 Death Records June 2015 Exercise


 * 02 Finding Obituaries June 2016 (PPT, 72 pp.)


 * 02 Finding Obituary June 2016 Exercise


 * 03 Wills and Probate Records June 2016 (PPT, 58 pp.)


 * 03 Finding Wills final June 2016 Exercise


 * 05 Wiki Family Search (PPT, 11 pp.)


 * 06 Locality Survey-Family Search, Ancestry and Beyond June 2016 (PPT, 69 pp.)


 * 06 Locality Survey 1 Page Handout


 * 07 Finding and Merging Duplicates in Family Tree July 2016 Handout


 * 07 Merging June 2016 Exercise


 * 07 Fixing Relationships in Family Tree June 2016 Handout


 * 07 Fixing Relationships in Family Tree June 2016 Exercise


 * 08 Passenger List and Naturalization June 2016 (PPT, 66 pp.)


 * 08 Searching Passenger and Naturalization Records June 2016 Exercise


 * 09 Land Records June 2016 (PPT, 48 pp.)


 * 09 Land Records Arizona June 2016 Exercise


 * 10 Other Family History Websites Exercise


 * 10 Other Awesome Websites 2016 (PPT, 73 pp.)


 * 11 Brickwalls Part 1 & 2 March 2015 (PPT, 103 pp.)

Family Tree - Handouts

 * Putting Photos and Documents as Memories in FS Family Tree Handout


 * Putting Documents as Sources in Family Tree 2015 Handout


 * Attaching FS Records to Family Tree 2015 Handout


 * Finding and Merging Duplicates in Family Tree July 2016 Handout


 * Fixing Relationships in Family Tree June 2016 Handout