In-Person Class Syllabi & Slides 2026
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A Genealogist’s Secret Advantage: Creating Ancestor Resumes | Slides
a_genealogist's_secret_advantage_creating_ancestor_resumes_molohon.pdf
A Genealogist’s Secret Advantage: Creating Ancestor Resumes | Syllabus
syllabus_a_genealogists_secret_advantage_creating_ancestor_resumes_molohon.pdf
A New Way to Search: Exploring FamilySearch’s Full Text Feature | Slides
A_New_Way_to_Search_AdamsPelessPPT.pdf
A New Way to Search: Exploring FamilySearch’s Full Text Feature | Syllabus
A _New _Way _to_Search_AdamsPeless.pdf
AI-Powered Research Logs: From Chaos to Clarity in Your Genealogy Data | Syllabus
AI Powered Research Logs .pdf
AI-Powered Transcription of Handwritten Documents: What's New in 2026 | Syllabus
Syllabus for AI-Powered Transcription of Handwritten Documents.pdf
America 250 Series: Historical and Genealogical Importance of America’s Forgotten Patriots | Syllabus
Murphy_Historical_Genealogical_Importance_Americas_Forgotten_Patriots.pdf
An Archivist's Guide to Preserving and Managing Your Family Treasures | Slides
An_Archivists_Guide_to_Preserving_And_Managing_Your_Family_Treasures_KatharineAndrew.pdf
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Bachelors, Maiden Aunts, and Childless Couples – Don’t Forget the Dead Ends | Slides
Bachelors_Maiden_Aunts_and_Childless_Couples_Don’t_Forget_the_Dead_Ends_Evans.pdf
Bachelors, Maiden Aunts, and Childless Couples – Don’t Forget the Dead Ends | Syllabus
Bachelors_Maiden_Aunts_and_Childless_Couples_Don’t_Forget_the_Dead_Ends_Evans_Syllabus.pdf
Bankruptcy to Equity: Using Federal Court Records | Slides
Bankruptcy to Equity Federal Court Records-Strauss.pdf
Bankruptcy to Equity: Using Federal Court Records | Syllabus
Strauss-Bankrupty to Equity-Using Federal Court Records.pdf
BCG Certification Seminar: Learn About the Certified Genealogist® Credential | Syllabus
BCG_Certification_Seminar_McGhie Stanbaray.pdf
Before They Married: Discovering Italian Marriage Supplements | Slides
Before_They_Married_Discovering_Italian_Marriage_Supplements_Adams.pdf
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Celebrate 40 Years of the FamilySearch Library: Reflecting on the Past, Embracing the Future | Slides
Celebrate40YrsOfTheFSLPPT.pdf
Celebrate 40 Years of the FamilySearch Library: Reflecting on the Past, Embracing the Future | Syllabus
Celebrate40YrsOfTheFSL.pdf
Collaborating with Confidence: Proven Strategies for Family Tree Maker Users—and Every Genealogist | Slides
Collaborating_with_Confidence_Pedersen.pdf
Collaborating with Confidence: Proven Strategies for Family Tree Maker Users—and Every Genealogist | Syllabus
Syllabus_Collaborating_with_Confidence_Pedersen.pdf
Collecting Family Stories: Essential Oral History Techniques for Successful Documentation | Slides
Collecting Family Stories Essential Oral History Techniques for Successful Documentation.pdf
Collecting Family Stories: Essential Oral History Techniques for Successful Documentation | Syllabus
Collecting Family Stories Essential Oral History Techniques for Successful Documentation Syllabus.pdf
Constructing Genealogical Proof: Conflict Resolution, Indirect Evidence, and Written Conclusions | Syllabus
HANDOUT Constructing Genealogical Proof, Conflict Resolution, Indirect Evidence, Written Conclusions.pdf
Crack the Code: Using Enumerator Instructions in Census Research | Syllabus
Crack the Code-Enumerator Instructions Syllabus -Cheri Hudson Passey-RT 2026.pdf
Create and Share Your Family History Through Videos | Syllabus
LianneKruger CreateShare FamilyHistory Videos.pdf
Creating Powerful Stories That Connect Our Children to Their Ancestors | Slides
Creating Powerful Stories that Connect Our Children to Their Ancestors.pdf
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Declutter Your Genealogy: Preserving the Past Without the Overwhelm | Slides
Declutter Your Genealogy- Preserving the Past Without the Overwhelm .pptx.pdf
Deep roots, strong branches: the emotional pull of genealogy | Slides
Walters - Deep roots, strong branches .pdf
Deep roots, strong branches: the emotional pull of genealogy | Syllabus
Walters - Deep roots, strong branches.pdf
Digging into DNA: How Ancient Samples Reveal Your Modern Heritage | Slides
Slides for Digging into DNA: How Ancient Samples Reveal Your Modern Heritage
Digging into DNA: How Ancient Samples Reveal Your Modern Heritage | Syllabus
Syllabus for Digging into DNA: How Ancient Samples Reveal Your Modern Heritage - PDF file
Discovering England Parish Chest Records | Slides
Discovering England Parish Chest Records Taylor.pdf
Discovering Your Immigrant’s Origins: Digging Deeper | Syllabus
Discovering Your Immigrant's Origins - Digging Deeper - Venezia handout.pdf
DNA Case Study: Finding an 1877 Birth Father with Genetic Affairs, BanyanDNA, and No Birth Record | Slides
DNA_Case_Study_Finding_an_1877_Birth_Father_with_Genetic_Affairs_BanyanDNA_and_No_Birth_Record_Coleman.pdf
DNA Case Study: Finding an 1877 Birth Father with Genetic Affairs, BanyanDNA, and No Birth Record | Syllabus
DNA_Case_Study_Finding_an_1877_Birth_Father_with_Genetic_Affairs_BanyanDNA_and_No_Birth_Record_Coleman.pdf
DNA Group Projects: Bringing Your Family Together Through Research | Slides
Slides_DNA Group Projects-Bringing Your Family Together Through Research_FamilyTreeDNA_RootsTech 2026.pdf
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Earn Family History Research Certificates through BYU-Pathway | Slides
RootsTech Manager Presentation 2026 Final copy.pdf
Eat That Frog! Winning With Family History Research When You Have ADHD, Anxiety & Other Challenges | Slides
Slides_for_Eat_That_Frog_Winning_with_Family_History_Research_When_You_Have_ADHD_Anxiety_or_Other_Challenges_Keeney.pdf
Eat That Frog! Winning With Family History Research When You Have ADHD, Anxiety & Other Challenges | Syllabus
Eat_That_Frog_ADHD_Family_History_Syllabus_Keeney.pdf
Effective Search Strategies on FamilySearch | Slides
Effective_Search_Strategies_on_FamilySearch-slides-compressed.pdf
Effective Search Strategies on FamilySearch | Syllabus
Effective_Search_Strategies_on_FamilySearch.pdf
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Family History Work in YOUR Phase of Life: An Empowering Approach for Latter-day Saints | Slides
Family History in YOUR Phase of Life_ An Empowering Approach for Latter-day Saints.pdf
Family History Work in YOUR Phase of Life: An Empowering Approach for Latter-day Saints | Syllabus
Syllabus for Family History in YOUR Phase of Life (1).pdf
Find Your Relatives in NEW Ancestor Connector with 21,000 Individuals | Slides
Slides Find Your Relatives in NEW Ancestor Connector with 21,000 Individuals_Copy.pdf
Find Your Relatives in NEW Ancestor Connector with 21,000 Individuals | Syllabus
Syllabus - Find your relatives in NEW Ancestor Connector with 21,000 individuals.pdf
Finding Ancestors in the Latter-day Saint Biographical Database | Slides
RootsTech 2026_Presentation - Finding Ancestors in the Latter-day Saint Database.pdf
Finding Parents: A Proven Research Methodology | Syllabus
Finding_Parents_A_Proven_Methodology_Auman_Syllabus.pdf
Finding Records Using the Resources on FamilySearch 2026 | Slides
Finding_Records_Using_the_Resources_on_FamilySearch-compressed.pdf
Finding Records Using the Resources on FamilySearch 2026 | Syllabus
Finding_Records_Using_the_Resources_on_FamilySearch2026.pdf
Finding Your Pre-Révolution French Ancestors | Slides
Finding Your Pre-Révolution French Ancestors.pdf
From Client to Colleague: Understanding the World of Professional Genealogy | Slides
APG - RootsTech 2026 Presentation.pdf
From Client to Colleague: Understanding the World of Professional Genealogy | Syllabus
APG 2026 RT Syllabus.pdf
From Complex to Clear: Transform Court Records with AI Tools | Syllabus
Transform Court Records with AI Tools .pdf
From Stone to Screen: Bringing Cemetery Research into the Digital Age | Syllabus
From Stone to Screen Bringing Cemetery Research into the Digital Age Holmes Syllabus.pdf
From Virginia to Guam: Tracing A Black Family via DNA and Maritime Records | Slides
RootsTech 2026_From Virginia to Guam.pdf
From Virginia to Guam: Tracing A Black Family via DNA and Maritime Records | Syllabus
RootsTech_2026_From_Virginia_to_Guam_Kearns_Syllabus.pdf
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Genealogical Proof in Practice: Resolving Conflicts and Building Sound Conclusions | Syllabus
Genealogical Proof in Practice.pdf
Genealogists Get Geeky! A Candid Chat on Methodology Redux | Syllabus
Genealogists Get Geeky syllabus 2026.pdf
Genealogy Compass. Navigate to find available records when and where your ancestor lived | Slides
Genealogy_Compass_ slides_Julie_Merrill.pdf
Genealogy Compass. Navigate to find available records when and where your ancestor lived | Syllabus
Genealogy Compass_Handout_Julie_Merrill.pdf
Genealogy for the Non-Genealogist: How to Engage Family and Friends with Family History | Slides
Genealogy for the Non-Genealogist_ How to Engage Family and Friends with Family History.pdf
Genealogy for the Non-Genealogist: How to Engage Family and Friends with Family History | Syllabus
Genealogy for the Non-Genealogist.pdf
Getting Started: An Introduction to Latin American Research | Slides
Getting Started An Introduction to Latin American Research (1).pdf
Getting Started: An Introduction to Latin American Research | Syllabus
Syllabus for Getting Started - An Introduction to Latin American Research.pdf
Got Old Negatives? Scan Them With Your Phone and These 5 (Mostly) Free Apps! | Slides
SLIDES 5 Apps for Scanning Negatives.pdf
Got Old Negatives? Scan Them With Your Phone and These 5 (Mostly) Free Apps! | Syllabus
HANDOUT-Got-Old-Negatives-Scan-Them-With-These-Apps.pdf
Griffith’s Valuation and Beyond: Land Records in Irish Genealogy | Slides
Griffith's Valuation_Slides_OConnell.pdf
Griffith’s Valuation and Beyond: Land Records in Irish Genealogy | Syllabus
Griffith's Valuation_Syllabus_OConnell.pdf
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Healed by History: The Transformative Power of Family Stories | Slides
Healed by History - The Transformative Power of Family Stories.pdf
Healed by History: The Transformative Power of Family Stories | Syllabus
Syllabus for Healed by History - The Transformative Power of Family Stories.pdf
Healing Lineages: Indigenous Mental Wellness Through Ancestral and Genealogical Reconnection | Slides
Fleming Charity Healing Lineages Rootstech.pdf
Healing Lineages: Indigenous Mental Wellness Through Ancestral and Genealogical Reconnection | Syllabus
Healing Lineages Indigenous Mental Wellness Through Ancestral & Genealogical Reconnection.pdf
Hi, We're Related! Successful Communication With Your DNA Matches | Syllabus
Hi We're Related DNA Communication Lacopo RootsTech 2026.pdf
How to Do Successful Genealogical Research | Slides
How to do Successful ResearchforRootstech2026.pdf
How to Preserve Text Messages, Emails, Photos, Videos, and Journals as Family History | Slides
How to Preserve Text Messages, Emails, Photos, Videos, and Journals as Family History_MarisaHumphrey.pdf
How to Turn Your Research into a Great Life Story | Syllabus
How to Turn Your Research Into a Great Life Story.pdf
How to Use Rare Disease Mutations to Find Relatives | Slides
Using Rare Variants to Find Relatives RootsTech 2026.pptx-1.pdf
How to Use Rare Disease Mutations to Find Relatives | Syllabus
Syllabus_ Using Rare Variants to Find Relatives.pdf
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Immigrant Experiences: How to Use Community Context to Transform Family Stories | Syllabus
Syllabus Hedgecock Immimgrant Experiences Community Context RT2026.pdf
Indentured Servitude: History, Genealogy Legacy | Syllabus
Indentured Servitude Syllabus RootsTech 2026.pdf
Internet Resources for Genealogical Research in Northern New Spain | Syllabus
Internet Resources for Northern New Spain.pdf
J-M
Lineage Societies: History, Application Process, and Research Strategies for Success | Slides
Lineage Societies History, Application Process, and Research Strategies for Success.pdf
Lineage Societies: History, Application Process, and Research Strategies for Success | Syllabus
Lineage Societies History, Application Process, and Research Strategies for Success Syllabus.pdf
Location, Location, Location - Tracking family history through land records | Slides
Location Location Location - Tracking Family History through Land Records - Miles Meyer.pdf
Location, Location, Location - Tracking family history through land records | Syllabus
Location Location Location - Tracking Family History through Land Records - Miles Meyer - handout.pdf
Making a Record of Your Life for You and Your Descendants | Slides
Make a Record of Your Life for You and Your Descendants.pdf
Making a Record of Your Life for You and Your Descendants | Syllabus
Make a Record of Your Life for You and Your Descendants syllabus.pdf
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Naming conventions in Independent Mexico, 19th to 21st century | Slides
Naming conventions in Mexico Leniski.pdf
Naming conventions in Independent Mexico, 19th to 21st century | Syllabus
Naming Conventions In Independent Mexico Leniski.pdf
Navigating sensitivities, trauma, and secrets in family storytelling | Slides
Navitating Sensitivities, Trauma, and Secrets in Family Storytelling - slides- Rhonda Lauritzen 2026.pdf
Navigating sensitivities, trauma, and secrets in family storytelling | Syllabus
Navigating sensitivities trauma and secrets in family storytelling - syllabus - Lauritzen.pdf
New Adventures in the Americas: Colonial research like never before | Slides
Kristilee Manuel 2026 Colonial American Research.pdf
New Adventures in the Americas: Colonial research like never before | Syllabus
Colonial American Research outline.pdf
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Organizing and Managing Digital Photos: A User’s Guide | Slides
Organizing-Managing-Digital-Photos-Koch-slides.pdf
Organizing and Managing Digital Photos: A User’s Guide | Syllabus
Organize-Manage-Digital-Photos_Koch-syllabus.pdf
Pioneer Temple Records and the Untapped Information and Relationships They Contain | Slides
Pioneer_Temple Records_slides_Julie_Merrill.pdf
Pioneer Temple Records and the Untapped Information and Relationships They Contain | Syllabus
Pioneer_Temple Records_Handout_ _Julie_Merrill.pdf
Power Hour: The Power of Process: From Clues to Conclusions | Syllabus
Syllabus_The_Power_of_Process_From_Clues_to_Conclusions.pdf
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Read All About It: How Newspaper Indexes are Changing Genealogy | Slides
Read-All-About-It-Koch-slides.pdf
Read All About It: How Newspaper Indexes are Changing Genealogy | Syllabus
Read-All-About-It-Koch-syllabus.pdf
Refugees, Claims, and Pardons: Reconciliation during the Reconstruction Era | Slides
Refugees Claims and Pardons Reconstruction Era-Strauss.pdf
Refugees, Claims, and Pardons: Reconciliation during the Reconstruction Era | Syllabus
Strauss-Refugees Claims and Pardons-Reconstruction Era.pdf
Researching Early Modern Scotland: strategies and resources for finding and learning about the lives | Slides
Researching_Early_Modern_Scotland_McCABE.pdf
Researching Early Modern Scotland: strategies and resources for finding and learning about the lives | Syllabus
Researching_Early_Modern_Scotland_McCabe_syllabus.pdf
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Sea to Shining Sea - The American Revolutionary War outside the Colonies | Slides
Sea_to_Shining_Sea_-_The_American_Revolutionary_War_outside_the_Colonies_Maddox.pdf
Sea to Shining Sea - The American Revolutionary War outside the Colonies | Syllabus
Sea_to_Shining_Sea_-_The_American_Revolutionary_War_outside_of_the_Colonies_Maddox_syllabus.pdf
Searching For a Long-Lost Family Connections | Syllabus
RootsTech Syllabus - Searching For a Long-Lost Family Connections.pdf
Secrets of the FamilySearch Research Wiki-2026 Updates | Syllabus
2026 Secrets of the Research Wiki Larsen BatsonJMR.pdf
Solving Family Mysteries with the FAN Method and Census Clues | Slides
Solving Family Mysteries with the FAN Method and Census Clues - Miles Meyer.pdf
Solving Family Mysteries with the FAN Method and Census Clues | Syllabus
Solving Family Mysteries with the FAN Method and Census Clues - Miles Meyer - handout.pdf
Successful Online Genealogical Searching | Syllabus
bergheimer_successful online genealogical searching handout.pdf
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Tax Tracks: Navigating Federal Tax Records for Genealogical Research | Syllabus
RootsTech 2026 Brophy Tax Tracks Navigating Federal Tax Records.pdf
Taxes and Tithes: Researching Enslaved Communities in Colonial Virginia | Syllabus
Taxes and Tithes_ Researching Enslaved Communities in Colonial Virginia Syllabus.pdf
The Civil Registry in Mexico: history, documents, and genealogical information | Slides
The Civil Registry in Mexico Leniski.pdf
The Civil Registry in Mexico: history, documents, and genealogical information | Syllabus
The Civil Registry In Mexico syllabus Leniski.pdf
The Genealogical Detective: Solving Family Mysteries When Direct Records Don't Exist | Syllabus
The_Genealogical_Detective_Solving_Family_Mysteries_When_Direct_Records_Don't_Exist_Nock, syllabus.pdf
The Healing Power of Family History | Syllabus
The Healing Power of Genealogy-Syllabus-Cheri Hudson Passey 2026.pdf
Tracing the Empire State: What Makes New York Research So Unique? | Syllabus
Tracing the Empire State.pdf
Travel Like A Pro: Building Research Guides for Genealogy Tourism | Syllabus
SyllabusTravelLikeAProRootsTech26McFadden.pdf
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Underground Freedom Seekers- Slave Labor Case Studies in the U.S. Mining Industry | Syllabus
SyllabusUndergroundFreedomSeekersRootsTech26McFadden.pdf
Unfinished Chapters: Rediscovering Children Who Died Young | Slides
Unfinished Chapters_Rediscovering Children Who Died Young_Slides.pdf
Unfinished Chapters: Rediscovering Children Who Died Young | Syllabus
Unfinished Chapters_Rediscovering Children Who Died Young_Syllabus.pdf
Unlocking Your Swedish Roots: Faster and Easier Genealogy Research | Slides
Unlocking Your Swedish Roots Faster and Easier Genealogy Research.pdf
Unlocking Your Swedish Roots: Faster and Easier Genealogy Research | Syllabus
Unlocking Your Swedish Roots Faster and Easier Genealogy Research.pdf
Unoccupied, Unacknowledged, Unforgotten: Reclaiming Women’s Stories in the Records | Syllabus
Baldwin_Unoccupied, Unacknowledged, Unforgotten.pdf
Using AI to Write and Share Compelling Stories | Slides
Using_AI_to_Write_and_Share_Compelling_Stories_Snow.PDF.pdf
Using AI to Write and Share Compelling Stories | Syllabus
Using_AI_to_Write_and_Share_Compelling_Stories_Handout_Snow.pdf
Using Historical Geography to Pinpoint Locations in Your Family’s Past | Syllabus
Using Historical Geography to Pinpoint Locations in Your Family’s Past Syllabus.pdf
Using Shared-Match Grids and Matrices in Your Family History Research | Syllabus
Jonny Perl Syllabus.pdf
Using Tax Records for Genealogical Problem Solving | Syllabus
Using Tax Records Lacopo RootsTech 2026.pdf
V-W
Voices That Vanish: How to Capture Family Stories That Matter | Syllabus
Syllabus.Voices that Vanish .pdf
What’s New in Family Tree Maker | Syllabus
Duff Wilson - What's New in Family Tree Maker Syllabus.pdf
When Family History Hurts: A Trauma-Informed Approach | Syllabus
When Family History Hurts Syllabus.pdf
Writing Beyond the Records: Using Historical Context to Strengthen Genealogy | Slides
Writing_Beyond_the_Records_Mucia.pdf
Writing Beyond the Records: Using Historical Context to Strengthen Genealogy | Syllabus
Writing Beyond the Records syllabus_Mucia.pdf
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Y-DNA to Z: My Results Are Back, Now What? | Syllabus
Y-DNA to Z - My Results Are Back, Now What - RootsTech 2026.pdf
You Are the Future’s Ancestor: Crafting a Meaningful Digital Legacy | Slides
Walters - Presentation - You are the future's ancestor.pdf
Your Story Matters: How to Add Your Chapter to the Family History | Syllabus
Syllabus-Hedgecock Your Stories Matter How to Add Your Chapter to the Family History RT2026.pdf