Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Bagging a Live One - Connecting with Cousins You Never Knew You Had - free webinar by Mary Roddy now online for limited time

The recording of today's webinar, "Bagging a Live One - Connecting with Cousins You Never Knew You Had," by Mary Kircher Roddy, is now available to view for free at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com. You're going to want to watch this one again! AND we had a fun after-webinar party too! Lots of great comments:
  • Thank you for providing me with sunshine on each Webinar Wed.
  • I really loved today's topic. It wasn't the run of the mill and although I took a week long forensic genealogy course, I think I learned more here !
  • I been searching my family for 53 years and still learned so much more from Mary Roddy! Thanks a million.
View the Recording at FamilyTreeWebinars.com
If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 34 minute recording of "Researching Your North Carolina Ancestors" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time.
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Obituaries in GenealogyLegacy QuickGuide: Obituaries in Genealogy: A Research Tool by Cari A. Taplin - $2.95
Obituaries are not only a fantastic resource for beginning your genealogical research, but they can also be a great tool for enhancing what you’ve already collected. While their accuracy should always be questioned and verified (as with ANY source we encounter), obituaries can contain a large volume of information for an individual’s family. Finding obituaries, however, is not always easy. Many newspapers are being digitized and placed online, either for free or through a subscription service, but there are still many more that are only available in physical repositories in their original form or which have been captured on microfilm or microfiche. Understanding, locating and using obituaries in your research can take your family history to a new level.

The Obituaries in Genealogy Legacy QuickGuide™ contains valuable information on how to interpret the data in obituaries and death notices as well as newspaper articles and other listings. This handy 6-page PDF guide can be used on your computer or mobile device for anytime access.
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Register for our upcoming webinars (free)
  • Genealogy on the Go with iPads and Tablets by Lisa Louise Cooke. January 7.
  • Tracking Migration Using the Big 4 U.S. Record Sources by Mary Hill. January 14.
  • Expanding Your Research from a Single Fact by Marian Pierre-Louis. January 16.
  • My Genealogy DO-Over - A Year of Learning from Research Mistakes by Thomas MacEntee. January 21.
  • Getting Started in Scrapbooking by Susan Budge. January 28.
  • One-Place Studies - Tracing the History of a Community by Kirsty Gray. February 4.
  • Step-by-Step - Finding Confederate Soldiers and Their Records by Mark Lowe. February 6.
  • Zigzagging through German Church Records by Jim Beidler. February 11.
  • Researching Your New Zealand Ancestors by Jan Gow. February 18.
  • Tap Into Your Inner Private Eye - 9 Strategies for Finding Living Relatives by Lisa Louise Cooke. February 25.
  • Researching with Karen! by Karen Clifford. March 4.
  • Technology and Techniques for Differentiating Two People with the Same Name by Geoff Rasmussen. March 6.
  • Crafting Ancestor Profiles from Start to Finish by Lisa Alzo. March 11.
  • Irish Genealogical Records in the 17th-19th Centuries by Judy Wight. March 18.
  • Where Does It Say That? Learning to Love Indirect Evidence by Chris Staats. March 25.
  • Genealogy 101, a 3-Session Course in Beginning Genealogy - Part 1 by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. April 1.
  • American Revolution Genealogy by Beth Foulk. April 8.
  • Hookers, Crooks, and Kooks - Aunt Merle Didn't Run a Boarding House by Jana Sloan Broglin. April 10.
  • Ten Genealogical Lessons I Learned the Hard Way by Warren Bittner. April 15.
  • D-I-V-O-R-C-E! by Judy Russell. April 22.
  • Using Legacy with Specialized Studies - Legacy is for more than your family history by Tessa Keough. April 29.
  • Genealogy 101, a 3-Session Course in Beginning Genealogy - Part 2 by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. May 6.
  • After You're Gone - Future-Proofing Your Genealogy Research by Thomas MacEntee (bonus webinar for annual/monthly webinar subscribers only). May 8.
  • GenealogyBank - The Power of Finding Our Ancestor's Stories by Tom Kemp. May 13.
  • Martha Benshura - Enemy Alien by Judy Russell. May 20.
  • Migration Patterns East of the Mississippi Prior to 1860 by Mary Hill. May 27.
  • Genealogy 101, a 3-Session Course in Beginning Genealogy - Part 3 by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. June 3.
  • Tips for Planning a Successful Seminar by Jana Sloan Broglin. June 10.
  • 10 Tips for Using Legacy with Specialized Studies by Tessa Keough. June 12.
  • The Secret Lives of Women - Researching Female Ancestors Using the Sources They Left Behind by Gena Philibert-Ortega. July 1.
  • Pinning Your Family History by Thomas MacEntee. July 8.
  • Making a Federal Case Out of It by Judy Russell (bonus webinar for annual/monthly webinar subscribers only). July 10.
  • Researching with Karen! by Karen Clifford. July 15.
  • Have Swedish Roots and Don't Know How to Get Started? by Kathy Meade. July 22.
  • Storyboard Your Family History by Lisa Alzo. July 29.
  • What's in a Name? Trouble! by Ron Arons. August 5.
  • Power Platting - Technology Tools to Create Pictures from Property Descriptions by Chris Staats. August 12.
  • Discovering Your Kentucky Ancestors by Mark Lowe. August 19.
  • Digital Family Reunions by Devin Ashby. August 21.
  • German Names and Naming Patterns by Jim Beidler. August 26.
  • Break Down Brick Walls in Eastern European Research - Tips, Tools and Tricks by Lisa Alzo. September 2.
  • Research Your Swedish Ancestors in Living Color Using ArkivDigital Online by Kathy Meade. September 9.
  • Genealogy Serendipity - Listening For Our Ancestors by Geoff Rasmussen. September 11.
  • Researching Your Dutch Ancestors by Yvette Hoitink. September 16.
  • Researching Your Ancestors in England and Wales by Kirsty Gray. September 23.
  • Using Periodicals to Find Your Ancestors by Gena Philibert-Ortega. September 30.
  • Wearables and Genealogy - Wacky and Wild or Worth the Wait by Thomas MacEntee. October 7.
  • Colonial Immigration - The English Pioneers of Early America by Beth Foulk. October 14.
  • Billions of Records, Billions of Stories by Devin Ashby. October 16.
  • What Happened to the State of Frankland - Using Tennessee's Pre-Statehood Records by Mark Lowe. October 21.
  • Complex Evidence - What is It? How Does it Work? And Why Does it Matter? by Warren Bittner. October 28.
  • Researching with Karen! by Karen Clifford. November 4.
  • Organizing Your Genetic Genealogy by Diahan Southard. November 11.
  • Bringing it All Together and Leaving a Permanent Record by Tom Kemp. November 13.
  • Mapping Madness by Ron Arons. November 18.
  • Stories in Stone - Cemetery Research by Gail Blankenau. December 2.
  • Thinking about Becoming an Accredited Genealogist? by Apryl Cox and Kelly Summers. December 9.
  • Pointing Fingers at Ancestors' Siblings - Breaking Down Brick Walls with Collateral Research by Marian Pierre-Louis. December 16.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Upcoming ISGS Webinars

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Join us on Tuesday, January 13, at 8:00 PM Central, when Lisa Louise Cooke will teach us how to unlock mysteries in our genealogy research Using Google Earth for Genealogy. To attend this webinar, register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2933074072977427457.

Last week's webinar, HeritageQuest Online - The Ins and Outs, presented by C. Ann Staley, CG, CGL, is now available to ISGS members in the Members Section of the ISGS website (http://ilgensoc.org/members.php).

Upcoming Webinars

January 13 – Using Google Earth for Genealogy
Presenter: Lisa Louise Cooke
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2933074072977427457

February 3 – Basic Scandinavian Research*
Presenter: Diana Smith
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6829079176792483329
* This webinar is held one week earlier than our regular schedule to accommodate those attending the FGS 2015 and RootsTech conferences

March 10 – Finding Your Femme Fatales: Exploring the Dark Side of Female Ancestors
Presenter: Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A.
Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/792741648604580353

For the complete list of upcoming webinars, visit http://ilgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=234.

And don't forget to spread the word! Forward this email onto your friends and colleagues, post the information to social media sites and/or your blog/website, or print out a few copies of our webinar flyer to hand out at your local society meetings. The flyer can be accessed at http://bit.ly/isgs2015webinarbrochure .

Support the ISGS Webinar program by making a financial contribution, which will help ISGS expand its educational offerings in a virtual manner. To learn why we need your help, or to make a contribution, please visit http://ilgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=345.

Please direct any questions to the ISGS Education Committee at isgseducation@ilgensoc.org.


The 2015 ISGS Webinar Series is Sponsored by FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org).

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Monday, December 15, 2014

Register for Webinar Wednesday - Connecting with Cousins You Never Knew You Had by Mary Kircher Roddy

Bagging a live one is often a bigger rush than finding the dead ones. Bagging a live one who knows something about family history is gold. In this webinar Mary will show how you can find distant relatives, perhaps ones you never knew existed. Rather than trolling surname or location lists for other researchers with a common interest, you will come away with the skills to identify specific people to look for. These people may not be active researchers, but might be the ones who inherited the family bible or box of photos, or maybe they can pass on some stories Grandma told them. Collecting and organizing the bits of data – a birthdate, a location, a maiden name – will help you connect with a “new” cousin. If you are as lucky as Mary has been, some of these new cousins will soon become old friends.
Join us for the live webinar Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 2pm Eastern U.S. Register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day. Before joining, please visit www.java.com to ensure you have the latest version of Java which our webinar software requires. When you join, if you receive a message that the webinar is full, you know we've reached the 1,000 limit, so we invite you to view the recording which should be published to the webinar archives within an hour or two of the event's conclusion.

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Mroddy-100Mary Roddy, a Certified Public Accountant, has been a genealogist for 13 years, becoming interested in the subject in anticipation of an extended trip to Ireland. She earned a certificate from the Genealogy and Family History program at the University of Washington in 2005. She is an active member of the Seattle Genealogical Society, having served in multiple board positions and on the seminar and education committees and is a regular facilitator on the SGS Brick Wall panel. She lectures frequently on various genealogical topics in the Seattle area. Her articles, “Mark Golden: A Case Study in World War II Research,” and “Sailing in Their Wake,” were published in Family Chronicle Magazine in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Her article, “Five Tips for Online Newspaper Research,” appeared in the June/July 2013 issue of Internet Genealogy. She presented her research on Mark Golden as part of the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree webinar series. She is currently working on a novel set in the San Francisco area in 1900 and 1901, based on stories of several of her ancestors and their associates which she discovered in her genealogical research.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Researching Your North Carolina Ancestors - Free webinar by Mark Lowe now online for limited time

The recording of today's webinar, "Researching Your North Carolina Ancestors," by Mark Lowe, is now available to view for free at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com. Lots of great comments:
  • The best webinar ever. I have so many ancestors from NC and this webinar has been one of the most helpful for me. J Mark always delivers. Thanks so much Geoff and J Mark for a great webinar. Very grateful for the Legacy webinars.
  • This was the most informative webinar EVER! Mark gave us so much to consider and so many websites that I will be busy forever! Thank you Legacy and Mark Lowe.
  • One of the best genealogy lectures I've ever attended anywhere! Thank you!
View the Recording at FamilyTreeWebinars.com
If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 38 minute recording of "Researching Your North Carolina Ancestors" is now available to view in our webinar archives.
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Legacy QuickGuide: North Carolina Genealogy - $2.95
Looking to find those elusive Tar Heel State ancestors? The North Carolina Genealogy Legacy QuickGuide™ contains useful information including a timeline of North Carolina history events, tips on North Carolina research strategy, outline of major immigrant groups, and more. Also included are links to websites and resources covering vital records, church records, census records, as well as general North Carolina resources. This handy 8-page PDF guide can be used on your computer or mobile device for anytime access.
North Carolina is home to many “firsts”: one of the original Thirteen Colonies; Virginia Dare, the first white child born in the New World; America’s first gold rush in Cabarrus County; the first public university in the United States, the University of North Carolina; and home to the Wright Brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk.
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Webinar Members get:
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Register for our upcoming webinars (free)
  • Bagging a Live One - Connecting with Cousins You Never Knew You Had by Mary Kircher Roddy. December 17.
  • Genealogy on the Go with iPads and Tablets by Lisa Louise Cooke. January 7.
  • Tracking Migration Using the Big 4 U.S. Record Sources by Mary Hill. January 14.
  • Expanding Your Research from a Single Fact by Marian Pierre-Louis. January 16.
  • My Genealogy DO-Over - A Year of Learning from Research Mistakes by Thomas MacEntee. January 21.
  • Getting Started in Scrapbooking by Susan Budge. January 28.
  • One-Place Studies - Tracing the History of a Community by Kirsty Gray. February 4.
  • Step-by-Step - Finding Confederate Soldiers and Their Records by Mark Lowe. February 6.
  • Zigzagging through German Church Records by Jim Beidler. February 11.
  • Researching Your New Zealand Ancestors by Jan Gow. February 18.
  • Tap Into Your Inner Private Eye - 9 Strategies for Finding Living Relatives by Lisa Louise Cooke. February 25.
  • Researching with Karen! by Karen Clifford. March 4.
  • Technology and Techniques for Differentiating Two People with the Same Name by Geoff Rasmussen. March 6.
  • Crafting Ancestor Profiles from Start to Finish by Lisa Alzo. March 11.
  • Irish Genealogical Records in the 17th-19th Centuries by Judy Wight. March 18.
  • Where Does It Say That? Learning to Love Indirect Evidence by Chris Staats. March 25.
  • Genealogy 101, a 3-Session Course in Beginning Genealogy - Part 1 by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. April 1.
  • American Revolution Genealogy by Beth Foulk. April 8.
  • Hookers, Crooks, and Kooks - Aunt Merle Didn't Run a Boarding House by Jana Sloan Broglin. April 10.
  • Ten Genealogical Lessons I Learned the Hard Way by Warren Bittner. April 15.
  • D-I-V-O-R-C-E! by Judy Russell. April 22.
  • Using Legacy with Specialized Studies - Legacy is for more than your family history by Tessa Keough. April 29.
  • Genealogy 101, a 3-Session Course in Beginning Genealogy - Part 2 by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. May 6.
  • After You're Gone - Future-Proofing Your Genealogy Research by Thomas MacEntee (bonus webinar for annual/monthly webinar subscribers only). May 8.
  • GenealogyBank - The Power of Finding Our Ancestor's Stories by Tom Kemp. May 13.
  • Martha Benshura - Enemy Alien by Judy Russell. May 20.
  • Migration Patterns East of the Mississippi Prior to 1860 by Mary Hill. May 27.
  • Genealogy 101, a 3-Session Course in Beginning Genealogy - Part 3 by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. June 3.
  • Tips for Planning a Successful Seminar by Jana Sloan Broglin. June 10.
  • 10 Tips for Using Legacy with Specialized Studies by Tessa Keough. June 12.
  • The Secret Lives of Women - Researching Female Ancestors Using the Sources They Left Behind by Gena Philibert-Ortega. July 1.
  • Pinning Your Family History by Thomas MacEntee. July 8.
  • Making a Federal Case Out of It by Judy Russell (bonus webinar for annual/monthly webinar subscribers only). July 10.
  • Researching with Karen! by Karen Clifford. July 15.
  • Have Swedish Roots and Don't Know How to Get Started? by Kathy Meade. July 22.
  • Storyboard Your Family History by Lisa Alzo. July 29.
  • What's in a Name? Trouble! by Ron Arons. August 5.
  • Power Platting - Technology Tools to Create Pictures from Property Descriptions by Chris Staats. August 12.
  • Discovering Your Kentucky Ancestors by Mark Lowe. August 19.
  • Digital Family Reunions by Devin Ashby. August 21.
  • German Names and Naming Patterns by Jim Beidler. August 26.
  • Break Down Brick Walls in Eastern European Research - Tips, Tools and Tricks by Lisa Alzo. September 2.
  • Research Your Swedish Ancestors in Living Color Using ArkivDigital Online by Kathy Meade. September 9.
  • Genealogy Serendipity - Listening For Our Ancestors by Geoff Rasmussen. September 11.
  • Researching Your Dutch Ancestors by Yvette Hoitink. September 16.
  • Researching Your Ancestors in England and Wales by Kirsty Gray. September 23.
  • Using Periodicals to Find Your Ancestors by Gena Philibert-Ortega. September 30.
  • Wearables and Genealogy - Wacky and Wild or Worth the Wait by Thomas MacEntee. October 7.
  • Colonial Immigration - The English Pioneers of Early America by Beth Foulk. October 14.
  • Billions of Records, Billions of Stories by Devin Ashby. October 16.
  • What Happened to the State of Frankland - Using Tennessee's Pre-Statehood Records by Mark Lowe. October 21.
  • Complex Evidence - What is It? How Does it Work? And Why Does it Matter? by Warren Bittner. October 28.
  • Researching with Karen! by Karen Clifford. November 4.
  • Organizing Your Genetic Genealogy by Diahan Southard. November 11.
  • Bringing it All Together and Leaving a Permanent Record by Tom Kemp. November 13.
  • Mapping Madness by Ron Arons. November 18.
  • Stories in Stone - Cemetery Research by Gail Blankenau. December 2.
  • Thinking about Becoming an Accredited Genealogist? by Apryl Cox and Kelly Summers. December 9.
  • Pointing Fingers at Ancestors' Siblings - Breaking Down Brick Walls with Collateral Research by Marian Pierre-Louis. December 16.
Click here to register. Or click here register for multiple webinars at the same time.
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Monday, December 8, 2014

2015 Legacy Family Tree Webinar Series announced

Millennia Corporation and FamilyTreeWebinars.com are pleased to announce that registration is now open for its 2015 Legacy Family Tree Webinar Series. Choose from 58 classes from genealogy's leading educators (approximately 87 hours of free genealogy education) on topics ranging from genealogy technology to in-depth research methodologies and evidence analysis. See the complete schedule below.
We've added several new features to our 2015 webinar series:
  • Evening webinars! For those who work during the day to support their genealogy habits, we have scheduled at least one evening webinar per month.
  • Popular speaker and writer, Marian Pierre-Louis, will guest-host our evening webinars.
  • Beginners series. Accredited Genealogist, Peggy Lauitzen, will present a three-class series designed especially for beginners.
  • Researching with Karen! series. Submit your research problem to Karen for a chance to have personalized recommendations explained during the live webinar.
  • Subscribers-only bonus webinars. Another new membership benefit for Annual and monthly webinar subscribers - private bonus webinars presented by Thomas MacEntee and Judy Russell.
  • See which webinars you have registered for (another perk for webinar subscribers). Just login and the green checkmarks appear!
Sign up for one or for all of them today (so you don't forget later) and you will receive a reminder email both one day and one hour prior to the live event.
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2015 Schedule
January 2015
  • Genealogy on the Go with iPads & Tablets by Lisa Louise Cooke. 1/7
  • Tracking Migration Using the Big 4 U.S. Record Sources by Mary Hill. 1/14
  • Expanding Your Research from a Single Fact by Marian Pierre-Louis. 1/16
  • My Genealogy DO-Over: A Year of Learning from Research Mistakes by Thomas MacEntee. 1/21
  • Getting Started in Scrapbooking by Susan Budge. 1/28
February 2015
  • Tracing the History of a Community by Kirsty Gray. 2/4
  • Step-by-Step: Finding Confederate Soldiers and Their Records by Mark Lowe. 2/6
  • Zigzagging through German Church Records by Jim Beidler. 2/11
  • Researching Your New Zealand Ancestors by Jan Gow. 2/18
  • Tap Into Your Iner Private Eye: 9 Strategies for Finding Living Relatives by Lisa Louise Cooke. 2/25
March 2015
  • Researching with Karen! by Karen Clifford. 3/4
  • Tools and Techniques for Differentiating Two People with the Same Name by Geoff Rasmussen. 3/6
  • Crafting Ancestor Profiles from Start to Finish by Lisa Alzo. 3/11
  • Irish Genealogical Records in the 17th-19th centuries by Judy Wight. 3/18
  • Where Does It Say That? Learning to Love Indirect Evidence by Chris Staats. 3/25
April 2015
  • Genealogy 101, a 3-Session Course in Beginning Genealogy - Part 1 by Peggy Lauritzen. 4/1
  • American Revolution Genealogy by Beth Foulk. 4/8
  • Isn't That Special: Hookers, Crooks, and Kooks by Jana Sloan Broglin. 4/10
  • Ten Genealogical Lessons I Learned the Hard Way by Warren Bittner. 4/15
  • D-I-V-O-R-C-E! by Judy Russell. 4/22
  • Using Legacy with Specialized Studies - Legacy is for more than your family history by Tessa Keough. 4/29
May 2015
  • Genealogy 101: A Three-Session Course in Beginning Genealogy, Part 2 by Peggy Lauritzen. 5/6
  • After You're Gone: Future-Proofing Your Genealogy Research (subscribers-only bonus webinar) by Thomas MacEntee. 5/8
  • GenealogyBank: The Power of Finding Our Ancestor's Stories by Tom Kemp. 5/13
  • Martha Benshura: Enemy Alien by Judy Russell. 5/20
  • Migration Patterns East of the Mississippi Prior to 1860 by Mary Hill. 5/27
June 2015
  • Genealogy 101: A Three-Session Course in Beginning Genealogy, Part 3 by Peggy Lauritzen. 6/3
  • Tips for Planning a Successful Seminar by Jana Sloan Broglin. 6/10
  • 10 Tips for Using Legacy with Specialized Studies by Tessa Keough. 6/12
July 2015
  • The Secret Lives of Women: Research Female Ancestors Using the Sources They Left Behind by Gena Philibert-Ortega. 7/1
  • Pinning Your Family History by Thomas MacEntee. 7/8
  • Making a Federal Case Out of It (subscribers-only bonus webinar) by Judy Russell. 7/10
  • Researching with Karen! by Karen Clifford. 7/15
  • Have Swedish Roots and Don't Know How to Get Started? by Kathy Meade. 7/22
  • Storyboard Your Family History by Lisa Alzo. 7/29
August 2015
  • What's in a Name? Trouble! by Ron Arons. 8/5
  • Power Platting: Technology Tools to Create Pictures from Property Descriptions by Chris Staats. 8/12
  • Discovering Your Kentucky Ancestors by Mark Lowe. 8/19
  • Digital Family Reunions by Devin Ashby. 8/21
  • German Names and Naming Patterns by Jim Beidler. 8/26
September 2015
  • Break Down Brick Walls in Eastern European Research: Tips, Tools, and Tricks by Lisa Alzo. 9/2
  • Research Your Swedish Ancestors in Living Color Using ArkivDigital Online by Kathy Meade. 9/9
  • Genealogy Serendipity - Listening For Our Ancestors by Geoff Rasmussen. 9/11
  • Researching Your Dutch Ancestors by Yvette Hoitink. 9/16
  • Researching Your Ancestors in England and Wales by Kirsty Gray. 9/23
  • Researching Your Ancestor in Periodicals by Gena Philibert-Ortega. 9/30
October 2015
  • Wearables and Genealogy: Wacky and Wild or Worth the Wait by Thomas MacEntee. 10/7
  • Colonial Immigration: The English Pioneers of Early America by Beth Foulk. 10/14
  • Billions of Records, Billions of Stories by Devin Ashby. 10/16
  • What Happend to the State of Frankland (Using Tennessee's Pre-Statehood Records) by Mark Lowe. 10/21
  • Complex Evidence: What Is It? How Does it Work? And Why Does it Matter? by Warren Bittner. 10/28
November 2015
  • Researching with Karen! by Karen Clifford. 11/4
  • Organizing Your Genetic Genealogy by Diahan Southard. 11/11
  • Bringing it All Together and Leaving a Permanent Record by Tom Kemp. 11/13
  • Mapping Madness by Ron Arons. 11/18
December 2015
  • Stories in Stone - Cemetery Research by Gail Blankenau. 12/2
  • Thinking about Becoming an Accredited Genealogist? by Apryl Cox and Kelly Summers. 12/9
  • Pointing Fingers at Your Siblings - Breaking Down Brick Walls with Collateral Research by Marian Pierre-Louis. 12/16

Register for Webinar Wednesday - Researching Your North Carolina Ancestors by Mark Lowe

If you have North Carolina ancestors, don't miss this week's free webinar with J. Mark Lowe, "Researching Your North Carolina Ancestors". If you don't have North Carolina Ancestors - you'll want to join us anyways, 1) it's Webinar Wednesday! and 2) it's Mark Lowe!
Webinar Description:
Understand the geographical and migration patterns that make NC hard to find. Learn which records will lead you to answers and how to find alternate records. Discover the records, repositories and the resources you need to find a tarheel ancestor.
Join us for the live webinar Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 2pm Eastern U.S. Register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day. Before joining, please visit www.java.com to ensure you have the latest version of Java which our webinar software requires. When you join, if you receive a message that the webinar is full, you know we've reached the 1,000 limit, so we invite you to view the recording which should be published to the webinar archives within an hour or two of the event's conclusion.
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About the presenter
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J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA is a full-time professional genealogist, author, and lecturer. While sharing personal experiences that help beginning and experienced researchers gain new skills and insights for research, he specializes in original records and manuscripts throughout the South. Mark lives in Robertson County, Tennessee that lies in northern Middle Tennessee along the Kentucky border. 
Lowe also serves as the Course Coordinator for ‘Research in the South’ at  IGHR (Samford University), for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG)  and is Director of the Regional In-depth Genealogical Studies Alliance (RIGS Alliance), learning sessions and hands-on research focusing on original documents and manuscripts at regional archives. Mark has worked on several genealogical television series including African American Lives 2Who Do You Think You Are? and UnXplained Events
Mark has published in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly (APGQ),National Genealogical Society Quarterly (NGSQ), the Genealogical Speakers’ GuildSPEAK!The Longhunter (So. Ky. Genealogical Society), The Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society Quarterly and other local society publications. His own publications include Robertson County Tennessee Marriage Book 2 1859-1873. He formerly was the President of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), President for the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), and Vice President of the Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSG). He is the former President of the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society. Mark is a Certified Genealogist and a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Society, and was awarded the Graham T. Smallwood award by the Association of Professional Genealogists.
Click here to view Mark's webinars in the archives.
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The webinar will be live on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at:
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  8. Listen via headset (USB headsets work best), your computer speakers, or by phone.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
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Sunday, December 7, 2014

So You Want a Website? Essential Steps to Creating Your Online Presence

A Free Webinar from APG


Presenter: Carla Cegielski

Date: Monday, December 8, 2014

Cost: Free! 

Webinar Description:  If you do not currently have a website for your business, this webinar is for you. Presenter Carla Cegielski will walk you step by step through the process of creating an effective business website. Topics covered include content, domain registration, choosing a platform and web host, user experience, and evaluating your web presence.

Essential Steps to Creating A Business Website from the Association of Professional GenealogistsAbout the Presenter: Carla S. Cegielski is a freelance web designer, researcher, and lecturer. She is currently the webmaster for the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Ohio Genealogical Society, and many others. She has been designing and maintaining websites since 1997.


REGISTER NOW: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/426952152

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  • Register today. Reserve your spot for this free webinar. A link to the webinar handout will be included in your confirmation email.
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  • Check your time. This webinar will be held live on Monday, December 8, 2014 at:
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This free webinar is sponsored by the Association of Professional Genealogists and is part of the ongoing APG Professional Development webinar series. We look forward to having you join us!

Friday, December 5, 2014

Voice Recognition Software for Genealogists - free webinar by Luana Darby now online for limited time

The recording of today's webinar, "Voice Recognition Software for Genealogists," by Luana Darby, is now available to view for free at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com. This was another of my personal favorites - genealogy AND technology! Lots of great comments:
  • What a fantastic webinar!!! I have been waiting for this one and it was as good as I hoped it would be! What a great speaker! I learned more than I thought was possible. This will be so good for my Legacy Family Tree and now I know I can use it for the books I write!! Thank you so VERY much!!!!
  • This is so cool!! I have two boxes of letters from my great grandmother to my grandparents, plus diaries dating back to 1895, that I've been attempting to transcribe. I had basically given up because I didn't think I would live long enough to finish because it was taking so long. This will make it so much easier. Hopefully, I'll now be able to get them transcribed before I die. :-)
  • Luana's presentation was excellent - thorough, exhaustive and demonstrated an extensive knowledge of voice recognition software. Appreciated the live demonstration of Dragon Naturally Speaking with Legacy.
View the Recording at FamilyTreeWebinars.com
If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 25 minute recording of "Family History for Kids" is now available to view in our webinar archives.
Coupon code
Use webinar coupon code - kids14 - for 10% off an annual or month webinar membership, valid through Tuesday, December 9, 2014.
Holiday Sale
Through December 31, 2014, take $10 off any new Legacy Family Tree software. Plus every Legacy QuickGuide and webinar CD have been discounted. No coupon required. Only at www.LegacyFamilyTreeStore.com.
Webinar Memberships/Subscriptions
Webinar Members get:
  • On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 196 classes, 287 hours of genealogy education)
  • On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 804 pages)
  • 5% off all products at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com (must be logged in at checkout)
  • Access to all future recordings for the duration of their membership
  • Chance for a members-only door prize during each live webinar
Introductory pricing:
  • Annual membership: $49.95/year (that's about the cost of 5 webinar CDs)
  • Monthly membership: $9.95/month
Register for our upcoming webinars (free)
  • Researching Your North Carolina Ancestors by J. Mark Lowe. December 10.
  • Bagging a Live One - Connecting with Cousins You Never Knew You Had by Mary Kircher Roddy. December 17.
  • Genealogy on the Go with iPads and Tablets by Lisa Louise Cooke. January 7.
  • Tracking Migration Using the Big 4 U.S. Record Sources by Mary Hill. January 14.
  • Expanding Your Research from a Single Fact by Marian Pierre-Louis. January 16.
  • My Genealogy DO-Over - A Year of Learning from Research Mistakes by Thomas MacEntee. January 21.
  • Getting Started in Scrapbooking by Susan Budge. January 28.
Click here to register. Or click here register for multiple webinars at the same time.
See you online!