Thomas MacEntee came through again for us today in his fantastic webinar, Building a Research Toolbox. One of our viewers commented, "I wish I had this info when I started my research. A MUST FOR ALL, NOT JUST GENEALOGISTS!" Another commented, "Many new and VERY useable sites given, esp. Evernote, Weebly, and the Link Valet!" Right on viewers!

View the recording

If you could not make it to the live event earlier today, the 1 hour 28 minute recording of Building a Research Toolbox is now available in our webinar archives. Visit www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp to watch. The free recording will be available until April 18, 2011.

Pre-order the webinar-on-CD - includes 5 pages of handouts

Own your own copy of Building a Research Toolbox by purchasing the webinar-on-CD for just $9.95. It includes the recording of the class (1 hour 28 minutes), the complete Q/A session, and five pages of handouts. Click here for more information or to purchase.

Special Discount Coupon

The special discount coupon of toolbox that was announced during the webinar is valid for 10% off anything in our online store through Monday, April 11, 2011.

Viewers' comments

• An incredible amount covered in such a short time.  Excellent content.  Thomas is such a good speaker.
• Best one yet!
• Tons of great information and examples of websites to use to help organize research! Great Job!
• Excellent overview. As a "power user" I knew about some of the tools, but not all, and I learned new things about familiar websites.
• Excellent. Learned so much more than today's topic alone. I really enjoy the extra tidbits Thomas MacEntee presents and that he is so generous in sharing his resources! Pleasure to participate in his webinars!!
• Fantastic...but my head is spinning. I thought I was organized, but this webinar has prooved me WRONG! Now to get to work on redoing my thought process and get Organized. Thank you so very much for this opportunity.
• Great info.  I wish you had done this one long ago.
• Great information, as always!  Every webinar seems to have a few 'jewels' that absolutely make it worth taking the time to watch the webinar.  I'd add that it is also worth watching 'again and again' via the DVDs.
• Great!! I got lots of terrific info out of this webinar! Loved the tip on passwords as well as discussion on various storage containers. Thank you!
• I always hope to learn something, but today my expectations were exceeded.  i learned a lot - even with regard to things I'm already using.  Great presenter, great info.
• I loved the password trick!   Thanks!
• It sure beats windows favorites for organizing links. Once I build my genealogy research toolbox, I am going to build one for each of my other hobbies.
• Many new and VERY useable sites given, esp. Evernote, Weebly, and the Link Valet!
• I wish I had this info when I started my research.  A MUST FOR ALL, NOT JUST GENEALOGIST!
• Thrilled with the excellent presentation by Thomas MacEntee. I learned lots and will certainly be purchasing the CD for future reference. Questions asked by the audience were also helpful.
• Thomas was very professional but always very friendly and honest with his responses. He and Geoff Rasmussen worked well together.
• Very interesting.  I now have a much better idea of how to set up my favourites, bookmarks, etc. and will be checking out several of the options presented.  Thank you very much for the webinar.

Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

• Building a Research Toolbox, with Thomas MacEntee - Wednesday, April 6, 2011
• Dropbox for Genealogists, with Thomas MacEntee - Thursday, April 21, 2011
• Preserving Family Photographs: 1839 to the Present - Wednesday, May 4, 2011
• Further Your Research and Unify Your Family Reunion with Beautiful Genealogy Charts with Janet Hovorka - Wednesday, May 11, 2011
• Ready, Set, Write! Share Your Family's Story with Lisa Alzo - Wednesday, June 29, 2011
• The Power of DNA in Unlocking Family Relationships with Ugo Perego - Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Click here to register.

Whether you say it maravilloso, wonderlijk, or merveilleux, it all describes this week's new, free collection updates at FamilySearch.org—marvelous!

Researchers with Netherlands roots are going to have a heyday perusing the 9 million new digital images for the Netherlands Civil Registration, 1792 to 1952, collection. If your Netherlands ancestors headed south to Belgium, you might find them in the 1.5 million new records added to the Belgium Civil Registration, 1795–1910, online collection. And how about Canada, Chile, Slovakia, and South Africa, with another million records added between them? The wildly popular Ohio County Marriage collection just received a boost of 596,000 images of marriage certificates and an updated index. That means that about 76 percent of Ohio's county marriages can now be searched online for free. Vermont and Wisconsin collections got a boost this week as well. See the table below for more details. You can search all of the record collections now for free at FamilySearch.org.

It is also worthy to note that the 1881 England and Wales Census index received significant enhancements this week. Searchable fields were added for county, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish, occupation, disability, and folio/page numbers. These additional fields will help users more easily identify the person they are seeking. Even of greater worth is the fact that households are now grouped together so users can see the family in context. The index is linked to the images on findmypast.com.

If you are enjoying the steady stream of free records added weekly, please consider "giving back" as a FamilySearch volunteer. You can start and stop volunteering at any time. Find out more at indexing.familysearch.org. [And view Legacy's FamilySearch Indexing webinars at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp].

FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources free online at FamilySearch.org or through over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Anyone with an interest in mapping and genealogy needs to view this webinar. Mapping Software for Genealogists was presented by Legacy Family Tree webinar host, Geoff Rasmussen (that's me!), in our inaugural webinar last September. The webinar teaches about the four essential mapping software programs for genealogists. The new webinar-on-CD is now available for just $9.95.

Viewing a webinar-on-CD is like having your own private genealogy instructor in your home - anytime! Just insert the CD into your computer's CD or DVD drive and enjoy personal training from the industry's finest teachers. The video topics are bookmarked so you can quickly jump from topic to topic or just watch it straight through. You can pause, rewind, or fast-forward at your leisure.

Webinar Topics

Learn about the best genealogy software for mapping your ancestors: AniMap, Centennia, Map My Family Tree, and Legacy Family Tree.

AniMap. (U.S. & Canada): learn how to find the correct county for the time period, and perform radius searches (list all cemeteries/churches within 10 miles of a place).

Centennia software (Europe and Middle East): Have you ever wondered about the changing country borders in Europe? Have ancestors in Germany, Poland, or Prussia? Which is it? Centennia software shows the changing country borders from the 11th century to the present in Europe and the Middle East.

Map My Family Tree software (entire world): plot your ancestors on a map of the world, track family migrations, plot to Google Earth, use the time scroll bar to dynamically select which time period you want displayed on your map and more.

Legacy Family Tree’s mapping tools

...and other tips and tricks along the way

Purchase for just $9.95

Own your own copy of Mapping Software for Genealogists by purchasing the webinar-on-CD for just $9.95. The CD includes the recording of the class (1 hour 4 minutes), the complete Q/A session, and the four pages of handouts.

Register for our upcoming webinars (free) at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp.

• Building a Research Toolbox, with Thomas MacEntee - Wednesday, April 6, 2011
• Dropbox for Genealogists, with Thomas MacEntee - Thursday, April 21, 2011
• Preserving Family Photographs: 1839 to the Present - Wednesday, May 4, 2011
• Further Your Research and Unify Your Family Reunion with Beautiful Genealogy Charts, with Janet Hovorka - Wednesday, May 11, 2011
• Google Docs for Genealogists, with Thomas MacEntee - Wednesday, May 18, 2011
• Google Forms for Genealogists, with Thomas MacEntee - Wednesday, June 1, 2011
• Ready, Set, Write! Share Your Family's Story, with Lisa Alzo - Wednesday, June 29, 2011
• The Power of DNA in Unlocking Family Relationships, with Ugo Perego - Wednesday, July 13, 2011