The recording of today's webinar, "What Happened to the State of Frankland - Using Tennessee's Pre-Statehood Records" by Mark Lowe is now available to view for free for a limited time at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com.

Learn about the records (North Carolina & Tennessee) that exist for genealogists researching pre-statehood Tennessee (before 1796). Record types, finding aids, locations, and examples will be discussed and presented.

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 45 minute recording of "What Happened to the State of Frankland - Using Tennessee's Pre-Statehood Records" PLUS the after-party is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. Or watch it at your convenience with an annual or monthly webinar membership.

Holiday Sale

Through December 31, 2015, take $10 off any new Legacy Family Tree software. Plus discounts on Legacy QuickGuides, add-on software, how-to books and more have been discounted. No coupon required. Only at www.LegacyFamilyTreeStore.com.

Legacy QuickGuide: Tennessee Genealogy 2.95

Click here to purchase for 2.95.

Webinar Memberships/Subscriptions

Webinar Members get:

• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 288 classes, 434 hours of genealogy education)
• On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 1,260 pages)
• On-demand access to the live webinars' chat logs
• 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
• Access to register for bonus members-only webinars
• Ability to view which webinars you are registered for
• Use of the playlist, resume watching, and jump-to features

Introductory pricing:

• Annual membership: $49.95/year
• Monthly membership: $9.95/month

Click here to subscribe.

Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

• Tap Into Your Inner Private Eye - 9 Strategies for Finding Living Relatives by Lisa Louise Cooke. January 6.
• Technology and Techniques for Differentiating Two People with the Same Name by Geoff Rasmussen. January 13.
• Snagit Software for Genealogists by Michael Brophy. January 15.
• The Basics of Virginia Research by Shannon Combs-Bennett. January 20.
• The Paper-Less Genealogist by Denise May Levenick. January 27.
• 7 Unique Technologies for Genealogy Discoveries at MyHeritage by Mike Mansfield. 1/29.
• The Scots-Irish in America by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. February 10.
• Getting Started with Microsoft Word by Thomas MacEntee. February 17.
• Problem Solving with FANs by Beth Foulk. February 19.
• A Guided Tour of Cyndi's List 2.0 by Cyndi Ingle. February 24.
• The War of 1812 Records - Preserving the Pensions by Michael Hall. March 2.
• Making YDNA and mtDNA Part of Your Family History by Diahan Southard. March 4.
• How Do I Know That's My Ancestor? by Amy Johnson Crow. March 9.
• The Private Laws of the Federal and State Governments by Judy Russell. March 16.
• Introduction to German Parish Records by Gail Blankenau. March 23.
• Proof Arguments - How to Write Them and Why They Matter by Warren Bittner. March 30.
• Getting to Know Findmypast - Your Source for British and Irish Genealogy by Jen Baldwin. April 6.
• Confirming Enslaved Ancestors Utilizing DNA by Melvin Collier. April 8.
• U.S. Land Records - State Land States by Mary Hill. April 13.
• Fire Insurance Maps - The Google Maps of Their Day by Jill Morelli. April 20.
• England and Wales - Rummaging in the Parish Chests by Kirsty Gray. April 27.
• Google Drive for Genealogists by Thomas MacEntee. May 4.
• Dirty Pictures - Save Your Family Photos from Ruin by Denise Levenick. May 11.
• Messages from the Grave - Listening to Your Ancestor's Tombstone by Elissa Scalise Powell. May 13.
• Mining the Über-sites for German Ancestors by Jim Beidler. May 18.
• Discover American Ancestors (NEHGS) by Lindsay Fulton. May 25.
• Get the Most from AmericanAncestors.org by Claire Vail. June 1.
• Researching Your Washington State Ancestors by Mary Roddy. June 8.
• Introduction to the Freedmen's Bureau by Angela Walton-Raji. June 10.
• Ticked Off! Those Pesky Pre-1850 Census Tic Marks by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. June 15.
• Digging Deeper in German Parish Records by Gail Blankenau. June 22.
• Circles or Triangles? What Shape is Your DNA? by Diahan Southard. June 29.
• Navigating Naturalization Records by Lisa Alzo. July 6.
• A Genealogist's Guide to Heraldry by Shannon Combs-Bennett. July 13.
• Finding French Ancestors by Luana Darby. July 15.
• Organize Your Online Life by Lisa Louise Cooke. July 20.
• Researching Women - Community Cookbooks and What They Tell Us About Our Ancestors by Gena Philibert-Ortega. July 27.
• The Germanic French - Researching Alsatian and Lorrainian Families by John Philip Colletta. July 30.
• Solutions for Missing and Scarce Records by Tom Jones. July 30.
• Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint by Thomas MacEntee. August 3.
• The Battle for Bounty Land - War of 1812 and Mexican-American Wars by Beth Foulk. August 10.
• Homestead Act of 1862 - Following the Witnesses by Bernice Bennett. August 12.
• Successfully Applying to a Lineage Society by Amy Johnson Crow. August 17.
• Using Findmypast to Unlock Your Irish Ancestry by Brian Donovan. August 24.
• The Treasure Trove in Legislative Petitions by Judy Russell. September 14.
• Clooz - A Document-Based Software Companion by Richard Thomas. September 16.
• How to Use FamilySearch.org for Beginners by Devin Ashby. September 21.
• Beginning Polish Genealogy by Lisa Alzo and Jonathan Shea. September 28.
• AHA! Analysis of Handwriting for Genealogical Research by Ron Arons. October 5.
• Time and Place - Using Genealogy's Cross-Hairs by Jim Beidler. October 12.
• Finding Your Ancestors' German Hometown by Ursula Krause. October 14.
• Social History Websites That Bring Your Ancestor's Story to Life by Gena Philibert-Ortega. October 19.
• Flip for Flickr - Share, Store and Save Your Family Photos by Maureen Taylor. October 26.
• Analysis and Correlation - Two Keys to Sound Conclusions by Chris Staats. November 2.
• Publishing a Genealogy E-Book by Thomas MacEntee. November 9.
• Dating Family Photographs by Jane Neff Rollins. November 16.
• Nature & Nurture - Family History for Adoptees by Janet Hovorka and Amy Slade. November 18.
• Multi-Media Story Telling by Devin Ashby. November 30.
• Becoming a Genealogy Detective by Sharon Atkins. December 7.
• From the Heartland - Utilizing Online Resources in Midwest Research by Luana Darby. December 14.
• Tracing Your European Ancestors by Julie Goucher. December 16.
• An Introduction to BillionGraves by Garth Fitzner. December 21.

Click here to register.

Print the 2016 webinar brochure here.

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If you have been following along with my previous blog posts - 10 Easy Steps to Organizing Family Photos Part I and Part II - you are ready to begin scanning, preserving and sharing those wonderful family photos you just organized.

1. Make a Plan

You need to decide on several things before you even begin to scan your photos. How will you organize your images on your computer? Will you organize by date? By event? By family? By surname? How will you name your files? What format will you use to scan your photos? What resolution should you scan in? What kind of scanner should you use? What is the end goal for your digital images? Are you burning the images to a CD-rom? Saving them to the cloud? The options are endless and you need to have some idea of how you will tackle each of these questions before you begin.

Photo credit: Lorine McGinnis Schulze

In the steps below I am going to walk you through making these decisions and starting your scanning project. It’s important that you realize there are many ways to tackle a project such as this one. That means many of your decisions are going to be personal choices.

2. Decide on your Folder Hierarchy

Create your electronic file hierarchy system first, before you begin to reorganize the electronic documents you want to file within it. With your system in place, you easily can drag and drop files into the appropriate file folders, without stopping to create a new file folder.

Set up your file structure within one master folder; this makes backing up and moving stored files easier. I like to create a master folder within the “PICTURES” section of my Mac hard-drive. On my Windows 10 Computer I create a master folder by choosing File Explorer then Pictures Directory.

You may want to create an electronic file hierarchy structure that is the same as your paper file organization. This keeps data organized under one structure instead of trying to maintain multiple structures. Whatever method you choose, be consistent!

* Create subfolder categories. Depending how many photos I have for a surname (i.e. how many image files I end up with) I create subfolders. So for my Simpson family I would have a main folder labelled “Photos Simpson” and then subfolders for each of the children and the parents. In case you are wondering I start the folders with the word “Photos” so they are all together. But for my McGinnis family where I have very few photos I could just have a main folder for that surname.

There is a little “trick” you can use to cut down on your typing and at the same time be extremely consistent. If you set up your subfolders with the surname of each family (for example Simpson), and within each subfolder you have the identical subfolders of “Ancestor <name of ancestor>” “Parents” “Siblings” you can copy and paste these 3 subfolders into every surname folder you have created.

Using my Simpson surname folder as an example, my Simpson ancestor is my grandmother Ruth. I have photos of her, her parents, and all her siblings over many years. So in the subfolder “Ancestor Ruth” I put all photos of Ruth from birth to marriage. In the subfolder “Parents” I put all photos of her parents. In “Siblings” I am going to create even more subfolders with the names of each of her siblings. I have too many photos of them to lump them all together.

3. Understand Scanning Resolution, Image Format & Color vs Black & White

Resolution (DPI): The higher the resolution (this is your DPI) the better the scan is. The downside is that higher resolutions are larger files and thus take up more room on your hard drive. DPI stands for dots per inch.

300 DPI is safe and will give you a decent digital image at the same size as the original photo. If you are going to enlarge your photo you will need to increase the DPI for scanning. 600 DPI is the most recommended for good quality

Remember that you cannot make a blurry photo clear no matter how high your DPI settings are.

Format: The most common image file formats (the most important for cameras, printing, scanning, and internet use) are JPG, TIF, PNG, and GIF

• JPG files are small, so they take up less room on your hard drive, but their quality is not as good as other formats. Each time you alter a jpg file the quality suffers.
• GIF – the downside is reduced colors. It uses compression and thus reduces quality.
• PNG is similar to TIF in that it is lossless but similiar to jpg and gif it is intended for the internet because of its compact files size.
• TIF is considered the highest quality file type because it is a "lossless" format (ie the file quality remains the same no matter how many times your save it).

The recommended format for photo scanning is TIF.

Color vs Black & White Scanning: Usually scanning in color works best, even for black and white photos. Some badly damaged black and white photos may be better scanned in black and white if you plan on editing or restoring the photos later.

We'll continue with 7 more steps to scanning, preserving and sharing your treasured photos in Part 2.

Be sure to see "Digital Images for Genealogists and Technologists: Scanning, Organizing, Editing, and Sharing Your Digital Images" by Geoff Rasmussen in the Legacy Webinar Library. You can also check out the Digital Imaging Essentials book by Geoff Rasmussen.

Lorine McGinnis Schulze is a Canadian genealogist who has been involved with genealogy and history for more than thirty years. In 1996 Lorine created the Olive Tree Genealogy website and its companion blog. Lorine is the author of many published genealogical and historical articles and books.

In our last live webinar of 2015, Mark Lowe will teach us about something that even here in America, little of us know anything about - the state of Frankland.

You will learn about the records (North Carolina & Tennessee) that exist for genealogists researching pre-statehood Tennessee (before 1796). Record types, finding aids, locations, and examples will be discussed and presented.

Join us and Certified Genealogist, Mark Lowe, for the live webinar Friday, December 18, 2015 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

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 includingAfrican American Lives 2, Who 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’ Guild SPEAK!, The Longhunter (So. Ky. Genealogical Society), The Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society Quarterlyand 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.

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We look forward to seeing you all there!

The recording of today's webinar, "Pointing Fingers at Ancestors Siblings: Breaking Down Brick Walls with Collateral Research" by Marian Pierre-Louis is now available to view for free for a limited time at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com.

Your brick wall is giving you countless headaches and troubles. Perhaps it's time to take a fresh look at different people in your family tree. In this webinar we will talk about doing in-depth research on cousins and siblings in order to remove genealogy obstacles.

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 57 minute recording of "Pointing Fingers at Ancestors Siblings: Breaking Down Brick Walls with Collateral Research" PLUS the after-party is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. Or watch it at your convenience with an annual or monthly webinar membership.

Holiday Sale

Through December 31, 2015, take $10 off any new Legacy Family Tree software. Plus discounts on Legacy QuickGuides, add-on software, how-to books and more have been discounted. No coupon required. Only at www.LegacyFamilyTreeStore.com.

Legacy QuickGuide: Unraveling Brick Wall Mysteries 2.95

Click here to purchase for 2.95.

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Webinar Members get:

• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 287 classes, 433 hours of genealogy education)
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• 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
• Access to register for bonus members-only webinars
• Ability to view which webinars you are registered for
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Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

• What Happened to the State of Frankland - Using Tennessee's Pre-Statehood Records by Mark Lowe. December 18.
• Tap Into Your Inner Private Eye - 9 Strategies for Finding Living Relatives by Lisa Louise Cooke. January 6.
• Technology and Techniques for Differentiating Two People with the Same Name by Geoff Rasmussen. January 13.
• Snagit Software for Genealogists by Michael Brophy. January 15.
• The Basics of Virginia Research by Shannon Combs-Bennett. January 20.
• The Paper-Less Genealogist by Denise May Levenick. January 27.
• The Scots-Irish in America by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. February 10.
• Getting Started with Microsoft Word by Thomas MacEntee. February 17.
• Problem Solving with FANs by Beth Foulk. February 19.
• A Guided Tour of Cyndi's List 2.0 by Cyndi Ingle. February 24.
• The War of 1812 Records - Preserving the Pensions by Michael Hall. March 2.
• Making YDNA and mtDNA Part of Your Family History by Diahan Southard. March 4.
• How Do I Know That's My Ancestor? by Amy Johnson Crow. March 9.
• The Private Laws of the Federal and State Governments by Judy Russell. March 16.
• Introduction to German Parish Records by Gail Blankenau. March 23.
• Proof Arguments - How to Write Them and Why They Matter by Warren Bittner. March 30.
• Getting to Know Findmypast - Your Source for British and Irish Genealogy by Jen Baldwin. April 6.
• Confirming Enslaved Ancestors Utilizing DNA by Melvin Collier. April 8.
• U.S. Land Records - State Land States by Mary Hill. April 13.
• Fire Insurance Maps - The Google Maps of Their Day by Jill Morelli. April 20.
• England and Wales - Rummaging in the Parish Chests by Kirsty Gray. April 27.
• Google Drive for Genealogists by Thomas MacEntee. May 4.
• Dirty Pictures - Save Your Family Photos from Ruin by Denise Levenick. May 11.
• Messages from the Grave - Listening to Your Ancestor's Tombstone by Elissa Scalise Powell. May 13.
• Mining the Über-sites for German Ancestors by Jim Beidler. May 18.
• Discover American Ancestors (NEHGS) by Lindsay Fulton. May 25.
• Get the Most from AmericanAncestors.org by Claire Vail. June 1.
• Researching Your Washington State Ancestors by Mary Roddy. June 8.
• Introduction to the Freedmen's Bureau by Angela Walton-Raji. June 10.
• Ticked Off! Those Pesky Pre-1850 Census Tic Marks by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. June 15.
• Digging Deeper in German Parish Records by Gail Blankenau. June 22.
• Circles or Triangles? What Shape is Your DNA? by Diahan Southard. June 29.
• Navigating Naturalization Records by Lisa Alzo. July 6.
• A Genealogist's Guide to Heraldry by Shannon Combs-Bennett. July 13.
• Finding French Ancestors by Luana Darby. July 15.
• Organize Your Online Life by Lisa Louise Cooke. July 20.
• Researching Women - Community Cookbooks and What They Tell Us About Our Ancestors by Gena Philibert-Ortega. July 27.
• The Germanic French - Researching Alsatian and Lorrainian Families by John Philip Colletta. July 30.
• Solutions for Missing and Scarce Records by Tom Jones. July 30.
• Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint by Thomas MacEntee. August 3.
• The Battle for Bounty Land - War of 1812 and Mexican-American Wars by Beth Foulk. August 10.
• Homestead Act of 1862 - Following the Witnesses by Bernice Bennett. August 12.
• Successfully Applying to a Lineage Society by Amy Johnson Crow. August 17.
• Using Findmypast to Unlock Your Irish Ancestry by Brian Donovan. August 24.
• The Treasure Trove in Legislative Petitions by Judy Russell. September 14.
• Clooz - A Document-Based Software Companion by Richard Thomas. September 16.
• How to Use FamilySearch.org for Beginners by Devin Ashby. September 21.
• Beginning Polish Genealogy by Lisa Alzo and Jonathan Shea. September 28.
• AHA! Analysis of Handwriting for Genealogical Research by Ron Arons. October 5.
• Time and Place - Using Genealogy's Cross-Hairs by Jim Beidler. October 12.
• Finding Your Ancestors' German Hometown by Ursula Krause. October 14.
• Social History Websites That Bring Your Ancestor's Story to Life by Gena Philibert-Ortega. October 19.
• Flip for Flickr - Share, Store and Save Your Family Photos by Maureen Taylor. October 26.
• Analysis and Correlation - Two Keys to Sound Conclusions by Chris Staats. November 2.
• Publishing a Genealogy E-Book by Thomas MacEntee. November 9.
• Dating Family Photographs by Jane Neff Rollins. November 16.
• Nature & Nurture - Family History for Adoptees by Janet Hovorka and Amy Slade. November 18.
• Multi-Media Story Telling by Devin Ashby. November 30.
• Becoming a Genealogy Detective by Sharon Atkins. December 7.
• From the Heartland - Utilizing Online Resources in Midwest Research by Luana Darby. December 14.
• Tracing Your European Ancestors by Julie Goucher. December 16.
• An Introduction to BillionGraves by Garth Fitzner. December 21.

Click here to register.

Print the 2016 webinar brochure here.

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Which of your ancestors were alive in 1939? Or in 1880? Or in 1861? Or in fill in the blank?

With the recent announcement of the new 1939 Register for England and Wales lots of us (myself included) are wondering if our cousins are included in this wonderful collection. A special tool in Legacy Family Tree makes it simple to know who would have been alive and living somewhere in England in 1939. OR, who would have been alive to be counted in the 1880 U.S. census? OR, who would have been alive at the start of the Civil War? OR, fill in the blank....

Here's how to get a list of who would have been alive on a certain date.

1) In Legacy Family Tree go to Search > Census List.

2) Fill in the place (England), the date (1939), and deselect the age and gender options (since we're looking for everyone in 1939 in England) and click the Create a Search List button.

My Search List shows 44 individuals:

Instead of clicking on the Create a Search List button, clicking on the Preview a Census List Report displays the results in this format:

Here, the birth date, death date, age on date, and possible location (with a percentage of likelihood they would be found there) are shown.

And it keeps getting better. Before printing the report, turn on the options for "include married names for wives" and "include surrounding relatives". Both options would make it easier to find them in the records.

This so-called "Census List" report really could be renamed to "Who Was Alive On?" What other ways could the report be used?

• Who was alive during the ____ War (now look for their military records)?
• Who was alive when the printing press was invented?
• Who was alive during the great potato famine?
• Who could I find on the 1892 New York state census?
• And so on...

The Census List tool is a deluxe feature of Legacy Family Tree. To upgrade to Legacy Deluxe, click here.

We're excited to add the Clooz 3 software to our Legacy add-on collection. Clooz has long been known as "the software" with the census forms that can be filled in. But it can help do much more:

• Organize and analyze your documents
• Supplement Legacy Family Tree software with a true document-based research approach
• See how documents combine to reveal connections between people in the "Composite View"

Here's an example of the 1940 U.S. census form:

And the 1911 UK Census form:

• Document templates provide structure for extracted data.
• Link people or businesses to documents.
• Merge people records when they are determined to represent the same person (method to separate as well).
• Quick capture of source information and document text using drag/drop and copy/paste operations.
• Variations in surnames are listed on the main display for easy identification.
• Research log for planning and tracking work. Results can be instantly transformed into a document record.
• Import people and sources from Legacy. Export to Legacy. Record ID numbers are maintained for cross-referencing.
• Over 200 different report formats, which can be printed or exported as Adobe PDF, MS Excel, MS Word, rich text (rtf) or XML files.
• Detailed user's manual (PDF), which also serves as the help file within the program. Free video training series.
• Program software is updated automatically with fixes and enhancements.
• Excellent support by email, response usually provided the same day.

• Generic Censuses: head of household, every member
• Canadian Censuses: 1851-1945, Agricultural 1861, 1871, + others
• French Censuses: 1831-1901
• German Census: 1819 Mecklenburg Schwerin
• Irish Censuses: 1901-1911
• Norwegian Censuses: 1801, 1865, 1875, 1900
• UK Censuses: 1841-1911
• US Censuses: 1790-1940, Mortality, Agricultural & Manufacture 1850-1885
• Census Substitutes: Directories, Tax Record, Voter's List, Irish Valuation
• Documents: Generic Document, Birth Record, Correspondence, Death Record, Deed, Funeral/Burial Record, Marriage Record, Naturalization, Passenger Lists, SSDI

Technical Specs

• Windows 10, Windows 8 (no WinRT), Windows 7, SP1, Windows Vista, SP2, Windows XP SP3
• 2 GB RAM
• Mouse, keyboard
• 300 MB disk space

Watch the Webinar

We've added the Clooz video training to our webinar library so if you want to see what it's all about, or get some in-depth training, check it out here.

Purchase Clooz

Clooz 3 is available to purchase for 39.95.

Your brick wall is giving you countless headaches and troubles. Perhaps it's time to take a fresh look at different people in your family tree. In this webinar we will talk about doing in-depth research on cousins and siblings in order to remove genealogy obstacles. This is the follow-up webinar to the infamous Brick Walls: Cracking the Case of Nathan Brown's Parents webinar.

Join us and Marian Pierre-Louis for the live webinar Wednesday, December 16, 2015 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 presenters

Marian Pierre-Louis is a genealogical writer and speaker who specializes in southern New England research (Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts). Born and raised in Connecticut, she has lived in Massachusetts for almost 20 years. Marian has three generations of recent family ties to Rhode Island and also links to some very old Rhode Island lines.  As a result, these three states have become the focus of her research activity. Unlike most genealogists, Marian is spoiled to spend most of her time working with original records.  You will most often find her researching at a town hall, registry of deeds, probate court or the local cemetery. It’s a rare day that Marian has to sit in front of a microfilm reader.

Marian is actively engaged in social media. You can find her starting conversations on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. She frequently speaks on New England topics including house history research, social media, African American research and a broad range of genealogical topics. She is the author of several blogs including: Marian's Roots & Rambles and The New England House Historian. She is the host of the Internet radio shows,  FieldstoneCommon and The Genealogy Professional podcast.

Her website is www.FieldstoneHistoricResearch.com.

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We have another great new update for our Legacy Family Tree 8 users (free) for you to download. It provides:

• 205 brand new and updated Research Guidance suggestions,
• the 1939 England and Wales Register SourceWriter template,
• the ability to connect a standardized location when sharing information to FamilySearch's Family Tree,
• fixes to some minor issues you have reported to us,

So download the update to get the best Legacy ever!

See the download instructions below for step-by-step instructions on installing this update.

What's New

1939 England and Wales Register SourceWriter template. Read all about it here.

Add standardized locations to FamilySearch. This screen now appears when you are sharing information with FamilySearch's Family Tree and your place doesn't match one of their standardized places. You can choose to "map" yours to theirs, or leave it as is. Learn more about how Legacy can synchronize your data with FamilySearch here.

Research Guidance. Legacy's exclusive, built-in Research Guidance, takes a look at what you already know about an ancestor, then gives you a prioritized list of research links and suggestions - all based on when and where your ancestor lived. Beginners love the guidance; experienced researchers love the checklist as a way to not overlook potential sources. Below is the list of new and updated Research Guidance sources added in this update. Click here for an overview of using Research Guidance.

New / updated (205)

Victoria - Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages (repository)
Victoria Civil Registration
1939 Register of England and Wales
Italy Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900
Italy Deaths and Burials, 1809-1900
Italy Marriages, 1809-1900
Italy, Agrigento, Agrigento, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1942
Italy, Agrigento, Sciacca, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1861-1929
Italy, Ancona, Ancona, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1862-1929
Italy, Arezzo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1314-1934
Italy, Ascoli Piceno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1740-1880, 1915-1919
Italy, Asti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1803-1814, 1911-1935
Italy, Asti, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Avellino, Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Bari, Bari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Bari, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1908
Italy, Bari, Trani, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Benevento, Arcidiocesi di Benevento, Catholic Church Records, 1575-1908
Italy, Benevento, Benevento, Civil Registration (Comune), 1861-1929
Italy, Bergamo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1901
Italy, Biella, Borriana, Catholic Church Records, 1740-1938
Italy, Bologna, Bologna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1943
Italy, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Caltanissetta, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1935
Italy, Campobasso, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1918
Italy, Caserta, Gricignano d'Aversa, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Caserta, Sant'Arpino, Civil Registration (Comune), 1876-1980
Italy, Caserta, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Catania, Arcidiocesi di Catania, Catholic Church Records, 1515-1941
Italy, Catania, Caltagirone, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1861-1941
Italy, Catania, Catania, Civil Registration (Comune), 1820-1905
Italy, Catania, Catania, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Catania, Diocesi di Acireale, Catholic Church Records, 1560-1950
Italy, Catania, Diocesi di Caltagirone, Catholic Church Records, 1502-1942
Italy, Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Catanzaro, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865
Italy, Como, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1815, 1850-1927
Italy, Como, Como, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Cosenza, Castrovillari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Cosenza, Paola, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Cosenza, Rossano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Cremona, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1744-1942
Italy, Cuneo, Alba, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941
Italy, Cuneo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1795-1915
Italy, Cuneo, Saluzzo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1942
Italy, Enna, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1944
Italy, Foggia, Lucera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Forlì-Cesena, Forlì, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1800-1815, 1866-1930
Italy, Frosinone, Cassino, Civil Registration (Comune), 1861-1930
Italy, Frosinone, Settefrati, Civil Registration (Comune), 1866-1929
Italy, Genova, Chiavari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1941
Italy, Genova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1796-1812, 1838-1859, 1866-1899
Italy, Genova, Genova, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Grosseto, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1851-1907
Italy, Imperia, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1785-1904
Italy, Imperia, San Remo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1805-1910
Italy, Imperia, Ventimiglia, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1913
Italy, L'Aquila, Camarda, Parrocchia di San Giovanni Battista, Catholic Church Records, 1606-1941
Italy, L'Aquila, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865, 1911-1943
Italy, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1824-1910
Italy, Lecco, Lecco, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Lucca, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1807-1814
Italy, Lucca, Lucca, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Macerata, Macerata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Mantova, Brede, Parrocchia di Santa Margherita vergine e martire, Catholic Church Records, 1568-1910
Italy, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1496-1906
Italy, Mantova, Mantova, Censuses (Comune), 1750-1900
Italy, Mantova, Mantova, Civil Registration (Comune), 1714-1910
Italy, Mantova, Mantova, Jewish Records, 1770-1899
Italy, Massa e Carrara, Massa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Matera, Matera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Messina, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1865
Italy, Messina, Messina, Civil Registration (Comune), 1866-1910
Italy, Messina, Messina, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1939
Italy, Messina, Mistretta, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1942
Italy, Messina, Naso, Civil Registration (Comune), 1820-1922
Italy, Messina, Patti, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1823-1941
Italy, Modena, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1942
Italy, Napoli, Acerra, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, Barano d'Ischia, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, Barano d'Ischia, Parrocchia di San Sebastiano Martire, Catholic Church Records, 1671-1929
Italy, Napoli, Casoria, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, Castellammare di Stabia, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1936
Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865
Italy, Napoli, Fontana, Parrocchia di Santa Maria della Mercede - La Sacra, Catholic Church Records, 1659-1929
Italy, Napoli, Forio, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1915
Italy, Napoli, Grumo Nevano, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, Ischia, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, Lacco Ameno, Civil Registration (Comune), 1813-1910
Italy, Napoli, Lacco Ameno, Parrocchia di SS. Annunziata in Santa Maria delle Grazie, Catholic Church Records, 1630-1929
Italy, Napoli, Marano di Napoli, Civil Registration (Comune), 1839-1929
Italy, Napoli, Melito di Napoli, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, Monte di Procida, Civil Registration (Comune), 1817-1929
Italy, Napoli, Mugnano, Civil Registration (Comune), 1810-1929
Italy, Napoli, Panza, Parrocchia di San Leonardo Abate, Catholic Church Records, 1670-1929
Italy, Napoli, Pomigliano d'Arco, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, Pomigliano d'Arco, Military Conscriptions (Comune), 1898-1929
Italy, Napoli, Portici, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, San Giorgio a Cremano, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, Sant'Angelo, Parrocchia di San Michele Arcangelo, Catholic Church Records, 1905-1929
Italy, Napoli, Sant'Antimo, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, Serrara Fontana, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1929
Italy, Napoli, Serrara, Parrocchia di Santa Maria del Carmine, Catholic Church Records, 1641-1929
Italy, Napoli, Testaccio, Parrocchia di San Giorgio Martire, Catholic Church Records, 1633-1930
Italy, Napoli, Torre Annunziata, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1899
Italy, Napoli, Torre Annunziata, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1900-1911
Italy, Nuoro, Nuoro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1915
Italy, Olbia-Tempio, Tempio Pausania, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Oristano, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940
Italy, Padova, Padova, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1929
Italy, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Catholic Church Records, 1531-1998
Italy, Palermo, Palermo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Palermo, Termini Imerese, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1862-1910
Italy, Pavia, Pavia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1806-1812, 1866-1935
Italy, Pavia, Voghera, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Perugia, Perugia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1861-1929
Italy, Pesaro e Urbino, Fano, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1808-1815, 1841-1865, 1890-1908
Italy, Pesaro e Urbino, Pesaro, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1808-1813, 1861-1865
Italy, Pesaro e Urbino, Urbino, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1942
Italy, Pesaro e Urbino, Urbino, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Pescara, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1929
Italy, Pescara, Pescara, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1865-1910
Italy, Pisa, Pisa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1935
Italy, Pistoia, Pistoia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1937
Italy, Pola and Trieste, Catholic Church Records, 1593-1941
Italy, Pordenone, Pordenone, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1911
Italy, Potenza, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1697-1923
Italy, Potenza, Lagonegro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Potenza, Melfi, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1861-1929
Italy, Potenza, Potenza, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1910
Italy, Prato, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1923
Italy, Ragusa, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1900-1940
Italy, Ragusa, Modica, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1942
Italy, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Reggio Calabria, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1896-1943
Italy, Rieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1840-1945
Italy, Rovigo, Rovigo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1937
Italy, Salerno, Padula, Civil Registration (Comune), 1809-1940
Italy, Salerno, Vallo della Lucania, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Savona, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1813, 1838-1936
Italy, Siena, Montepulciano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Siracusa, Siracusa, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1900-1942
Italy, Siracusa, Sortino, Parrocchia di San Giovanni Apostolo ed Evangelista, Catholic Church Records, 1562-1937
Italy, Sondrio, Sondrio, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929
Italy, Taranto, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1926
Italy, Teramo, Teramo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940
Italy, Torino, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1802-1813
Italy, Torino, Ivrea, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1865-1937
Italy, Torino, Torino, Civil Registration (Comune), 1750-1865
Italy, Torino, Torino, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1899
Italy, Torino, Torino, Military Conscriptions (Comune), 1790-1886
Italy, Toscana, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1804-1874
Italy, Trapani, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1906-1928
Italy, Trapani, Poggioreale, Civil Registration (Comune), 1836-1929
Italy, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Catholic Church Records, 1548-1937
Italy, Treviso, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1815
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941
Italy, Trieste, Trieste, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1924-1939
Italy, Udine, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1815, 1871-1911
Italy, Venezia, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1817
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930
Italy, Vicenza, Casoni, Parocchia di San Rocco, Catholic Church Records, 1597-1941
Italy, Viterbo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1870-1943
Italy, Waldensian Evangelical Church Records, 1679-1969

Russia Deaths and Burials, 1815-1917
Russia Tver Church Books, 1722-1918
Russia Tver Poll Tax Census (Revision lists), 1744-1874
Russia, Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885
Russia, Marriages, 1793-1919
Russia, Nizhni Novgorod Poll Tax Census (Revision Lists), 1782-1858
Russia, Samara Church Books, 1779-1923
Russia, Samara Civil Registers, 1918-1922
Russia, Simbirsk Poll Tax Census (Revision Lists), 1782-1858
Russia, Simbirsk, Church Books, 1768-1939
Russia, Tatarstan Church Books, 1721-1939
Russia, Tatarstan Confession Lists, 1775-1932
Russia, Tatarstan Poll Tax Census (Revision Lists), 1719-1859
Russia, Tula Poll Tax Census (Revision Lists), 1758-1895
Russia, Tver Confession Lists, 1728-1913

Switzerland Burials, 1613-1875
Switzerland, Baptisms, 1491-1940
Switzerland, Basel City, Local Citizenship Requests, 1348-1798
Switzerland, Bern, Civil Registration, 1792-1876
Switzerland, Church Book Extracts, 1550-1875
Switzerland, Church Records, 1277-1992
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1811
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1818
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1831
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1834
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1836
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1839
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1842
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1845
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1850
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1860
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1870
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1880
Switzerland, Marriages, 1532-1910
Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Directories, Emigration, and Genealogies, 1460-1952
Switzerland, Vaud Terrier Records, 1234-1798

Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999
Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania Card Catalog, 1553-2015
Utah, Tremonton and Garland Obituaries, 1959-2013

What's Been Fixed

View the December 9 release notes here. 

How to Update

For our Deluxe Edition users, all you have to do is connect to the Internet, start Legacy 8, and click on the "Install and Download Now" link on the Legacy Home tab. (If you're reading this from within the Legacy Home tab inside of Legacy 8, you'll first need to click on the Home button in the top left of the Legacy Home tab which looks like the following picture:

If you are a Standard Edition Legacy user, you will need to visit our website. Go to http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/DownloadUpdate.asp and follow the instructions.

The recently-released 1939 Register for England and Wales is the most complete survey of the population of England and Wales between 1921 and 1951. The records are now available exclusively on FindMyPast. Although not included in a FindMyPast subscription, the 60 credits I purchased to obtain a digital copy of my ancestor's record (about US$10.95) were worth every penny.

In addition to learning that Tom and Agnes Hague were still alive in 1939, I learned their exact birth dates, residence, and occupations. This will help me differentiate this Tom Hague from others in the death indexes. Happy genealogy day!

Adding and citing the new information to Legacy is now a breeze thanks to the new SourceWriter template in the latest free update.

As you have learned from Legacy Unlocked! Techniques, Tips and Step-by-Steps for Using Legacy to Record Your Genealogy (shameful plug), before adding the new information to Legacy I like to first set up the Source Clipboard. This helps to prepare me to properly cite the new information.

In the Individual's Information screen click on the blue triangle.

Then click on Step 1 to set up the master source and click Add.

Next, select the 1939 register as shown below.

Next, fill in the fields. Some are already done for you. I chose to leave the county field blank so I can reuse this master source for all counties within England.

Finally, fill in the source details (piece number, item number, etc.). I also added the transcription and linked to the digital image I downloaded.

Isn't the citation beautiful? I just love how Legacy's SourceWriter helps you write Evidence-Explained quality citations.

After setting up the Source Clipboard, you're ready to add all the new goodies like the new birth dates and the 1939 residence event. I even got to update Tom's and Agnes' death date field to read after 1939, thus narrowing down their year of death. Just remember, after each piece of information you add, be sure to click the Source Clipboard's paste button to add the citation. It's the second button (shown below).

Tom's updated Individual's Information screen now looks like this:

I didn't mean to write so much, I really just wanted to let you all know that Legacy now has the 1939 England/Wales register as part of the SourceWriter templates. Be sure to download the latest update and you'll have access too!

Additional Resources

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• Pointing Fingers at Ancestors' Siblings - Breaking Down Brick Walls with Collateral Research by Marian Pierre-Louis. December 16.
• What Happened to the State of Frankland - Using Tennessee's Pre-Statehood Records by Mark Lowe. December 18.
• Tap Into Your Inner Private Eye - 9 Strategies for Finding Living Relatives by Lisa Louise Cooke. January 6.
• Technology and Techniques for Differentiating Two People with the Same Name by Geoff Rasmussen. January 13.
• Snagit Software for Genealogists by Michael Brophy. January 15.
• The Basics of Virginia Research by Shannon Combs-Bennett. January 20.
• The Paper-Less Genealogist by Denise May Levenick. January 27.
• The Scots-Irish in America by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. February 10.
• Getting Started with Microsoft Word by Thomas MacEntee. February 17.
• Problem Solving with FANs by Beth Foulk. February 19.
• A Guided Tour of Cyndi's List 2.0 by Cyndi Ingle. February 24.
• The War of 1812 Records - Preserving the Pensions by Michael Hall. March 2.
• Making YDNA and mtDNA Part of Your Family History by Diahan Southard. March 4.
• How Do I Know That's My Ancestor? by Amy Johnson Crow. March 9.
• The Private Laws of the Federal and State Governments by Judy Russell. March 16.
• Introduction to German Parish Records by Gail Blankenau. March 23.
• Proof Arguments - How to Write Them and Why They Matter by Warren Bittner. March 30.
• Getting to Know Findmypast - Your Source for British and Irish Genealogy by Jen Baldwin. April 6.
• Confirming Enslaved Ancestors Utilizing DNA by Melvin Collier. April 8.
• U.S. Land Records - State Land States by Mary Hill. April 13.
• Fire Insurance Maps - The Google Maps of Their Day by Jill Morelli. April 20.
• England and Wales - Rummaging in the Parish Chests by Kirsty Gray. April 27.
• Google Drive for Genealogists by Thomas MacEntee. May 4.
• Dirty Pictures - Save Your Family Photos from Ruin by Denise Levenick. May 11.
• Messages from the Grave - Listening to Your Ancestor's Tombstone by Elissa Scalise Powell. May 13.
• Mining the Über-sites for German Ancestors by Jim Beidler. May 18.
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• Introduction to the Freedmen's Bureau by Angela Walton-Raji. June 10.
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• Circles or Triangles? What Shape is Your DNA? by Diahan Southard. June 29.
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• A Genealogist's Guide to Heraldry by Shannon Combs-Bennett. July 13.
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• Successfully Applying to a Lineage Society by Amy Johnson Crow. August 17.
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• The Treasure Trove in Legislative Petitions by Judy Russell. September 14.
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• How to Use FamilySearch.org for Beginners by Devin Ashby. September 21.
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• AHA! Analysis of Handwriting for Genealogical Research by Ron Arons. October 5.
• Time and Place - Using Genealogy's Cross-Hairs by Jim Beidler. October 12.
• Finding Your Ancestors' German Hometown by Ursula Krause. October 14.
• Social History Websites That Bring Your Ancestor's Story to Life by Gena Philibert-Ortega. October 19.
• Flip for Flickr - Share, Store and Save Your Family Photos by Maureen Taylor. October 26.
• Analysis and Correlation - Two Keys to Sound Conclusions by Chris Staats. November 2.
• Publishing a Genealogy E-Book by Thomas MacEntee. November 9.
• Dating Family Photographs by Jane Neff Rollins. November 16.
• Nature & Nurture - Family History for Adoptees by Janet Hovorka and Amy Slade. November 18.
• Multi-Media Story Telling by Devin Ashby. November 30.
• Becoming a Genealogy Detective by Sharon Atkins. December 7.
• From the Heartland - Utilizing Online Resources in Midwest Research by Luana Darby. December 14.
• Tracing Your European Ancestors by Julie Goucher. December 16.
• An Introduction to BillionGraves by Garth Fitzner. December 21.

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