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Register for Down Under webinar: Researching in Australian Archives by Helen V. Smith

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There are many Australian archives for research. From local council, town, State, Commonwealth, religious, business, organisational and more. Jurisdictional responsibilities changed over time, so it is important to know when and where your ancestor was to determine which archive might contain the records you need.
 
Join us and Helen V. Smith for the live webinar Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 12pm Sydney time (Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 8pm eastern U.S. time). Register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day. 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

HelenSmith-144x144Helen has been researching her family since 1986 with research in Australia, England, Wales and Ireland. She is the author of Death Certificates and Archaic Medical Terms and Google the Genealogist’s Friend and has written for a number of family history as well as scientific publications. Helen has a One Name Study on Quested. Helen has spoken to a wide variety of audiences nationally and internationally. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speakers Guild. Professionally, she is a Molecular Epidemiologist specializing in Public Health Microbiology and has a strong interest in infectious diseases and Public Health through the ages.

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The webinar will be live on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at:

  • 12pm Sydney time

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New "Member Friday" Webinars - Getting Started in Family History Series by Cheri Hudson Passey

Getting Started in Family History Series by Cheri Hudson Passey

Every Friday we're pleased to offer Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers a new bonus webinar just for them!   This Friday enjoy the first three parts of a brand new series for absolute beginners by Cheri Hudson Passey. If you have family members that show a hint of interest in family history but haven't gotten started yet, this is the series for them. These classes are also shorter than our normal webinars, ranging from 15-21 minutes. If you're not a member, remember the webinar previews are always free.

Getting Started in Family History - 1- Home Sources

The best way to get started in family history is to discover the items you already have in your house. This first class will teach you what to look for that you don't realize you already have.

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Getting Started in Family History - 2 - Forms

Forms are one of the tools that help you keep track of your family information as your gather it. Learn what forms to use and best practices for filling them in.

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Getting Started in Family History - 3 - Family Stories

One of the greatest sources of clues when getting started in family history is to draw on the stories passed down through your family. Learn how to find these stories and what to do with them

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About the Presenter


Cheri Hudson PasseyCheri Hudson Passey is a Professional Genealogist, Instructor, Writer, and Speaker. She is the owner of Carolina Girl Genealogy, LLC which provides research services as well as instruction and coaching through her Genealogy 1-on-1 classes. She is a graduate of ProGen 25. Cheri writes the Modus Operandi column for Going In-Depth Magazine and is the host of the weekly genealogy chat show GenFriends.She also is an instructor with The In-depth Genealogist Academy. Cheri enjoys volunteering and serving the genealogy community. She is a former President of The Grand Strand Genealogy Club and currently serves as Program Chair. She also volunteers on committees for the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Federation of Genealogical Societies.

See all webinars by Cheri Hudson Passey in the Legacy library.

 
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FamilySearch - New "Lock" Feature

FamilySearch - New "Lock" Feature

We have added something new to the Legacy FamilySearch screen. You will now see Lock icons on anyone that has been marked private/invisible and on any event that has been marked private. If you see the lock you will not be able to transfer that person or event until you change their status.

Notice in the screenshot that Asa has been marked as private. All of the transfer arrows have been removed from the left side of the screen. You can't transfer any information to FamilySearch. You can still transfer information from FamilySearch to Legacy. The transfer arrows are still intact on the right side of the screen.

Private individuals

I changed Asa to private AFTER he had been linked to FamilySearch. If he had been marked private before I tried to add him, I would not have been able to add him to FamilySearch. Notice that Nathan Brown has a lock icon in the filtered list to the left. Notice he does not have arrows next to his name which means he wasn't previously linked. I will not be able to transfer him to FamilySearch at all.

In this next screenshot you will see that I have a single event marked as private. I will not be able to transfer this event to FamilySearch.

Private event

If you have marked a VITAL event as private using privacy brackets, you will be able to see those privacy brackets on the screen to alert you that the information is indeed private (this is not a new change).

Private vital events

We made these changes so that you don't accidentally transfer anyone who has been marked as private/invisible nor any events marked as private.  If you want to transfer any of this information you will need to change the privacy setting in Legacy first.

 

Find tech tips every day in the Facebook Legacy User Group. The group is free and is available to anyone with a Facebook account.

For video tech tips check out the Legacy Quick Tips page.  These short videos will make it easy for you to learn all sort of fun and interesting ways to look at your genealogy research.

Michele Simmons Lewis, CG® is part of the Legacy Family Tree team at MyHeritage. She handles the enhancement suggestions that come in from our users as well as writing for Legacy News. You can usually find her hanging out on the Legacy User Group Facebook page answering questions and posting tips.

 


Tuesday's Tip - Mailing Lists (Beginner)

Mailing Lists

Tuesday's Tips provide brief how-to's to help you learn to use the Legacy Family Tree software with new tricks and techniques.

Mailing Lists (Beginner)

Legacy has a really nifty built in feature where you can build Mailing Lists of your relatives. You will see these lists on the Mailing Address screen for each person. You can add each person to one or more lists.

Mailing Lists

 

You can get to this screen in two ways, from the Family View and from the Individual's Information screen.

Family View


Individual's Information screen

 

You will use this in conjunction with the Address Labels. On the main toolbar go to Reports > Other Reports > Address Labels. On the Who to Print tab you must have Mailing Addresses selected or you won't see the Mailing Lists.

Address Labels

 

Now you can print address labels for a mass mailing like a quarterly family newsletter or holiday cards.  For more information, please see:

Working with Addresses Part I
Working with Addresses Part II
Working with Addresses Part III
Legacy 101 - Reports

 

Find tech tips every day in the Facebook Legacy User Group. The group is free and is available to anyone with a Facebook account.

For video tech tips check out the Legacy Quick Tips page.  These short videos will make it easy for you to learn all sort of fun and interesting ways to look at your genealogy research.

Michele Simmons Lewis, CG® is part of the Legacy Family Tree team at MyHeritage. She handles the enhancement suggestions that come in from our users as well as writing for Legacy News. You can usually find her hanging out on the Legacy User Group Facebook page answering questions and posting tips.


New "Member Friday" Webinar - New Clues from Old Headstones by Marian Pierre-Louis

New Member Friday Webinar - New Clues from Old Headstones by Marian Pierre-Louis

Every Friday we're pleased to offer Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers a new bonus webinar just for them!   This Friday enjoy "New Clues from Old Headstones" by Marian Pierre-Louis. If you're not a member, remember the webinar previews are always free.

New Clues from Old Headstones

How many times have you transcribed a gravestone and then moved on to the next one? You could be walking away from valuable other clues. Learn how to interpret a gravestone for hints that will lead you to new record sources. Just as important as the text are clues such as location, type of stone, carver and symbols. This talk will take you through specific examples to get the most out interpreting gravestones.

New Clues from Old Headstones by Marian Pierre-Louis

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About the Presenter

Marian Pierre-LouisMarian Pierre-Louis is a House Historian and Genealogy Professional who focuses on New England research. She specializes in educational outreach through webinars, internet broadcasts and video. Marian is the host of the Genealogy Professional podcast, a show committed to helping genealogy professionals become better business people. Once a month you'll find her as the evening host of Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
 

See all the webinars by Marian Pierre-Louis in the Legacy library.

 
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  • 3584 pages of instructors' handouts
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Look at our lineup of speakers for 2018! All live webinars are free to watch.

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2019 Legacy Family Tree Webinars Series Announced

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MyHeritage and FamilyTreeWebinars.com are pleased to announce that registration is now open for its 2019 Legacy Family Tree Webinars series. Choose from 73 classes from genealogy's leading educators on topics ranging from Australia to New Mexico to France, from OneNote to Google Photos, from the DAR to Forensic Genealogy, and from DNA Painter to Reclaim the Records.

The 2019 series brings the addition of weekly themes. In addition to hosting the MyHeritage and BCG webinars series (to be announced separately), Legacy will now broadcast DNA webinars the first Wednesday of each month, a places/ethnicity topic the 3rd Wednesday of the month, technology topics on the 4th Wednesday and Methodology topics the last Friday of each month. These new themed webinars join the previously announced new Down Under series. There's surely something for everyone!

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BCG webinar series

We are proud to once again host the monthly webinar series for the Board for Certification of Genealogists where we will learn from the likes of Claire Bettag, Debra Miezala, Harold Henderson, and nine other board-certified genealogists. See the press release here.

MyHeritage webinar series

And for the second year - we will be the host of the exclusive webinar series, MyHeritage Webinars, where we will learn about matching technology, and get insights into old photos, city directories and much more. Watch this blog for the announcement soon.

Down Under series

We are most proud to host the new Down Under series - webinars designed for genealogists in Australia and New Zealand - at 12pm (noon) on Wednesdays. They'll have their very own Webinar Wednesday with convenient timing. See www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com/downunder.

FGS series

We've partnered with the Federation of Genealogical Societies to help you prepare for their annual conference to be held August 21-24 in Washington DC. First, learn from conference Chair, Pamela Boyer Sayre, in her free webinar What Would You Do If You Had Five Days in Washington DC? Then in March, we will release a 13-class series to learn about the attendee's repository of interest - The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Library of Congress, or Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library. This will give conference goers the special knowledge they need to decide which pre-conference research opportunity they want. This bonus webinar series will be available to FGS registrants and webinar subscribers.

International Languages

For the first time, we will host live webinars in foreign languages: Swedish, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish. More information to come soon.

Closed Captioning

Every webinar recording will be captioned for the hearing impaired. We really are striving to serve the entire world!

BONUS webinars for subscribers

In addition to the live webinar series, every Friday is "Member Friday" where subscribers will enjoy a bonus pre-recorded webinar! Watch for the schedule of titles soon.

How to register

Sign up (it's FREE!) for one or for all of them today and you will receive a reminder email both one day and two hours prior to the live event.

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All live webinars are free and their recordings are free to watch for the first 7 days. With a webinar subscription you get these additional benefits:

  • Access to 1) all the existing 833 classes in the library (1,082 hours of quality genealogy education), 2) plus the 116 webinars that will be added during the 2019 season, 3) plus any additional bonus subscribers-only webinars (hundreds of these so far) - all available for the duration of your membership
  • Access to all 3,582 pages of instructors' handouts plus the new handouts of the 2019 season
  • Access to all webinars and handouts from our new Down Under series
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2019 Speakers

Lots of brand new speakers join many of your favorites for 2019. One of them may be the one to help you break down your genealogical brick wall! Don't miss even one week!

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2019 Webinar Channels and Schedule

Down Under Channel (1st Wednesdays, 12pm Sydney time)

Webinar Title Presenter Date
Researching in Australian Archives Helen Smith January 2
Six Feet Under Down Under - Cemetery records in Australia Jill Ball February 6
Polled! Finding your ancestors in New South Wales colonial muster and census returns Carol Baxter March 6
One Touch Genealogy Research: How to Handle a Record Just Once Thomas MacEntee April 3
English Parish Records: More than Hatch, Match and Dispatch Helen Smith May 1
They really didn’t swim! Finding your ancestors in New South Wales colonial shipping records Carol Baxter June 5
Remedies for Copy & Paste Genealogy Cyndi Ingle July 3
Finding Families in New Zealand Fiona Brooker August 7
Are you Lost? Using Maps, Gazetteers and Directories for British Isles Research Paul Milner September 4
The Stories Behind the Segments Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D. October 2
Trove: An Australian and Beyond Genealogical Treasure Helen Smith November 6
Buried Treasures: What’s in the English Parish Chest Paul Milner December 4

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DNA Channel (1st Wednesdays, 2pm eastern U.S. time)

Webinar Title Presenter Date
DNA Rights and Wrongs: The Ethical Side of Testing Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL January 2
DNA and the GPS solves a mystery: Hamiltons in Colonial New England Shellee Morehead, PhD, CG February 6
A Guide to Third Party Tools For DNA Testing Michelle Leonard March 6
An Introduction to DNA Painter Jonny Perl April 3
How to use autosomal DNA to resolve historical paternity cases Ugo Perego May 1
Lessons in Jewish DNA Israel Pickholtz June 5
Evaluating Shared DNA Paul Woodbury July 3
Case Studies in Gray: Identifying Shared Ancestries Through DNA and Genealogy Nicka Smith August 7
Combining DNA and Traditional Research - In-Depth Case Studies Michelle Leonard September 4
A Day Out With Your DNA Diahan Southard October 2
Understanding Ethnicity Estimates Mary Eberle, JD November 6
Which Spot Does ‘X’ Mark, Anyway? X-DNA Testing in Action Debra Renard December 4
**other DNA webinars in Misc and MyHeritage Channels    

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MyHeritage Channel (2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 2pm eastern U.S. time)

Registration coming soon...

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Foreign Language Channel (2nd Wednesdays, 2pm eastern U.S. time)

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Misc Channel (2nd/5th Wednesdays, 8/2pm eastern U.S. time)

Webinar Title Presenter Date
Maintaining an Organized Computer Cyndi Ingle January 9
You Can Do This: Photo Organizing and Preservation Thomas MacEntee January 30
Reconstructing Your Genetic Family Tree Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D. February 13
Reclaim The Records: Using Freedom of Information Laws for Genealogy Brooke Ganz March 13
Plain Folk – Researching Amish and Mennonite Families Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG April 10
Surprise Webinar Surprise Guest May 8
Tools for Translating and Transcribing Genealogy Records Thomas MacEntee May 29
Tracking Your Digital Bread Crumbs: Bookmarks, Toolbars, Notes, and Other Applications Cyndi Ingle June 12
Google Photos: one photo app to rule them all Devin Ashby July 31
Basics of Land Platting - Part 1 J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA August 14
Advanced DNA Techniques: Using Phasing to Test DNA Segments Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D. September 11
50 Records that Document Female Ancestors Gena Philibert-Ortega October 9
Seven Steps to Manage Digital Files Denise May Levenick October 30
Soldier’s Homes (1865-1930) – Caring for our veterans Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA November 13
Grandma's Obituary Box: The Use of Obituaries in Genealogical Research and Their Role in American Culture Pam Stone Eagleson, CG December 11

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Board for Certification of Genealogists Channel (3rd Tuesdays, 8pm eastern U.S. time)

Webinar Title Presenter Date
Visualizing Information for Genealogists Margaret R. Fortier, CG January 15
Applying Evidence to Genealogical Research Questions Melissa Johnson, CG February 19
The Five-story Fall: Correlating Indirect and Direct Evidence to Extend the Pedigree Debra S. Mieszala, CG March 19
Transcribing Documents: There is More Than Meets the Eye! LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG April 16
Valid and Unsound Assumptions: What Was She Thinking? Jeanne Bloom, CG May 21
Using Another Library Source: the Government Document Section Patricia Stamm, CG, CGL June 18
Lesser Used Records for Research in the Netherlands Yvette Hoitink, CG July 16 *2pm start
Ten Tools for Genealogical Writing Harold Henderson, CG August 20
Civil Law Concepts and Genealogy Claire Bettag, CG September 17 *live only
Civil Law Records in Genealogical Research: Notarial Records Claire Bettag, CG October 15 *live only
Native American Research: Things You May Not Know Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA November 19
Marriages Here, There, and Nowhere: Finding Gretna Greens and Borders J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA December 17

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Places/Ethnicity Channel (3rd Wednesdays, 2pm eastern U.S. time)

Webinar Title Presenter Date
What Would You Do If You Had Five Days in Washington, DC? Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA January 16
Online Resources for French Genealogy part I Paul Woodbury February 20
One African-American family’s story of Migration from the South: A Boarding House in Detroit… J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA March 20
Boost Your Germanic Research: Understand Historical Jurisdictions Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG April 17
The 10 Most Useful Databases for Eastern European Research Lisa Alzo May 15
Researching in New Mexico Henrietta Martinez Christmas June 19
Prince Edward Island Repositories and Records Melanie McComb July 10
Research Your Newfoundland Ancestors Tessa Keough July 17
Research Latin America Genealogical Resources on the Internet Daniel Horowitz September 18
Italian Civil Registration (Stato Civile): Going Beyond the Basics Melanie D. Holtz, CG October 16
A la Karte: Borders, Maps and Gazetteers for German Genealogists James M. Beidler November 20
How to trace your UK ancestry Kirsty Gray December 18

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Technology Channel (4th Wednesdays, 2pm eastern U.S. time)

Webinar Title Presenter Date
Using OneNote With Your Genealogy Tessa Keough January 23
A Month’s Worth of Must-Have Tech Tips To Start Using Today Gena Philibert-Ortega February 27
No Purchase Necessary: Free Genealogy Tools for Your iPad/iPhone Devin Ashby March 27
Comparing the Genealogy Giants: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage – 2019 edition Sunny Morton April 24
Google Drive: an Office in the Cloud DearMYRTLE and Russ Worthington May 22
Spreadsheets 401 : Excel-lent Inspiration Mary Kircher Roddy June 26
Should You Take the Hint? Automatic Record Hinting on the Giant Genealogy Sunny Morton July 24
Bullet Journaling for Genealogy Shellee Morehead, PhD, CG August 21
Using Teams With Your Genealogy Tessa Keough August 28
Meaningful Tables and Graphs for Correlation in Family History Ruth Wilson Craig, CG September 25
Top Tech Tips for the Technologist and the Genealogist - 2019 edition Geoff Rasmussen October 23

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Methodology Channel (4th Fridays, 2pm eastern U.S. time)

Webinar Title Presenter Date
Patriot or Not?: Using the Genealogical Proof Standard on a Closed DAR Line Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL January 25
Using Timelines and Tables to Analyze Your Research Cari Taplin, CG February 22
A Terrible Malady: Disease and Epidemics in New England Lori Lyn Price, MAS, MLA March 22
How I Built My Own Brick Wall Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL April 26
Compiling a Military Service Record Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA May 24
5 Steps to Becoming a Good Ancestor Marian Pierre-Louis June 28
Census Hurdles: How to Jump Over or Go Around Cari Taplin, CG July 26
Introduction to Forensic Genealogy Kelvin L. Meyers August 23
The Home Archivist: Preserving Family Records Like a Pro! Melissa Barker September 27
Decoding Secret Societies: Finding Your Female Fraternal Ancestors Michael L. Strauss, AG October 25
No Will? No Problem! Sharon Monson November 22

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That Splendid Little War: Researching Your Spanish American War Ancestors - free webinar by Michael L. Strauss, AG now online for limited time

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The recording of today's webinar, "That Splendid Little War: Researching Your Spanish American War Ancestors” by Michael L. Strauss, AG is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

The end of the nineteenth century witnessed the transformation of the United States from a developing nation into a global power. Discover your ancestors that served in the war with Spain along with records of the Boxer Rebellion (1900) and the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) in which United States troops participation on land and sea. This lecture focuses on the many records at the National Archives and other research facilities covering all three military conflicts.
 
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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 39 minute recording of "That Splendid Little War: Researching Your Spanish American War Ancestors"  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

Webinar Memberships/Subscriptions

Webinar Members get:

  • On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 833 classes, 1,080 hours of genealogy education)
  • On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 3,586 pages)
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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
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  • Annual membership: $49.95/year
  • Monthly membership: $9.95/month

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Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

Researching in Australian Archives 1/1/2019 Helen Smith
Visualizing Information for Genealogists 1/15/2019

Margaret R. Fortier, CG

Six Feet Under Down Under - Cemetery records in Australia 2/5/2019

Jill Ball

Applying Evidence to Genealogical Research Questions 2/19/2019

Melissa Johnson, CG

Polled! Finding your Ancestors in New South Wales Colonial Muster and Census Returns 3/5/2019

Carol Baxter

The Five-story Fall: Correlating Indirect and Direct Evidence to Extend the Pedigree 3/19/2019

Debra S. Mieszala, CG

One Touch Genealogy Research: How to Handle a Record Just Once 4/2/2019

Thomas MacEntee

Transcribing Documents: There is More Than Meets the Eye! 4/16/2019

LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG

English Parish Records: More than Hatch, Match and Dispatch 4/30/2019

Helen Smith

Valid and Unsound Assumptions: What Was She Thinking? 5/21/2019

Jeanne Bloom, CG

They really didn't swim! Finding your ancestors in New South Wales Colonial Shipping Records 6/4/2019

Carol Baxter

Using Another Library Source: the Government Document Section 6/18/2019

Patricia Stamm, CG, CGL

Remedies for Copy & Paste Genealogy 7/2/2019

Cyndi Ingle

Lesser Used Records for Research in the Netherlands 7/16/2019

Yvette Hoitink, CG

Finding Families in New Zealand 8/6/2019

Fiona Brooker

Ten Tools for Genealogical Writing 8/20/2019

Harold Henderson, CG

Are you Lost? Using Maps, Gazetteers and Directories for British Isles Research 9/3/2019

Paul Milner

Civil Law Concepts and Genealogy 9/17/2019

Claire Bettag, CG

The Stories Behind the Segments 10/1/2019

Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.

Civil Law Records in Genealogical Research: Notarial Records 10/15/2019

Claire Bettag, CG

Trove: An Australian and Beyond Genealogical Treasure 11/5/2019

Helen Smith

Native American Research: Things You May Not Know 11/19/2019

Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA

Buried Treasures: What's in the English Parish Chest 12/3/2019

Paul Milner

Marriages Here, There, and Nowhere: Finding Gretna Greens and Borders 12/17/2019

J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA

Print the 2019 webinar brochure here.

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Proving Identity and Kinship Using the GPS: Finding a Freedman's Family - free BCG webinar by Nancy Peters, CG, CGL now online for limited time

Proving Identity and Kinship Using the GPS: Finding a Freedman's Family - free BCG webinar by Nancy Peters, CG, CGL

The recording of tonight's BCG webinar, "Proving Identity and Kinship Using the GPS: Finding a Freedman's Family” by Nancy A. Peters, CG, CGL is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com/BCG for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

Facing identity and kinship problems? Confused by multiple, same-named men? Learn how applying the Genealogical Proof Standard resolved similar challenges in the search for a freedman's family. A case example traces a South Carolina family of color, differentiates multiple men of similar profiles who lived in the same time and place, resolves conflicting evidence, identifies a freedman's last slave owner, and ultimately finds his enslaved birth family. The methodology and record types apply to reconstructing all families.
 
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That Splendid Little War: Researching Your Spanish American War Ancestors  12/19/2018  Michael L. Strauss  AG


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The end of the nineteenth century witnessed the transformation of the United States from a developing nation into a global power. Discover your ancestors that served in the war with Spain along with records of the Boxer Rebellion (1900) and the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1902) in which United States troops participation on land and sea. This lecture focuses on the many records at the National Archives and other research facilities covering all three military conflicts.
 
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Michael Strauss-2018-144x144Michael L. Strauss, AG, an Accredited Genealogist and forensic investigator, is a native of Pennsylvania and a resident of Utah. He holds a BA in History and is a United States Coast Guard veteran. He is a licensed Private Investigator and qualified expert witness in Surrogate Court and Circuit Court in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia. Michael is an approved genealogist with the United States Army to locate DNA qualified persons MIA from Korea, Vietnam, and World War II. He is a national genealogical lecturer and instructor for military courses at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), and Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research (VIGR). He was the film historian for the 2015 Academy Award nominated movie "Finding Vivian Maier".

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Tuesday's Tip - Birthdays, Death Dates, and Anniversaries (Beginner)

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Tuesday's Tips provide brief how-to's to help you learn to use the Legacy Family Tree software with new tricks and techniques.

Birthdays, Death Dates, and Anniversaries (Beginner)

You can tell Legacy to remind you of birthdays, death dates, and anniversaries. These reminders will display on the Legacy Home tab.

To set a birthday and/or death date reminder, open the person's Individual's Information screen and you will see the check boxes at the bottom right. If you haven't entered any dates these boxes will be greyed out. It has to be a full date with a day and month.

Birthday and death reminders

 

You can also access this on the Name List by clicking the Detail tab over on the right

Name List

 

To set an Anniversary reminder you will check the box on the Marriage screen. 

Anniversary Reminder

 

You can also set this on the Marriage List.

Marriage List

 

Now you will see these displayed on the Legacy Home tab.

Legacy Home tab

 

You can tell Legacy how far in advanced you want to be reminded. On the Legacy Home tab click Options in the upper right corner and then click Options again. Make sure you are on the Reminder Options tab.

Reminder Options

 

This option is very important to me. I am a bit of a scatterbrain so I rarely even know what day of the week it is. Now I am able to send out birthday and anniversary cards to my family (on time!) and I can send a loved one a note in remembrance of a death. You have complete control over who will show up on your Reminders list.

 

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Michele Simmons Lewis, CG® is part of the Legacy Family Tree team at MyHeritage. She handles the enhancement suggestions that come in from our users as well as writing for Legacy News. You can usually find her hanging out on the Legacy User Group Facebook page answering questions and posting tips.