Every Friday we're pleased to offer Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers a new bonus webinar just for them!   This Friday enjoy "Webinar - Misbegotten Children: Tracing the Family Lives of the Illegitimate" by Peggy Lauritzen. If you're not a member, remember the webinar previews are always free.

Misbegotten Children; Tracing the Family Lines of the Illegitimate

Nearly all families have children with seemingly missing fathers. Yet, there may be clues and resources to help us determine their ancestry. Illegitimacy can be both a surprise and an embarrassment as we discover more and more about our family’s history. Treated with care and sensitivity, we can use many available resources to help us in our research.

About the Presenter

The recording of today's webinar, "Tools for Translating and Transcribing Genealogy Records” by Thomas MacEntee is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 17 minute recording of "Tools for Translating and Transcribing Genealogy Records" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. 

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• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 926 classes, 1,196 hours of genealogy education)
• On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 4,074 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

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About the presenter

What happens when a “tech guy” with a love for history gets laid off during The Great Recession of 2008? You get Thomas MacEntee, a genealogy professional based in the United States who is also a blogger, educator, author, social media connector, online community builder and more.

 

Thomas was laid off after a 25-year career in the information technology field, so he started his own genealogy-related business called High Definition Genealogy. Currently Thomas shares many of his articles and videos for free at Abundant Genealogy and also runs the popular Genealogy Bargains and DNA Bargains websites!

 

Thomas describes himself as a lifelong learner with a background in a multitude of topics who has finally figured out what he does best: teach, inspire, instigate, and serve as a curator and go-to-guy for concept nurturing and inspiration. Thomas is a big believer in success, and that we all succeed when we help each other find success. 

 

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We look forward to seeing you all there!

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

The Other Clipboards (Intermediate)

I wrote two articles about the Source Clipboard:

The Source Clipboard Part I
The Source Clipboard Part II

But what about the other clipboards in Legacy? The clipboards are there to save you time and to help you make your entries uniform.

Event Clipboard
After you have entered an event for someone you can copy and paste that event to other people. This is different than “sharing” an event which will probably be the topic of a future article. I use the copy and paste option for census records (personal preference). Everything is copied including the source citation and the linked document.

Here is Ebenezer Grantham’s event for the 1850 United States Federal Census. I am going to copy it to all of the family members that also appear on this census. After I have entered the information, I click the Copy button.

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I then go to his daughter Leucretia and click Add to add an event. The event comes up blank. All I have to do is click the Paste button.

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Now I have this:

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Notice that the source was copied over (the source icon is colored in) and the image file of the actual census page was also copied over (you can see the thumbnail in the bottom right corner). This will save you oodles of time and you will be sure that everything is consistent and uniform.

To-Do Clipboard
If you need to check a specific source for more than one person this clipboard is for you. I ordered a Family History Library microfilm and I need to check this film for several people. I create the To-Do task for the first person, Hannah Drake, and then I click the Copy button.

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I open Martha Stearns’ To-Do List and open a new task. It opens blank (the Open Date defaults in). Now I click the Paste button.

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I get an exact copy tied to Martha Stearns. If I needed to customize it for this person I could add what I needed.

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The To-Do List also has the ability to save up to ten of your favorite To-Do’s so that you can recall them at any time.

Let’s say I create a To-Do task for Find A Grave. I know this will be one that I use often so I want to save it. After I have entered the information I click the Save button.

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You then get this:

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Now it is there when I need it. I open a new To-Do Task and click the Load button.

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This is what pops up (too lazy to redo the screenshot so please excuse the typo):

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And now you get this:

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So let’s go a little further and finish the task out. If this were a real person you might see this on the Results tab.

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Take advantage of the built-in features that save you time, time you could be using to do research instead of repetitive data entry.

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.

The recording of today's webinar, "Compiling a Military Service Record” by Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 29 minute recording of "Compiling a Military Service Record" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. 

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Webinar Members get:

• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 925 classes, 1,194 hours of genealogy education)
• On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 4,067 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

Click here to subscribe.

Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

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Every Friday we're pleased to offer Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers a new bonus webinar just for them!   This Friday enjoy "The Anatomy of BMD: What You Don’t Know About Vital Records" by Gena Philibert-Ortega. If you're not a member, remember the webinar previews are always free.

The Anatomy of BMD: What You Don’t Know About Vital Records

Everyone knows about vital records, right? It’s one of the first record sets you look for in the hunt for your ancestors. But do you know everything about those records you seek? What do you do when no records exist? This presentation looks at the history of vital records in the United States, discusses analysis of those records, and vital record alternatives.

About the Presenter

Legacy Family Tree Webinars, in partnership with the Federation of Genealogical Sociaties (FGS), is pleased to release a new Research in Washington DC series. This series is designed to help prepare researchers to explore the wonderful family history resources of our nation’s capitol, whether online from home or onsite in the city itself.

The series is comprised of thirteen webinars covering various aspects of Researching in Washington DC by leading experts in the field:

1. African American Genealogy Resources at the Library of Congress by Ahmed Johnson
2. Resources at the Library of Congress by James Sweany
3. A Genealogical Gem in DC: The DAR Library by Pamela Loos-Noji
4. What Would You Do If You Had Five Days in Washington, DC? by Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, FUGA
5. Land Records at the National Archives, Part I: Land Entry Papers and Tract Books by Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
6. Land Records at the National Archives, Part II: Federal Bounty Land by Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
7. Accessing National Archives Military Records from Start to Finish by Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
8. Mining Washington-area Map Repositories by Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
9. Finding What You Need at the National Archives, Part I: Navigating the NARA Website by Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, FUGA
10. Finding What You Need at the National Archives, Part II: Using NARA Finding Aids by Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, FUGA
11. Locating National Archives Resources with NARA’s Digitization Partners by Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, FUGA
12. Newspapers and Periodicals at the Library of Congress by Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, FUGA
13. Why Spend a Day at Archives II in College Park, Maryland? by Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA

The first eight webinars are available now for viewing. The remaining five webinars will be available by May 31, 2019.

We invite you to come to Washington, DC, 21-24 August 2019, to attend the full four-day Federation of Genealogical Societies annual family history conference. Come early or stay late to do some research at the National Archives, the Library of Congress, the DAR Library, or any number of area repositories. Come back to Legacy Family Tree webinars to learn about research in DC from this series of special FGS webinars.

Or register for multiple webinars at once by clicking here.

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About the presenter

Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG, FUGA is the author of The ‘Lost Pensions’: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838 (Revised) and Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Inventory 14 (Revised). His most recent work is Understanding Revolutionary War and Invalid Pension Ledgers, 1818 – 1872, and the Payment Vouchers They Represent. He has authored seventeen books and several articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Family Chronicle and other genealogical publications. He is the President and CEO of Heritage Books, Inc., a genealogical publishing firm with over 5,300 titles in print. A professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty years, he specializes in the records of the National Archives. He is a member of the Company of Military Historians on the editorial board of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, and is a former Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists. A faculty member for several years of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and recently the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh. He is the coordinator for the 3rd Annual Heritage Books Genealogical Conference and Cruise. He was awarded the Grahame T. Smallwood, Jr. Award in 2008 and UGA Silver Tray Award in 2009. He became a Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association in 2014.

 

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The webinar will be live on Friday, May 24, 2019 at:

• 2pm Eastern (U.S.)
• 1pm Central
• 12pm Mountain
• 11am Pacific

Or use this Time Zone Converter.

Here's how to attend:

1. Register at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com today. It's free!
2. You will receive a confirmation email containing a link to the webinar.
3. You will receive a reminder email both 1 day and 1 hour prior to the live webinar.
4. Calculate your time zone by clicking here.
5. Make sure you have the latest version of Java installed on your computer. Check at www.java.com.
6. Check your GoToWebinar connection here.
7. Click on the webinar link (found in confirmation and reminder emails) prior to the start of the webinar. Arrive early as the room size is limited to the first 1,000 arrivals that day.
8. Listen via headset (USB headsets work best), your computer speakers, or by phone. 

We look forward to seeing you all there!

The recording of today's webinar, "Google Drive: an Office in the Cloud” by DearMYRTLE and Cousin Russ is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 27 minute recording of "Google Drive: an Office in the Cloud" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time. 

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Webinar Members get:

• On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 923 classes, 1,192 hours of genealogy education)
• On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 4,058 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

Click here to subscribe.

Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

Print the 2019 webinar brochure here.

See you online!

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Here are some of the all-time favorite webinars (which you can enjoy immediately with your membership):

• My Genealogy Do-Over: a Year of Learning from Research Mistakes
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Current webinar subscribers

Although the above offer is just for those without a webinar subscription, we've got new goodies for our current subscribers too! Just in this past month, we've added the following bonus webinars which are available only to subscribers:

• Resources at the Library of Congress
• Land Records at the National Archives, Part I: Land Entry Papers and Tract Books
• Land Records at the National Archives, Part II: Federal Bounty Land
• Accessing National Archives Military Records from Start to Finish
• Mining Washington-area Map Repositories
• A Genealogical Gem in DC: The DAR Library
• African American Genealogy Resources at the Library of Congress
• Researching Your Orphaned Ancestors
• Formatting Your Family History Book for Print
• Foundations of Scottish Genealogy 1 of 12: The Top 3 Resources
• Foundations of Scottish Genealogy 2 of 12: Who Are The Scots?
• Foundations of Scottish Genealogy 3 of 12: Using ScotlandsPeople for Scottish censuses - 1841 and before to 1911
• Foundations of Scottish Genealogy 4 of 12: Using ScotlandsPeople for pre-1855 Old Parish Record
• Foundations of Scottish Genealogy 5 of 12: Using ScotlandsPeople for post-1855 Statutory Records
• Foundations of Scottish Genealogy 6 of 12: Scotland has no Probate: Wills and Testaments Land Inheritance back to 1544
• 50 Websites for Finding Maps

Visit https://familytreewebinars.com/archived_webinars_bydates.php to start learning.

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Geoff Rasmussen
FamilyTreeWebinars.com
"Life is Short, Do Genealogy First!"