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Three Jewish genealogy research classes free in May - celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month

May 03, 2022

Three Jewish genealogy research classes free in May - celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month

May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Join us at Legacy Family Tree Webinars as we honor those with Jewish American heritage.

Through the end of May, three of our Jewish Genealogy classes at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com/Jewish are free to the public.

Watch these three classes for free in May (unlocked from our member library)

Jewish Genealogy with JewishGen.org by Deborah J. Kroopkin.

Debbie Kroopkin will explain the structure and purpose of the many components of the website. She will address how to connect with other researchers, how to identify and learn about your town overseas, and how to search for ancestors. Her presentation will provide details that will help researchers glean as much information as possible from JewishGen.org.

Click here to watch.

Jewish Genealogy's Other Side: Sephardic Research by Schelly Talalay Dardashti

Just a few short years ago, those looking for accessible Sephardic resources were simply out of luck. However, thanks to the internet, there are specialized websites, new books, online archival resources, Facebook groups, dedicated conferences and much more. We will analyze archival documents, discuss many websites, educational resources and new research.

Click here to watch.

Jewish Resources on the Genealogy Giants by Ellen Kowitt and Sunny Morton

Learn about Jewish record collections across Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage–and JewishGen! This comparative analysis tells you not only what records are where, but recommends best versions of similar record collections and additional tools on each site that are especially relevant to researching Jewish ancestors. Sunny Morton, expert on the “giant” genealogy websites, teams up with Ellen Kowitt, Jewish records expert, to bring two knowledgeable voices to this important topic.

Click here to watch.

Also, check out these two additional webinars that are always free in our library.

Finding Jewish Records in the MyHeritage Search Engine by Daniel Horowitz

MyHeritage Search technology has been thoroughly updated recently. Join MyHeritage expert genealogist Daniel Horowitz in a fast-paced session on this new technology. Learn how it works, and how it can benefit your Jewish research. Learn how to effortlessly cover thousands of important repositories in a single search.

Click here to watch.

Jewish Ethnicity & DNA: History, Migration, Genetics by Schelly Talalay Dardashti

Learn about Jewish history, migration and genetics. Also hear from the first-hand experience of Maria Apodaca.

Click here to watch.

View all of the Jewish webinars in the Legacy library here.

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Documenting Families or Communities Lost in the Holocaust by Bullets - free webinar by Ellen Kowitt now online for limited time

December 09, 2021

The recording of Wednesday's webinar by Ellen Kowitt, "Documenting Families or Communities Lost in the Holocaust by Bullets" is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

English speakers can now learn details about what happened to relatives or a community in the Holocaust by Bullets. Review documentation from this important era including access to Russian Extraordinary Commission files; German Einsatzgruppen Reports; Yahad-In Unum eyewitness video; USC Shoah Foundation and other recorded survivor testimonies; Yizkor Books; Yad Vashem; USHMM; Center for Holocaust Studies in Ukraine; National Library of Israel; local community resources; and more.

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 and 08 minute recording of "Documenting Families or Communities Lost in the Holocaust by Bullets" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time.

Webinar Memberships/Subscriptions

Webinar Members get:

On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 1,654 classes of genealogy education)
On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 6,165 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

Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

Print the 2021 webinar brochure here.

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Jewish Resources on the Genealogy Giants - free webinar by Ellen Kowitt and Sunny Morton now online for limited time

July 15, 2021

The recording of today's webinar by Ellen Kowitt and Sunny Morton, "Jewish Resources on the Genealogy Giants" is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

Learn about Jewish record collections across Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage--and JewishGen! This comparative analysis tells you not only what records are where, but recommends best versions of similar record collections and additional tools on each site that are especially relevant to researching Jewish ancestors. Sunny Morton, expert on the "giant" genealogy websites, teams up with Ellen Kowitt, Jewish records expert, to bring two knowledgeable voices to this important topic.

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 and 21 minute recording of "Jewish Resources on the Genealogy Giants" is now available to view in our webinar library for free. If you have a webinar membership, it is available anytime.

Webinar Memberships/Subscriptions

Webinar Members get:

On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 1,545 classes of genealogy education)
On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 5,893 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

Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

Print the 2021 webinar brochure here.

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Jewish Genealogy with JewishGen.org - free webinar by Deborah J. Kroopkin now online for limited time

April 15, 2021

The recording of today's webinar by Deborah J. Kroopkin, "Jewish Genealogy with JewishGen.org" is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

Debbie Kroopkin will explain the structure and purpose of the many components of the website. She will address how to connect with other researchers, how to identify and learn about your town overseas, and how to search for ancestors. Her presentation will provide details that will help researchers glean as much information as possible from JewishGen.org.

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 and 22 minute recording of "Jewish Genealogy with JewishGen.org" is now available to view in our webinar library for free. If you have a webinar membership, it is available anytime.

Webinar Memberships/Subscriptions

Webinar Members get:

On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 1,498 classes of genealogy education)
On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 5,729 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

Register for our upcoming webinars (free)

Print the 2021 webinar brochure here.

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Lessons in Jewish DNA - free webinar by Israel Pickholtz now online for limited time

June 05, 2019

The recording of today's webinar, "Lessons in Jewish DNA: One Man's Successes and What He Learned On the Journey” by Israel Pickholtz is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

The hottest topic in genealogy in recent years has been genetics and many thousands of genealogists have ordered DNA tests. Most of those haven't a clue what to do with their results. The situation is more complicated among Jews, who have married "within the tribe" for hundreds of years, thus ensuring that everyone is related to everyone else, multiple times. Marrying within a closed community - "endogamy" – has barely been addressed by the non-Jewish genetic genealogy community. This presentation – as in the speaker's book" ENDOGAMY: One Family, One People" – does not bring a "how to" approach, as every family is different. The speaker prefers a "how I did it" approach, demonstrating the successes he has had in his own families and the general lessons which are applicable to all genetic genealogy research. His goal is to inspire his listeners and readers to say "I can do this!"

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 22 minute recording of "Lessons in Jewish DNA: One Man's Successes and What He Learned On the Journey" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time.

Webinar Memberships/Subscriptions

Webinar Members get:

On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 929 classes, 1,202 hours of genealogy education)
On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 4,114 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)

Foundations of Scottish Genealogy 7 of 12: Using ScotlandsPlaces for People in Land and Tax Records	6/7/2019	Dr. Bruce Durie
MyHeritage Mobile App: New Features	6/11/2019	Guy Tsype
Initiation à MyHeritage ADN (French)	6/12/2019	Marie Cappart
Tracking Your Digital Bread Crumbs: Bookmarks, Toolbars, Notes, and Other Applications	6/12/2019	Cyndi Ingle
Using Another Library Source: the Government Document Section	6/18/2019	Patricia Stamm, CG, CGL
Researching in New Mexico	6/19/2019	Henrietta Martinez Christmas
Hidden content treasures you might have missed at MyHeritage	6/25/2019	Mike Mansfield
A Month's Worth of Must-Have Tech Tips To Start Using Today	6/26/2019	Gena Philibert-Ortega
5 Steps to Becoming a Good Ancestor	6/28/2019	Marian Pierre-Louis
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.

See you online!

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New "Member Friday" Webinar - Jewish Genealogy's Other Side: Sephardic Research by Schelly Talalay Dardashti

October 05, 2018

Every Friday we're pleased to offer Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers a new bonus webinar just for them! This Friday enjoy "Jewish Genealogy's Other Side: Sephardic Research" by Schelly Talalay Dardashti. If you're not a member, remember the webinar previews are always free.

Jewish Genealogy's Other Side: Sephardic Research

Just a few short years ago, those looking for accessible Sephardic resources were simply out of luck. However, thanks to the internet, there are specialized websites, new books, online archival resources, Facebook groups, dedicated conferences and much more. We will analyze archival documents, discuss many websites, educational resources and new research.

About the Presenter

Native New Yorker Schelly Talalay Dardashti has lived in Teheran, Tel Aviv, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and now New Mexico. A journalist and genealogist, she is the US Genealogy Advisor for MyHeritage, and has traced her Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrahi families across Iran, Spain, Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. She was an early proponent of DNA for genealogy and co-admins several DNA projects at FamilyTreeDNA. The former genealogy columnist for the Jerusalem Post ("It's All Relative," 1999-2005), she created the award-winning "Tracing the Tribe - The Jewish Genealogy Blog" (2006; now on hiatus), and "Tracing the Tribe - Jewish Genealogy on Facebook" (with 23,000+ global members). Her articles have appeared on JTA, Reform Judaism, Hadassah, NGS Quarterly, Avotaynu and numerous Jewish and general genealogy publications, newspapers, and more. Affiliations: Social media coordinator, Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies; board member, Casa Sefarad (Albuquerque, NM); founding member, JGS of New Mexico; founding organizer, annual Jewish Genetics Conference (NM).

See all the webinars by Schelly Talalay Dardashti in the Legacy library.

Not a member yet?

Legacy Family Tree Webinars provides genealogy education where-you-are through live and recorded online webinars and videos. Learn from the best instructors in genealogy including Thomas MacEntee, Judy Russell, J. Mark Lowe, Lisa Louise Cooke, Megan Smolenyak, Tom Jones, and many more. Learn at your convenience. On-demand classes are available 24 hours a day! All you need is a computer or mobile device with an Internet connection.

Subscribe today and get access to this BONUS members-only webinar AND all of this:

All 767 classes in the library (1018 hours of quality genealogy education)
3391 pages of instructors' handouts
Chat logs from the live webinars
Additional 5% off anything at FamilyTreeWebinars.com
Chance for a bonus subscribers-only door prize during each live webinar
Additional members-only webinars

It's just $49.95/year or $9.95/month.

Look at our lineup of speakers for 2018! All live webinars are free to watch.

Print the 2018 webinar brochure here .

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New "Member Friday" Webinar - What's New in Austrian and Czech Jewish Genealogy by E. Randol Schoenberg

July 06, 2018

Every Friday we're pleased to offer Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers a new bonus webinar just for them! This Friday enjoy "What's New in Austrian and Czech Jewish Genealogy" by E. Randol Schoenberg. If you're not a member, remember the webinar previews are always free.

What's New in Austrian and Czech Jewish Genealogy

Researchers interested in the Austro-Hungarian empire will enjoy this presentation of the myriad available resources for perhaps the world's best-documented Jewish communities. Although focused on Austria and the Czech Republic (Bohemia and Moravia), anyone with roots in Slovakia, Galicia and Hungary will also find useful information, as there is hardly a family in the empire that did not send someone to the capitol city of Vienna. Learn how to access all of the amazing records for your genealogical research at this updated presentation.

About the Presenter

Attorney E. Randol Schoenberg has handled numerous cases involving looted art and the recovery of property stolen by the Nazis, including the successful return of five paintings by Gustav Klimt, as featured in the 2015 film Woman in Gold. Schoenberg graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a certificate in European Cultural Studies and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California. Mr. Schoenberg served as President of Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust from 2005 through 2015, during which time the museum constructed its award-winning new building in Pan Pacific Park.

See all the webinars by E. Randol Schoenberg in the Legacy library.

Not a member yet?

Legacy Family Tree Webinars provides genealogy education where-you-are through live and recorded online webinars and videos. Learn from the best instructors in genealogy including Thomas MacEntee, Judy Russell, J. Mark Lowe, Lisa Louise Cooke, Megan Smolenyak, Tom Jones, and many more. Learn at your convenience. On-demand classes are available 24 hours a day! All you need is a computer or mobile device with an Internet connection.

Subscribe today and get access to this BONUS members-only webinar AND all of this: