Power of place – using MyHeritage to tell the stories of buildings & places — free replay of today's webinar by Rhonda Lauritzen now available

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The recording of today's webinar by Rhonda Lauritzen, "Power of place – using MyHeritage to tell the stories of buildings & places” is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free.

Webinar Description

This workshop will guide researchers through a series of steps and stops to find the history of buildings and places. Follow some case studies and learn how to find excellent records in MyHeritage, the steps to follow followed, and the ideal interplay between primary and secondary sources. Also, learn pro-tips for writing a compelling narrative. This presentation will inspire attendees with the power that the places of our ancestors have to draw us near and to strengthen a sense of community.

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 11 minute recording of "Power of place – using MyHeritage to tell the stories of buildings & places" is now available to view in our webinar library for free.

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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
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Register for Tuesday's MyHeritage Webinar Series webinar — Power of place – using MyHeritage to tell the stories of buildings & places by Rhonda Lauritzen

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This workshop will guide researchers through a series of steps and stops to find the history of buildings and places. Follow some case studies and learn how to find excellent records in MyHeritage, the steps to follow followed, and the ideal interplay between primary and secondary sources. Also, learn pro-tips for writing a compelling narrative. This presentation will inspire attendees with the power that the places of our ancestors have to draw us near and to strengthen a sense of community.

About the presenter

Rhonda Lauritzen is a professional biographer with multiple published books. She does client work including building nominations to the National Register of Historic Places and writing client family history stories. She believes that when you tell your story, it changes the ending. This is why her passion is teaching, coaching clients, and presenting at conferences. As an author, she specializes in writing life stories, collecting oral history, and historical storytelling. Before she started this work full-time, she served as a college Vice President and before that was a corporate CEO.

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Understanding Predicted Relationships at the DNA Testing Sites — free replay of today's webinar by Michelle Leonard now available for limited time

Understanding Predicted Relationships at the DNA Testing Sites — free replay of today's webinar by Michelle Leonard now available for limited time

The recording of today's webinar by Michelle Leonard, "Understanding Predicted Relationships at the DNA Testing Sites?” is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

When you receive your results from any of the major testing sites you will see a relationship prediction such as 4th-6th cousin or 1st cousin twice removed-2nd cousin twice removed. What exactly do these predictions mean though? This presentation will explain all about these predictions and provide practical advice on how to interpret and make best use of them.

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 31 minute recording of "Understanding Predicted Relationships at the DNA Testing Sites" is now available to view in our webinar library for free for a limited time.

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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
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Register for Webinar Wednesday — Understanding Predicted Relationships at the DNA Testing Sites by Michelle Leonard

Register for Webinar Wednesday — Understanding Predicted Relationships at the DNA Testing Sites by Michelle Leonard

When you receive your results from any of the major testing sites you will see a relationship prediction such as 4th-6th cousin or 1st cousin twice removed-2nd cousin twice removed. What exactly do these predictions mean though? This presentation will explain all about these predictions and provide practical advice on how to interpret and make best use of them.

About the presenter

Michelle Leonard is a Scottish professional genealogist, DNA detective, freelance researcher, speaker, author and historian. She runs her own genealogy and DNA consultancy business, Genes & Genealogy, and specialises in DNA Detective work particularly the solving of adoption, unknown parentage and all manner of unknown ancestor mysteries using a combination of DNA expertise and conventional research methods. She also undertakes traditional family history research, living relative tracing, historical and television research, media consultation, the creation of bespoke family history books, podcasts, article, blog and book writing, tutoring, lecturing, webinars and speaking engagements. She is a regular speaker at major genealogy events such as Rootstech, The Genealogy Show, Family Tree Live, Back To Our Past and Who Do You Think You Are? Live as well as a co-author of “Tracing Your Ancestors Using DNA: A Guide For Family Historians” which was published in June 2019.

Additionally Michelle is the official genetic genealogist of ancestryhour.co.uk and is one of the hosts of the hour itself: #AncestryHour takes place on Twitter each Tuesday evening from 7-8pm GMT and Michelle is usually on hand to answer any #DNA queries that arise. She also spent several years working on the ground-breaking Fromelles Genealogy Project tracking down appropriate DNA donors to identify WWI soldiers buried in a mass grave in France and served as the Genealogical Consultant on the official Fromelles documentary. She regularly works on new historic soldier cases when battlefield remains are found and DNA testing is conducted.

Michelle holds an M.A. in English and Modern History from the University of St Andrews and a PgCert in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the Scottish Genealogy Network (SGN), the Society of Genealogists (SOG) and the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG). You can find out more about Michelle on her Genes & Genealogy Facebook page and you can follow her on Twitter.

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The webinar will be live on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at:

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How to Catch a Criminal: Finding Records for Your Rogue Relatives Downunder — free replay of today's webinar by Kristy Love, PhD now available for limited time

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The recording of today's webinar by Kristy Love, PhD, "How to Catch a Criminal: Finding Records for Your Rogue Relatives Downunder” is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

Australia has a wealth of publicly available records for people who have interacted with the criminal justice system, be they criminals, suspects, victims of crime, witnesses in criminal cases, and law enforcement officials, but do you know how to find these records? This talk will do a deep dive into the available record sets, including mug shots, prison registers, criminal court records, inquests and coronial records, and Police Gazettes, among others.

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 14 minute recording of "How to Catch a Criminal: Finding Records for Your Rogue Relatives Downunder" 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 2,048 classes 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
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Register for Tuesday's Down Under webinar — How to Catch a Criminal: Finding Records for Your Rogue Relatives Downunder by Kristy Love, PhD

2023-09-05-register

Australia has a wealth of publicly available records for people who have interacted with the criminal justice system, be they criminals, suspects, victims of crime, witnesses in criminal cases, and law enforcement officials, but do you know how to find these records? This talk will do a deep dive into the available record sets, including mug shots, prison registers, criminal court records, inquests and coronial records, and Police Gazettes, among others.

About the presenter

Kristy Love (formerly Davidson), Ph.D., is a professional family historian and founder of Family History Agency in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. In her former working life, she gained several decades of experience working in university research management. In 2021, Kristy completed the short course ‘Chinese Ancestry: Research Methods and Sources’ run by the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Chinese Australian Family Historians of Victoria (CAFHOV), where she volunteers. Kristy was part of the award-winning CAFHOV team behind the Victorian ‘Certificate Exempting from Dictation Test’ Index project. She has a Ph.D. in Creative Writing, an Honours Degree in Psychology, and a Certificate in Genealogical Research from the Society of Australian Genealogists. Kristy has a particular research interest in Australian women who, like her great-great-grandmother, were criminalised by poverty.

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The webinar will be live on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at:

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Top 10 genealogy webinars PLUS the #1 rated — August 2023

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We've tallied the numbers and made a list of the Top 10 most-watched FamilyTreeWebinars.com classes for August 2023! Are your favorite topics or instructors among the list? Need something new to learn? Use the list to get inspired!

Each month thousands of Legacy Family Tree Webinar subscribers head for the library to learn new skills and techniques to help improve their genealogy research. Among the now-2,042 genealogy classes in the members-only library, these were the most watched during the month of August 2023.  They aren't necessarily the newest classes but rather the topics that were sought out by our members.

Have you seen any of these classes? Are these among your favorites too? Some of these classes (and topics) might be new to you! Get inspired to learn more and make your genealogy journey more fun!

The Top 10 for August 2023

1. Turning Witnesses into Evidence by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

2. Problem Solving in the Problem-Riddled Carolina Backcountry by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

3. What Happened to Uncle Walter? Evidence Analysis and Correlation Uncover a Man’s Dual Identities by Sharon Hoyt, CG

4. How and When Did Our European Ancestors Get to Europe? by David Dowell

5. Finding Prussian Ancestors in Online Archives by Nancy E. Loe, MA, MLS

6. Born on the Fourth of July: Case Study of War of 1812 Veteran Joseph King by Michael L. Strauss, AG

7. Why We Should Look at In-Laws When Doing Genealogical Research by J. Mark Lowe, FUGA

8. Ten MORE Secrets to Using MyHeritage by Daniel Horowitz

9. Six Free Websites Every Ontario Genealogist Needs by Janice Nickerson

10. Following a Quaker Family: New Jersey to Iowa the Long Way Around by Annette Burke Lyttle

The Runner-Ups

11. What’s the Evidence? How to Probe Documents Beyond the Obvious by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

12. Loyalists, Freedmen and Frauds in the Southern Claims Commission by Sharon Batiste Gillins

13. Y DNA Discover Tool – What News Can Your Haplogroup Reveal? by Roberta Estes

14. Collateral Research-The Secret Sauce to Finding Family Records by Cheri Hudson Passey

15. Celebrating 2,000 Webinars! Plus 10 tips you can use today

16. I Hate Conflict! Mediating Sources that Don’t Agree by Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG

17. Did I Get Everything? Creating a Checklist for Genealogy Research by Thomas MacEntee

18. A Deep Dive into U.S. City Directories at MyHeritage by Katharine Andrew

19. World War II “Internment Camps” and Mass Incarceration in the U.S. by Linda Harms Okazaki

20. Teach MS Word to Type for You by Seema-Jayne Kenney

The 2nd Runner-Ups

21. Okay, I ‘Got the Neighbors’—Now What Do I Do with Them?! by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

22. Elusive Ancestors: Never Too Poor to Trace by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

23. Writing Up Your Research by Michael J. Leclerc, CG

24. Putting it All Together: Making Sense of All the Research You’ve Done by Robyn Smith

25. Six Top Sites for Queensland Research by Helen V. Smith

26. Samuel Witter vs. Samuel Witter: Separating Same Name Men, War of 1812 by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

27. Reconstructing Your Genetic Family Tree by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.

28. A Fresh Light on Old Newspapers by Dave Obee

29. Margaret’s Baby’s Father & The Lessons He Taught Me by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

30. Indentured Servitude in the Mid-Atlantic States by Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA

Access to classes in the Legacy Family Tree Webinar library are available with an webinar membership. Not a member? Become one! Or watch one of our free classes here.

The #1 rated webinar in August 2023

After each live webinar, viewers rate the webinar on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the highest). This month's #1 rated webinar is:

Loyalists, Freedmen and Frauds in the Southern Claims Commission by Sharon Batiste Gillins

Congrats to Sharon!


Register for Webinar Wednesday — Y DNA Discover Tool – What News Can Your Haplogroup Reveal? by Roberta Estes

Register for Webinar Wednesday — Y DNA Discover Tool – What News Can Your Haplogroup Reveal? by Roberta Estes

Stepping through FamilyTreeDNA’s fun new Y DNA Discover tool. It’s free and all you need is your haplogroup. View your migration path, see ancient and notable DNA connections along with haplogroup ages.

About the presenter

Roberta Estes, MS, a professional scientist and business owner has been an obsessed genealogist since 1978. In 2000, when the infant scientific field of DNA for genealogy emerged, Roberta was one of the early DNA surname administrators and pioneer adopters of DNA analysis for genealogy. In 2005, she established DNAeXplain to provide personal DNA results analysis and to individuals seeking assistance with their results. In 2012, Roberta launched a blog, www.dna-explained.com which offers more than 1500 free articles helping people understand their DNA results and how to use them effectively. She provides consulting and analysis to major news publications organizations including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the History Channel and others. She speaks internationally, produces webinars and continues to engage with scientific research. A National Geographic Society Genographic Project affiliate researcher, Roberta continues leading-edge research as the founder of the Million Mito Project and with the publication of her book, DNA for Native American Genealogy.

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The webinar will be live on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at:

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We look forward to seeing you all there!


Turning Witnesses into Evidence — replay of today's webinar by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL now available for webinar members

Turning Witnesses into Evidence — replay of today's webinar by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL now available for webinar members

The recording of today's webinar by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, "Turning Witnesses into Evidence” is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com/ESM with a webinar membership.

Webinar Description

Witnesses are not afterthoughts tacked onto the end of documents. Although they filled a routine role for our ancestors, they are significant informants for us—once we learn how to use those names to develop evidence. This session approaches the topic in two ways: theory and application. It explores record types that offer witnesses, ways in which witnesses were used, situations that affected the choice of witnesses, signals that indicate whether a witness would be important to our research, and methods to apply in our development of the clues they offer. A challenging case study presents an unmarried freedwoman, never named in any census, who died about 1817—and applies key strategies to determine her death and burial sites.

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 24 minute recording of "Turning Witnesses into Evidence" is now available to view in our webinar library (webinar membership required).

Webinar Memberships/Subscriptions

Webinar Members get:

  • On-demand access to the entire webinar archives (now 2,040 classes of genealogy education)
  • On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 7,742 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:

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Register for Friday's "The Best of ESM" series members-only webinar — Turning Witnesses into Evidence by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

2023-08-25-register

Witnesses are not afterthoughts tacked onto the end of documents. Although they filled a routine role for our ancestors, they are significant informants for us—once we learn how to use those names to develop evidence. This session approaches the topic in two ways: theory and application. It explores record types that offer witnesses, ways in which witnesses were used, situations that affected the choice of witnesses, signals that indicate whether a witness would be important to our research, and methods to apply in our development of the clues they offer. A challenging case study presents an unmarried freedwoman, never named in any census, who died about 1817—and applies key strategies to determine her death and burial sites.

*** This class requires an active webinar membership to attend. ***

About the presenter

Across a long career, Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS, has been an innovator of research methods and strategies. Published widely by academic and popular presses, she edited a national-level scholarly journal for 16 years, taught for 13 years at a National Archives-based institute on archival records and, for 25 years, headed a university-based program for advanced researchers. A past president of both the American Society of Genealogists and the Board for Certification of Genealogists, Elizabeth is the author, editor, and translator of 14 books and over 600 articles in the fields of genealogy, history, literature, and sociology. She has delivered over 1,000 lectures internationally, has appeared on radio and TV talk shows on three continents, and was featured in BBC’s 20th and 30th anniversary specials on the novel Roots.

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The webinar will be live on Friday, August 25, 2023 at:

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We look forward to seeing you all there!