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Webtember 2023: All Genealogy. All September Long. Sign up today (free).

August 15, 2023

Take your genealogy skills to the next level with this FREE online genealogy conference, held each Friday in September: 25 live webinars in all. Join live for all five Fridays or just one, and if you can't, we've got you covered! Enjoy the recordings at your convenience — they'll be free to view through the end of the month.

Register here to attend the live classes.

The Schedule

Friday, September 1, 2023

10:15 am eastern	Connecting Generations through Probate and Property	Teri E. Flack
11:30am	Capturing their Stories: Best Practices for Recording Family History Interviews	Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS
12:45pm	Case Study: Finding My 3rd Great Grandfather: How X-DNA Led the Way	Mary Eberle, JD
2:00pm	Following Oral History in search of William Davis but finding Mildred Brand: A Case Study	Dr. Shelley Viola Murphy
3:30pm	DNA Matchmaking Made Easy on MyHeritage	Shannon Combs-Bennett

Friday, September 8, 2023

10:15 am	3-2-1 data backup is great, but first you need to find all of your data	Thomas MacEntee
11:30am	Italian Local and Parish Censuses	Suzanne Russo Adams, AG
12:45pm	10 Places to Search for An Ancestor’s Death Date… Without a Death Certificate	Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal
2:00pm	Life Cycle of a Record: From Clerks and Clerics to You, The Digital User	Cyndi Ingle
3:30pm	Explore Your Ancestors’ Names in the ‘Newspaper Name Index’	James M. Beidler

Friday, September 15, 2023

10:15 am	Hidden Roots in Your DNA: Adoptee Success & Surprise Discoveries	Richard Hill
11:30am	So, You Think You Know All About City Directories?	Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA
12:45pm	Driven by Faith: The German Protestants in Ukraine	Dave Obee
2:00pm	Mexican Land Reform and the Ejido: History and Records	Lisa Medina
3:30pm	Diving into the Newly Released 1931 Canada Census	Mike Mansfield

Friday, September 22, 2023

10:15 am	10 More Things To Do Before Leaving a Library or Archives	Melissa Barker
11:30am	Hidden Treasure in New England Town Records	Ann G. Lawthers, Sc.D.
12:45pm	Lighthouses and Their Keepers; For Those in Peril on the Sea	Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG
2:00pm	Finding John Lee	Nicka Smith
3:30pm	Using Negative Evidence: The Power of Silence in the Records	Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL

Friday, September 29, 2023

10:15 am	50 Family History Writing Tips in 50 Minutes	Lisa A. Alzo, M.F.A.
11:30am	A Revolutionary War Case Study: Joseph L. Harper	Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA
12:45pm	Mini Case Studies Demonstrate Finding a Town of Origin	Teresa Steinkamp McMillin, CG
2:00pm	Welsh Emigration to North America	Paul Milner, FUGA, MDiv
3:30pm	Worth More than Gold or Silver – MyHeritage’s U.S. Naturalization Records, Northern California, 1852-1989 Collection	Sharon Monson

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Register for Webinar Wednesday: Exploring the Records in a Slave Owning Community by Bernice Bennett

January 18, 2023

This session will focus on the thousands of transactions occurring in Edgefield, South Carolina in a County that did not burn, therefore, these records revealed the value placed on a slave in this community. “In the antebellum South, a prime male hand was the overriding measure for determining prices for enslaved workers. Hearty, prime women who were good breeders also had a high market value. Other factors that contributed to the sale price of a slave were gender, age, and skill.”

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Can't make it to the live event?

No worries. Its recording will be available for a limited time. Webinar Subscribers have unlimited access to all webinar recordings for the duration of their membership.

About the presenter

Bernice Alexander Bennett is an award-winning author, genealogist, nationally recognized guest speaker, storyteller, and producer-host of the popular Research at the National Archives and Beyond BlogTalkRadio program. She is also the first recipient of the Ida B. Wells Service Award given by the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage for her dedication to broadcast stories about enslaved and indentured ancestors of African descent. She also received the Elizabeth Clark-Lewis Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) Genealogy Award in 2019 for original research in support of African American Genealogy. Bennett is on the Board of Directors for the National Genealogical Society.

Bennett–a New Orleans native and current resident in Maryland–enjoyed a 35-year career in domestic and international public health. She received an undergraduate degree from Grambling State University and a graduate degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan.

Her genealogical research centers on Southeast Louisiana, and also Edgefield and Greenwood Counties, South Carolina. Her South Carolina journey is chronicled in Our Ancestors, Our Stories, which won the 2018 International AAHGS Book award for Non-Fiction Short Stories. Her second book Tracing Their Steps – A Memoir received the Phillis Wheatley Literary Award from the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage in 2019 and the International AAHGS Book Award in 2020 for Non-Fiction Short Story.

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Webinar time

The webinar will be live on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at:

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

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Here's how to attend:

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You will receive a reminder email both 1 day and 1 hour prior to the live webinar.
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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.
Listen via headset (USB headsets work best), your computer speakers, or by phone.

We look forward to seeing you all there!

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Shackles, shekels and shrapnel: the exodus to the Southern seas - free replay of today's webinar by Michelle Patient now available for limited time

September 06, 2022

The recording of today's webinar, "Shackles, shekels and shrapnel: the exodus to the Southern seas" by Michelle Patient is now available to view at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com for free for a limited time.

Webinar Description

Changes in Britain post the 1776 War of Independence, along with Capt James Cook’s mapping of New Zealand (1769) and New South Wales (1770), led to convicts and marines being sent to Botany Bay in 1787. So began British migration to the Southern Seas. Factors driving various waves of migration (economic, political, family ties, adventure) will be discussed, along with the effects the British Diasporas had on the Aboriginal and Māori Communities and their environment. Tips on tracing those missing down-under branches of your tree will also be covered.

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 12 minute recording of "Shackles, shekels and shrapnel: the exodus to the Southern seas" 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 1,831 classes of genealogy education)
On-demand access to the instructor handouts (now 6,793 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)

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Webtember 2022: All Genealogy. All September Long. Sign up today (free).

August 09, 2022

Take your genealogy skills to the next level with this FREE online genealogy conference, held each Friday in September: 31 live and pre-recorded webinars in all. Join live for all five Fridays or just one, and if you can't, we've got you covered! Enjoy the recordings at your convenience — they'll be free to view through the end of the month.

Register here to attend the live classes.

The Schedule

Friday, September 2, 2022

10:15 am	10 Best Self-Publishing Tips for Family Historians	Lisa Alzo
11:30am	Changing Places, Changing Borders: Overcoming geographic challenges	Dave Obee
12:45pm	Tracing migrating ancestors: Who, what, where, when, why and how	Myko Clelland
2:00pm	Descendants of the Enslaved and Enslavers – Working Together to Discover Family	Sharon Batiste Gillins and Cheri Hudson Passey
Pre-recorded	What You Can Learn from Lineage Societies…Without Being a Member!	Elizabeth M. O’Neal
Pre-recorded	Italian Civil Marriage Supplements	Suzanne Russo Adams, AG

Friday, September 9, 2022

10:15 am	Delivering the Mail: Records of the United States Post Office	Michael L. Strauss, AG
11:30am	What’s Next When You Are Told Those Records Were “Burnt Up”?	J. Mark Lowe, FUGA
12:45pm	An introduction to Filae: the largest source of French archives	Emmanuel Condamine
2:00pm	Understanding and Using Scottish Kirk Session Records	Paul Milner, FUGA, MDiv
Pre-recorded	Settlers in California’s Sacramento Delta – History and Resources	Grant Din
Pre-recorded	Entering the Old Northwest Territory	Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG

Friday, September 16, 2022

10:15 am	Germany to Pennsylvania: 18^th Century Odyssey	James M. Beidler
11:30am	Using Google Books to Find the Law	Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
12:45pm	The Pros and Cons of Collaboration on Geni.com	E. Randol Schoenberg
2:00pm	Essential Immigration Records for Researching Your Mexican Ancestors	Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS
Pre-recorded	Famine and Family History	Wayne Shepheard
Pre-recorded	Can Americans get a legal Coat of Arms from Scotland?	Dr. Bruce Durie

Friday, September 23, 2022

10:15 am	Strategies to Jumpstart Your Research	Teri E. Flack
11:30am	A Deep Dive into the Map Collection of the Library of Congress	Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
12:45pm	Documenting Cemeteries with BillionGraves	Cathy Wallace
2:00pm	Mastering Digital Filing for Genealogists	Cyndi Ingle
Pre-recorded	Swedish-American Church Books – Great Genealogical Source!	Kathy Meade
Pre-recorded	Documenting Jewish Families in America: The Early Years 1654-1880	Ellen S. Kowitt
Pre-recorded	Fruit of the Earth: Using Deeds to Uncover Your Ancestors	Robyn Smith

Friday, September 30, 2022

10:15 am	The Top Ten DNA Do’s and Don’ts!	Michelle Leonard
11:30am	Separate Even in Death – Black Funerals and Cemeteries	Janice Lovelace, PhD
12:45pm	Indirect Evidence, A Case Study: The Parents of Elizabeth Wingate in Maryland (1795–1860)	Rebecca Koford, CG, CGL
2:00pm	50 Mostly “Hot off the Press” Net Sites You Want to Check Out!	Diane L. Richard
Pre-recorded	Four Keys to Creating Complete and Accurate Transcriptions (and Why You Should)	Shannon Green, CG
Pre-recorded	The Tennessee State Library and Archives: A Mega Archives for Your Tennessee Ancestors	Melissa Barker

Register here to attend the live classes.

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