Get some genealogy education while you are stuck at home. We have gathered together several free genealogy webinars from around the web happening in July 2020.
Week 1 (July 1-4)
Wednesday, July 1, 1:00PM CDT, Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Finding a Father for Molly – Using DNA
Presenter: Jill Morelli, CG
Oral tradition told the story; DNA identified the father. The case study illustrates using matches on Ancestry and GEDmatch to narrow the number of candidates, developing and implementing a targeted testing plan, hypothesis development and using documentary evidence to support the conclusion—while complying with genetic standards. The use of the X-match, not often employed is utilized as well. It’s a simple case to illustrate basic principles without jargon.
Wednesday, July 1, 4:30PM CDT, BYU Family History Library
Duplicates in Family Tree, Part 2: How to Resolve Them
Presenter: Kathryn Grant
Friday, July 3, 8:00PM CDT, FamilySearch
喚醒我們的回憶 Awaken Our Memories (in Chinese)
Week 2 (July 5-11)
Monday, July 6, 11:00AM CDT, FamilySearch
Using the FamilySearch Catalog
Tuesday, July 7, 6:00PM CDT, AmericanAncestors.org
Women in 19th Century American Bookbinderies
Presenter: Todd Pattison and Dr. Delizabeth DeWolfe
Have you seen the recent film Little Women and want to learn more about book production in the 1860s? This was a time of dynamic changes for bookbinding in America as binderies evolved from small shops employing a handful of workers to large factories. This talk will examine these changes and the crucial role that female labor played in the industrialization of bookbinding in the middle part of the nineteenth century.
Wednesday, July 8, 2:00PM CDT, FamilySearch
Germans from Russia: Locating Church Records
Wednesday, July 8, 4:30PM CDT, BYU Family History Library
Family Resilience
Presenter: Rachael Rifkin
Wednesday, July 8, 7:00PM CDT, Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Turning dry facts into exciting narrative
Presenter: Carol Baxter
The literary world condemns most family histories as ‘fact-driven and tedious’ because they are usually little more than prose timelines. Yet the phrase ‘family history’ communicates the three ingredients needed to produce a piece of prose that is interesting to read: ‘family’ (the facts about the family), ‘history’ (the historical context) and ‘story’. This seminar focuses on the first two ingredients and shows how we can weave our facts together in such a way that the reader is keen to keep on reading.
Thursday, July 9, 5:00PM CDT, AmericanAncestors.org
What’s New at AmericanAncestors.org
Presenter: Molly Rogers
AmericanAncestors.org is the award-winning website of New England Historic Genealogical Society and home to hundreds of databases with 1.4 billion searchable names, our robust online library catalog, digital manuscript collections, educational resources, and online periodicals with more being added each week. Stay up to date with what’s new at AmericanAncestors.org with this quarterly webinar series! Hear about new databases, search features, and resources only available at AmericanAncestors.org.
Friday, July 10, 6:00PM CDT, AmericanAncestors.org
The Adam Family: The Scottish Architects Who Changed the World
Presenter: Curt DiCamillo
Join Curt DiCamillo, whose heart beats to a Neoclassical rhythm, as he brings the sublime beauty of the Adam Style in all its permutations to life. The Adam brothers reigned supreme in Britain during the last half of the 18th century as the ultimate arbiters of taste and style — designing everything from lavish country houses and London townhouses to theaters, bridges, and government buildings.
Week 3 (July 12-18)
Tuesday, July 14, 12:00PM CDT, FamilySearch
El árbol familiar ¡Hay una aplicación para eso! (in Spanish)
Tuesday, July 14, 1:00PM CDT, Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Connecting the Dots – Introduction to Auto Clusters at MyHeritageDNA
Presenter: Paul Woodbury
Genetic network analysis is a powerful approach for interpreting DNA match lists, and MyHeritageDNA has an autocluster tool built into their interface to enable this analysis. Learn how to interpret the results of an autocluster, what a cluster means, types of cluster alliances, and next steps for your cluster analysis.
Tuesday, July 14, 6:00PM CDT, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Recipes for Discovering Your Italian Roots Using Online Records
Presenter: Pam Ricciardi Parschke
Learn what Italian civil records from the early 1800s to early 1900s are available and where to find them. Also acquire techniques for tracing backwards through the records, and guidance on gleaning information from hand written-records, with minimal knowledge of the Italian language. Tips on locating the town of origin are included!
Wednesday, July 15, 1:00PM CDT, Legacy Family Tree Webinars
On the Record Trail of My LDS Immigrant Ancestor
Presenter: Sunny Morton
Explore unique and fascinating historical records about members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons or LDS) in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Using research on her own ancestor, Sunny Morton will share examples of–and tips for finding–congregational membership records; group immigration resources; missionary diaries; ward minutes, and local histories of areas settled by LDS pioneers.
Wednesday, July 15, 4:30PM CDT, BYU Family History Library
Demystifying the FamilySearch Catalog
Presenter: Rachel Derenthal
Wednesday, July 15, 8:00PM CDT, Southern California Genealogical Society
Julian to Gregorian: When and How our Calendar Changed
Presenter: Seema Kenney
Dates are very important to genealogists but how well do you understand the relationship between the dates recorded and the calendar in use at the time? The switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar started in 1582, but lasted into the 20th century. Understanding the adoption process may impact your 18th to 20th century research.
Week 4 (July 19-25)
Tuesday, July 21, 7:00PM CDT, Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Elusive Immigrant: The Search for Dora Lühr
Presenter: Warren Bittner, CG
See the Genealogical Proof Standard applied to research on both sides of the Atlantic to prove the identity of an immigrant not found where she is supposed to be and whose name is anything but certain.
Wednesday, July 22, 1:00PM CDT, Legacy Family Tree Webinars
50 More Websites Every Genealogist Should Know
Presenter: Gena Philibert-Ortega
We are so lucky to live at a time when we have a wealth of information at our fingertips. Previously Gena explored 50 websites you should know so now it’s time for 50 more! And these aren’t just the same old, same old websites. Let’s take our research around the world and explore more websites that are vital for the family historian.
Wednesday, July 22, 4:30PM CDT, BYU Family History Libraryv
2020 Update: Basics of MyHeritage
Presenter: James Tanner
Thursday, July 23, 5:00PM CDT, AmericanAncestors.org
Searching the Register on AmericanAncestors.org
Presenters: Don LeClair and Rachel Adams
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register is the longest running genealogical journal in America. Published quarterly since 1847, the Register includes authoritative genealogies, transcribed record compilations, and other articles that solve genealogical problems, identify immigrant origins, or present treatments of multiple generations. Gain tips for searching this important resource online as a database on AmericanAncestors.org and learn about the volunteer project underway to index the vital records contained within the flagship journal of American genealogy.
Thursday, July 23, 8:00PM CDT, AmericanAncestors.org
Larry Tye with Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy
Presented in Partnership with Boston Public Library
The best-selling author of Bobby Kennedy will discuss his new, definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy. From 1950 to 1954, McCarthy destroyed many careers and even entire lives, whipping the nation into a frenzy of paranoia, accusation, loyalty oaths, and terror. When the public finally turned on him, he came crashing down, dying of alcoholism in 1957. Only now, through bestselling author Larry Tye’s exclusive look at the senator’s records, can the full story be told. Based on first-ever review of his personal and professional papers, medical and military records, and recently unsealed transcripts of his closed-door Congressional hearings, Demagogue is a masterful portrait of a human being whose chaotic, meteoric rise is a gripping and terrifying object lesson for us all.
Week 5 (July 26-31)
Tuesday, July 28, 12:00PM CDT, FamilySearch
Enderezando las ramas del árbol familiar (in Spanish)
Tuesday, July 28, 1:00PM CDT, Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Fabulous Photo Discoveries™ at MyHeritage
Presenter: Lisa Louise Cooke
Lisa Louise Cooke will show you how to discover photographs of ancestors who currently don’t have photos in your tree using MyHeritage’s exciting Photo Discoveries™ technology. You’ll learn how to add your own photos, and then find and easily add the newly generated photo discoveries to your family tree.
Tuesday, July 28, 2:00PM CDT, FamilySearch
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Probate: U.S. Probate Records
Wednesday, July 29, 1:00PM CDT, Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Researching a Loyalist Soldier
Presenter: Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA
Approximately one-third of the people living in the Colonies at the time of the Revolution were loyal to the King. During the War some fought in Loyalist units. By the end of the war, most were forced to leave, either north to Canada or back across the ocean. Many filed claims with the British government for failing to protect them from the rebels. Learn about the records of their service and records of their times after the War.
Wednesday, July 29, 4:30PM CDT, BYU Family History Library
Live FamilySearch Q&A
Presenter: Kathryn Grant