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Webinars: Online Seminars
Note: There is no cost to register for webinars. Audience members may arrive 15 minutes before scheduled webinars. Archived Webinars below contain actual video and may be viewed at any time at no cost.
Upcoming Events
First Steps #2: Tips for Successful Searches, 8 PM ET
Date of Presentation: Monday, February 28, 2011Ancestry.com is home to more than 6 billion records in more than 30,000 collections. But what’s the best way find what you’re looking for in all that information? Join Juliana Smith, editor of the Ancestry Weekly Discovery e-newsletter to learn how to make the powerful search tools at Ancestry.com work for you so to help you locate your ancestor, discover their stories and so much more.
First Steps #3: Now What? How to Use Your Discoveries to Make Your Next Big Find, 1 PM ET
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, March 09, 2011Wait! That census record you just saved may hold the key your next big find. Join Juliana Smith, editor of the Ancestry Weekly Discovery e-newsletter to learn how to get every clue from a record. She’ll show you how to use what you find one a record to help you move back through time and unlock the stories your ancestor left behind.
Archived Events
Family Tree Maker 2011 Charts and Reports
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, February 16, 2011Family history is a great way to connect with your past. And Family Tree Maker can help you illustrate your family story and share it with friends and family members. Join us on Wednesday, February 16th at 8:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time) for a free webinar that focuses on creating charts and report. You'll learn how to design and print charts, run effective reports, discover what print functionalities are on each workspace, create individual and family slide shows, and more.
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First Steps #1: Getting Started at Ancestry.com, 8 PM ET
Date of Presentation: Monday, February 07, 2011New to Ancestry.com? Join Juliana Smith, editor of the Ancestry Weekly Discovery e-newsletter, in this introductory course and learn how Ancestry.com can assist you in your family history journey. Learn how to navigate the site, search for your ancestors in the more than 30,000 collections on Ancestry.com, and start an online tree to organize your finds.
First Steps: Getting Started at Ancestry.com, 1 PM EST
Date of Presentation: Thursday, January 13, 2011Get your family history research charged for the New Year in this free online class, First Steps: Getting Started at Ancestry.com. Join Juliana Smith, editor of the Weekly Discovery, in this introductory course and learn how Ancestry.com can assist you in your family history journey.
Common Surnames: Ways to Identify Your Ancestors in a Crowd, 1:00 PM EST
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, December 28, 2010Exhausted from chasing a common surname? Sign up for our FREE online class, Common Surnames: Ways to Identify Your Ancestors in a Crowd. Join Ancestry Weekly Discovery editor Juliana Szucs Smith as she divulges her own tricks for separating an ancestor from every other person by the same name.
Interviewing Family: Tips and Techniques
Date of Presentation: Thursday, December 16, 2010Everyone has a story to tell. Find out how you can get Aunt Mabel and the rest of your family to tell you their tale. Simple, easy and fun tips and techniques will make it a cinch.
Family Tree Maker 2011 New Features
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, September 15, 2010Join our product experts as they demonstrate how to get the most out of the exciting new features available in Family Tree Maker 2011. Additionally, we will have some of our developers - the folks behind the scenes - answer some of your questions. We hope you will join us and the Family Tree Maker community to find out more about Family Tree Maker 2011.
Coming to America: Finding Your Immigrant Ancestors
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, September 01, 2010Your immigrant ancestor's trip to America is among the most compelling chapters in your family history. Join Juliana Smith for a free online class to learn what you need to know to identify your ancestor in passenger arrival records, places to find those details, and how to discover the story of your ancestor's voyage to America in the records you find. A printable outline (PDF file) with links to collections mentioned in this class is available here: http://bit.ly/bAwSby
Family Tree Maker 2010 Advanced Topics
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, June 16, 2010Have you mastered the basics of Family Tree Maker and you're ready to learn more? Join the Family Tree Maker 2010 team as we take you on a tour and demonstrate some of the advanced features available in Family Tree Maker 2010 - Ancestry's premium family tree software.
Finding Your Military Heroes on Ancestry.com
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, May 26, 2010Investigating and preserving the stories of the military heroes in your family tree is a wonderful way to honor their service. In this webinar, Juliana Smith, editor of the Ancestry Weekly Discovery, will show you how to identify family members who served, determine what records are available, and find his or her story in those records. In this free one-hour class, you'll see examples of some of the records you can find on Ancestry.com, get search tips, and learn how to use that information to take your family history further.Copy and paste this link in your browser to download the notes for this class. http://bit.ly/bOEcsY
Finding Females in Your Family Tree
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, May 12, 2010Genealogists love playing detective as we solve our family history mysteries. Most of us, though, have a few unsolved mysteries regarding the women in our family trees. Join genealogy professional Mary Penner as she outlines strategies for tracing our elusive women in a free webinar, “Finding Females in Your Family Tree.” Her presentation, filled with tips and examples, will help you ramp up your detective skills in order to close the case on your mystery women.
Getting the Most Out of Your Ancestry.com Subscription
Date of Presentation: Thursday, April 08, 2010Are you using your Ancestry.com subscription to its full potential? Get an inside look at historical records, tree-building, and search tools. Discover new ways to utilize the site to discover, preserve and share your family history.
Getting Started on Ancestry.com
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, April 06, 2010New to Ancestry.com? Long-term genealogist and author of the Ancestry Weekly Discovery, Juliana Smith, will help you find your first family member on a historical record. Note: This webinar is intended for those who are new to Ancestry.com but can also be used as a refresher course for more experienced users.
Avoid Traps in African American Genealogy
Date of Presentation: Thursday, March 11, 2010Even the most seasoned genealogist can make mistakes, especially when it comes to the complexities of African American research. World-renowned genealogy expert Tony Burroughs has taken wrong paths in his decades of research, but has discovered ways to avoid some common missteps. Benefit from his unique wisdom and experience with Ancestry.com as we present “Avoid Traps in African American Genealogy.” This free webinar offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to journey with one of the world’s foremost genealogists and find success as you search for your Black roots.
Best Strategies for Searching Ancestry.com
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, October 14, 2009With 4 billion records available on Ancestry.com, discovering your family’s story is easier than ever. Join our Ancestry.com experts as they teach you the best ways to search for—and find—your ancestors.
Family Tree Maker 2010 New Features Demo
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, September 30, 2009Learn about the new features in Family Tree Maker 2010 with our product experts. Join us, and we’ll show you how to make the most of your new Family Tree Maker. Additionally, we will have some of our developers from the Family Tree Maker team to help with answer some of your questions. We encourage you to submit questions in advance by visiting our Family Tree Maker blog. We hope you will join our team and the Family Tree Maker community as we try to give you the tools to get the most out of Family Tree Maker.
Genealogy in Gotham: New York City Research
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, September 16, 2009Between 1820 and 1920 over 82% of immigrants to the United States came through the port of New York. Even if they migrated elsewhere, over 100,000,000 Americans have an ancestral paper trail that involves New York City. Learn how to trace your New York ancestors, whether they were passing through or called it home.
Ancestry World Archives Project: New Features Demo (U.S.)
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, September 09, 2009We've made a few changes! Join Anna and Crista for a demonstration of the new features in the keying tool and to learn a few tips and tricks to improve your keying and arbitration experience. If you have questions you would like the World Archives Project team to answer please submit them in an email with "webinar" in the subject line to worldarchivesproject@ancestry.com.
European Research: Tips and Tools for Success
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, July 21, 2009International research doesn’t have to be foreign to you. Your ancestor’s homeland may seem far, far away, and your goals of researching those Old World ancestors may seem just as distant. But there has never been a better time for family historians embarking on international research. There are many new tools at your fingertips that can help you overcome many of the challenges inherent in international research.
Using MyCanvas to Make Descendant Family History Books and Posters
Date of Presentation: Thursday, July 16, 2009Make a lasting impression at this year’s family reunion with a descendant family tree poster or descendant-based family history book. In this hour-long webinar, you’ll learn how to create a book or poster that your relatives will be talking about long after the reunion’s over. Descendant books and posters also make great birthday and anniversary gifts.
Genetic Genealogy Made Easy
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, July 08, 2009If you discovered a dusty set of 1852 county courthouse records in your grandmother's attic, you'd take a look, right? Not getting a DNA test is like leaving those records unexplored--you may be missing out on amazing leads. Our panel explains the basics of Ancestry.com DNA testing. We'll present a simple science overview, how to take the test, and the payoffs for family history. Learn how: - DNA testing for genealogy works--in easy terms. - To understand and apply your results to grow your tree. - Ancestry.com DNA testing can continue to pay off for years. - Women can benefit from a paternal lineage test. - To use Ancestry.com DNA features: Groups, Transfer to Tree, and Ancient Ancestry
The Canadian Historical Censuses, 1851-1916
Date of Presentation: Thursday, June 18, 2009Come join our Ancestry.ca specialist - Lesley Anderson - and Glenn Wright in this one hour online seminar as they walk through the history of the Canadian Census. They’ll tackle effective search techniques, and tips which will cover each census year – 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1906, 1911 and 1916.
Military Records on Ancestry.com
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, May 19, 2009Whether the veteran in your family served in the Revolutionary War 200 years ago or is serving in the current conflict in Iraq, we can help you discover his or her story. In this webinar, three U.S. content specialists from Ancestry.com will walk you through our collection of military records—the largest online collection of military records available on the web. Besides showing you what records we have available for each of the major U.S. conflicts (e.g., Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Korean War, etc.), they will show you some common record types, such as draft cards, muster rolls, and pension files, and teach you what information you can expect to glean about your veteran from each one. Copy and paste this link in your browser to download the outline and notes on this class: http://bit.ly/bOEcsY
Planning a Perfect Family Reunion
Date of Presentation: Thursday, May 14, 2009A family reunion can be as simple as a backyard barbecue or it can encompass a multi-day event attended by the entire extended family. Planning a successful reunion means defining the size and scope, location, activities, and food for the event. It also entails planning something for everyone. A larger event takes the help and cooperation of a number of people with the skills who can help. Regardless of the size and location of your reunion, genealogist and event planner George G. Morgan will guide you through the essential processes for planning, organizing, and enjoying your family reunion. Join us for this free one hour webinar and learn how to make your next family reunion unforgettable. The webinar will begin at 9 p.m. Eastern Time (8 Central, 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific).
Ancestry.com Town Hall Meeting
Date of Presentation: Monday, May 04, 2009This webinar was broadcast on: 05/04/2009 08:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time At this Town Hall Meeting on May 4th our senior management shared important news about your membership and outlined the direction for the remainder of 2009, including information on key website and collections projects. We also had a great Q & A session.
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Creative Gift Ideas for Moms, Dads, & Grads
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, April 08, 2009Learn how to create meaningful, one-of-a-kind gifts that take an hour or less to make. John Pereira and Stefanie Condie will show you how to use the MyCanvas publishing service to build family tree posters, photo books and more. MyCanvas makes it easy to create a Mother’s Day-themed photo book, a family tree poster honoring your dad’s heritage or a graduation poster celebrating an important milestone in the life of someone you love.
Conquering the Challenge of Reading Handwritten Documents - Session II
Date of Presentation: Thursday, March 19, 2009In our research we all encounter source documents - whether the documents we look at are from this century or centuries past they can be equally difficult to read if the handwriting isn't "clear". And, if you are a contributor to the World Archives Project you take on the task of reading hand written documents and keying the information that will become an index that you and other researchers will use. Whether you are a beginning researcher, a more seasoned researcher, or a keyer we invite you to join us for an hour of learning and sharing tips that will improve your skills in deciphering handwritten documents. If you would like to submit a question in advance please post a comment on the World Archives Project blog.
Family Tree Maker 2009 New Features Demo
Date of Presentation: Thursday, March 12, 2009Join the Family Tree Maker 2009 team as we take you through a tour and demo some of the new features just added to Family Tree Maker 2009 - Ancestry's premium family tree software. In this webinar we will share tips and tricks to help you get the most out of these new features in Family Tree Maker 2009. Additionally, we will have some of our developers from the Family Tree Maker team to help answer some of your questions. We encourage you to submit questions in advance by visiting our Family Tree Maker blog. We hope you will join out team and the Family Tree Maker community as we try to give you the tools to get the most out of Family Tree Maker.
Making a Breakthrough in your African American Research
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, February 24, 2009African American research poses unique challenges. That’s why Ancestry.com and Wal-Mart have partnered up to present a free, one-hour webinar on researching your Black roots. African American research specialist Marjorie Sholes will take you step-by-step through the process she used to trace one of her own ancestors, showing you the tips and tricks she discovered along the way. In particular, she’ll focus on how to identify slave owners to unlock the history of your slave ancestors. You’ll also learn what resources are available on Ancestry.com and elsewhere to aid in your research.
Using MyCanvas to Print and Share Your Family Stories
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, January 21, 2009Join us for a live demonstration of Ancestry.com’s MyCanvas publishing service. John Pereira and Stefanie Condie will offer expert advice and answer questions submitted by the Ancestry.com community.
Keyed In: Learn the Ins and Outs of Arbitration
Date of Presentation: Thursday, January 15, 2009Come and explore the world of arbitration with us. We will walk through the arbitration process, dive into the keying guidelines and provide insights into how you can become a better keyer through arbitrating. Whether you are an arbitrator or a contributor you’ll come away with a better understanding of the World Archives Project.
Family Tree Maker 2009
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, November 19, 2008Join the Family Tree Maker 2009 webinar for a tour of the new features in Ancestry’s premium family tree software. This webinar will offer a demonstration of new features, and share tips and tricks to help you get the most out of Family Tree Maker 2009. Additionally, you can get a sneak peek of some of the features that will be available in future enhancements to Family Tree Maker 2009. We’ll also take some time to answer questions that have been submitted from the Family Tree Maker community. If you’d like to submit a question, please visit the Family Tree Maker blog.
Discover Your Jewish Family History at Ancestry.com
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, November 05, 2008Ancestry has partnered with JewishGen.org and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to create the world's largest online repository of Jewish Family History collections. The combined databases comprise nearly 26 million records of Jews that can be searched by Ancestry's world class technology. Some collections are reserved for subscribers, while millions of records remain freely accessible to the public. Jewish genealogy expert Gary Mokotoff will walk us through the North American, European, Holocaust and other significant Jewish collections on Ancestry.com. He will highlight some of the benefits this collection and search technology will provide to people searching for their Jewish heritage.
The World Archives Project
Date of Presentation: Thursday, October 23, 2008Come learn about the World Archives Project – Ancestry.com’s new community indexing program that gives people around the world the opportunity to save historical records important to them. Learn the tips and tricks to quick, easy indexing and how the World Archives Project differs from other indexing programs out there. Find out all of the individual benefits you receive as an indexer for the project. Here’s your chance to hear from David Graham, senior product manager for the World Archives Project, as he discusses the project and demonstrates the software.
Saving Family Treasures
Date of Presentation: Wednesday, October 15, 2008Whether you want to learn how to preserve a wedding dress, a photograph album, or newspaper clippings this practical presentation will explore the types of damage that can occur to items passed down in the family. The webinar will cover many objects, from clothing and jewelry to paper based family history documents and beyond. You’ll learn some common sense tips on how you can save your heritage for the next generation without spending a fortune. We'll even discuss how to hire a conservator for those difficult preservation problems.
German Ancestry
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, July 08, 2008Come join Raymond S. Wright III, PhD, who specializes in German research and Angie Panser, a native of Austria who specializes in the deciphering and translation of German Handwritten Script as well as Old German Print. Together we will present practical examples and suggestions on how to use records, databases and archives to start or advance your German genealogy.
Italian Ancestry
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, July 01, 2008This web seminar will feature an overview of how to trace your immigrant ancestor from the US to Italy, and cover the basics of Italian jurisdictions, repositories, and record types, to help you discover and explore more about your Italian heritage.
Polish Ancestry
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, June 24, 2008It’s a wonderful time to begin your Polish research. Ceil Jensen, Certified Genealogist, will dispel myths that records were destroyed during the World Wars and that language barriers make research difficult. She will present practical examples and suggestions on how to use records, databases and archives to start or advance your Polish genealogy research
Irish Ancestry
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, June 17, 2008This webinar offers a general overview of Irish family history, covering basic the principles, practices, and records needed to find your Irish ancestors. We will explore tracing the immigrant ancestor; briefly review name and place issues; highlight the key church, civil, land valuation, and census records; and touch upon the best websites for Irish family history.
English Ancestry
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, June 03, 2008Confused about where to start with your English ancestors? Now is a wonderful time to start. Echo King, AG® presents examples of the major record types that are used in research in England and Wales, ways to access them, and suggestions on how to use them to trace your family tree.
Family Tree Maker 2008 (also for FTM 2009)
Date of Presentation: Thursday, October 25, 2007Originally created for Family Tree Maker 2008, this webinar is also helpful for version 2009. You'll get an overview of the product workspaces and how to work effectively with Family Tree Maker. You'll also hear some background behind the rewrite of Family Tree Maker 2008.
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