Wednesday, July 6, 2016

July Webinars from Legacy

Legacy has quite a variety of topics this month. Remember, each webinar can be viewed for about a week following its initial presentation. Legacy also has an archive of webinars that are free to view at any time. Register for any of this month's offerings and learn more at www.familytreewebinars.com.

Wednesday, July 6 - Navigating Naturalization Records by Lisa Alzo. This is a talk aimed at intermediate researchers that will cover first papers, petitions, certificates and registrations.


Friday, July 8 - Watch Geoff Live: GEDMatch.com will be a presentation by Geoff Rasmussen and Diahan Southard to explain Geoff's DNA results.


Wednesday, July 13 - A Genealogist's Guide to Heraldry by Shannon Combs-Bennett will acquaint you with the basics of heraldry, its historic uses, who can display arms (and why many shouldn't) and how it might help your research. This topic is for beginning and intermediate researchers.


Friday, July 15 - Finding French Ancestors by Luana Darby will show beginners and intermediates how to find resources for French research and techniques on both sides of the Atlantic.


Wednesday, July 20 - Organize Your Online Life by Lisa Louise Cooke will provide tech tips for staying organized, saving time and getting more results.


Wednesday, July 27 - Community Cookbooks and What They Tell Us About Our Ancestors by Gena Philibert-Ortega is meant to be a talk on researching female ancestors. Gena says those cookbooks are a "city directory" of women and can be used for family history.

The following webinars will be presented back-to-back on Saturday, July 30. Be sure to check the time of each presentation.


The Germanic French: Researching Alsatian and Lorrainian Families by John Philip Colletta is a topic for intermediate researchers explaining how German-speakers came to reside in France and exploring the difficulties of research in Alsace-Lorraine. John says, "Research challenges include: records kept in French, German and Latin; shifting national borders; peculiar surnames; and Catholic, Protestant and Jewish residents."


Solutions for Missing and Scarce Records by Tom Jones is intended for intermediate and advanced researchers and will teach strategies for overcoming barriers caused by lost records, poor record-keeping, or simply a lack of records.



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