Class Notes, Workshop Notes and Handouts

• April 17, 2024 L-AGS, Descendancy Research, Unindexed-Full Text Search FamilySearch
• April 10, 2024 Photo Organizing, California Digital Newspaper, Case Studies
• March 20, 2024 Death and Cemetery Websites, Cleaning out a Loved One's Residence, Better Note Taking
• March 13, 2024 Findagrave, 12 Rules of Genealogy
• February 14, 2024 Genealogy Guys, 31 Day Approach to Genealogy and James Tanner, same subject
• February 7, 2024 Legal Genealogist, FamilySearch Genealogies, Organization for the Disorganized, Case Study - Seeking Ancestors in Louisiana
• January 17, 2024 MyHeritage Changes Terms, The Family History Guide, Genealogy Guys Blog, Uploading Gedcom to FamilySearch, Seven Genealogy TV Shows and more
• December 20, 2023 Disorganized Genealogist, Better Note Taking, Gmail Tools, Canadian Census, Shared Family History
• December 6, 2023 Gateway Resources, 12 Rules of Genealogy, Better Note Taking, Seven TV Shows and Better Note Taking
• November 15, 2023 What was there, Internet Archive, Cyndi's List, Linkpendium, FamilySearch Wicki, The Ancestor Hunt
• November 1, 2023 - Irish Research, Family History Guide, How to Search Ancestry and Digital Public Library
• October 18, 2023 - Analyze, Plan - Gmail Tools and more
• October 4, 2023 - Welcome Back, FamilySearch, Oakland FS Center
• February 6, 2020 - Irish Genealogy, Mexican Soldier/Sailor Database, CCC, Unindexed Ancestry Records.
• January 16, 2020 - FTDNA Lowers DNA Rates, Missippi Death Index, Nebraska Death Index, Family Research Guide to DPLA
• January 2, 2020 - Mark McClaren DNA Talk Jan 13, Legal Genealogist top posts for 2019, Male Baldness
• December 19, 2019 - 1890 Census Substitute, Attach GenealogyBank records to FamilySearch Trees
• December 5, 2019 - Wall Charts, RootTech, Immigration Fee Hikes, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, New Look Gor Google Books, Genealogy Research Plan, Death Certificate Search
• November 21, 2019 - Arolsen Archives, Memorials for Recently Deceased, Ancestry Newspaper.com Update
• November 7, 2019 - DNA Sites, SNL Census Taker & Little Old Lady, Findagrave, FamilySearch, Fifty Places to find Female Ancestor Records
• October 3, 2019 - Birth Locations, US Census Mortality, Data.Census.Gov, Document Female Ancestors Webinar, Wikipedia NewspaperList, MyHeritage 2019 Videos, Cemetery Research, Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy
• September 19, 2019 - Reasonably Exhaustive Search Document, FamilySearch Census Search, FamiyHistory Daily also a Google Search for "Genealogical Proof Standard by Elizabeth Shown Mills"
• September 5, 2019 - CGS, Merger NGS of FGS, Reasonably Exhaustive Research, What's New in FamilySearch
• July 18, 2019 - My Genealogy When I'm Gone, Missing Person Ads, Using Google Tools for Genealogy Research
• June 20, 2019 - Ancestry DNA Update, Ancestry Wiki, ISGS Webinars, Joe Biene Websites & New York Passenger Lists
• June 6, 2019 - LAGS Workshop, DNA Sale-pros-cons, Estate Lord, Genealogy Toolbox Refresher, GenSoftReviews, DNAPro/Cons
• May 16, 2019 - Censuses around the World, Name Frequencies for Genealogy, LDS Genealogy
• May 2, 2019 - DNA Worksheets, Finding Female Ancestors, What's new at FamilySearch
• April 18, 2019 - DNA, Linkpendium, FamilySearch Research Wiki, Language Translation. Also, Zip File with DNA Worksheets that contain: (1) DNA Cousin to document confirmed DNA cousins(2) Match Relationships to document how you relate to potential DNA matches.
• April 4, 2019 - Genealogy Definition, Genetic Genealogy/DNA Book/Opt out/Ancestry DNA Tools, Hispanic Records, Reclaim the Records and Ancestry Academy
• March 21, 2019 - Israel Cemeteries, New FamilySearch Tool (Timeline), New MyHeritage Tools, WPA SF Digitized Model
• March 7, 2019 - RootsTech Videos, Related Twins?, Census Indexes, FamilySearch Pie Charts and more
• February 21, 2019 - Irish Genealogy, Legacy Videos, DNA, Gedmatch & more
• February 8, 2019 - Area Code Search, Relative Finder, DNA, Gedmatch
• January 17, 2019 - Genealogy Goals, Family Tree Webinars, African American Research, Law Dictionaries, Natl. Archives, Dutch Ancestry and more
• January 3, 2019 - LOC Blogs, FamilySearch Books, BYU Family History Library
• December 20, 2018 - Fine Tuning, Census Questions, Family History Guide, Directory of Irish Research and Ordering an SS-5.
• December 6, 2018 - Geographic Names Information System, Keyboard Shortcuts, Relationship Charts and the Genealogy Proof Standard.
• November 15, 2018 - Select our Day to meet, Historic Photos, State Archives, Memories, Adding Web Links as Sources
• November 1, 2018 - Maps, Nara and Google Images
• October 4 & 18, 2018 - Adoptions, DNA, Dictionary of Slang, Library Guides, Library IOS Apps and Maps for Genealogy
• September 6 & 20, 2018 - Pale Rider, Ancestry Yearbooks, Detaching FamilySearch Family Tree Records, DNA, Census Enumerators, Historical County Boundaries, Deciphering Old Handwriting.
• August 16, 2018 - 50 web sites for vital records, Elephind Newspaper repository, Writing your genealogy history and much more.
• August 2, 2018 - 11 Rules of Genealogy, Rootsweb.com news, Archive.org and Wayback Machine, FamilySearch.org and Google Search tips
• July 5 & 19, 2018 - Soundex, DNA Feel-Good Story, City Directories, DPLA and more (2 pages)
• June 21, 2018 - WWII Memorial, Search Wild Cards, Webinars
• Apr 19, 2018 - April 19, 2019 notes including links to the National Archives, Internet Archive, Wayback Machine and Newspaper Research.
• Mar 31, 2018 - Notes from 1st quarter, 2018 including the 3 biggest mistakes made in genealogy research by Amy Johnson Crow.
• Jan 4, 2018 - New version of Wayne Ainsworth's Genealogy Toolbox with an updated genealogy blog list.
• August 22, 2017 - Wayne Ainsworth's newest Genealogy Toolbox
• July 6, 2017 - Wayne Ainsworth updated Genealogy Toolbox (July 6,2017), DNA Detectives DNA Chart, DNA Detectives Facebook Group
• June 1, 2017 - Obituaries, Facebook, Sources Checklist, Toolbox, Cyndi's List
• May 4, 2017 - Facebook for Genealogy, USGenweb, Genealogy Toolbox and Wayne Ainsworth updated his Feb 16, 2017 Toolbox
• April 20, 2017 - We covered topics including Findagrave, Ancestry, MyHeritage, Free Webinars and FamilySearch's "Scrambled Tree Game" free app.
• Mar 16, 2017 - Class Notes of March 16, 2017. Findagrave, Ancestry, MyHeritage, Free Webinars and FamilySearch's "Scrambled Tree Game" app.
• Feb 16, 2017 - Wayne Ainsworth's Genealogy Toolbox
• Sep 15, 2016 - Abbreviations: Occupations, First Names, City Directories and Genealogy Acronyms
• Sep 1, 2016 - 41 Strategies for finding your Family History Online
• Aug 18, 2016 - U.S. Census Research and Scottish Research
• May 19, 2016 - Genealogy Research ToolBox, Findagrave, Top 10 Genealogy Sites
• Jan 15, 2015 - Population Schedule Resources (PDF)
• Nov 19, 2014 - Google Genealogy Searches
• July 3, 2014 - Geography and Townships (PDF)
• Nov. 7, 2013 - Facebook Genealogy Link (PDF)
• Sept 19, 2013 - Maiden Names (PDF)
• Sept 5, 2013 - Digital Images
• May 2, 2013 - Finding Living Family
• Jan 3, 2013 - Tips for Getting Started (PDF)
• Oct 22, 2012 - Finding your Roots Conference (PDF)
• July 2, 2012 - Gedcom Files (PDF)
• March 5, 2012 - Organization
• Feb 27, 2012 - Sharing Data
• Feb 6, 2012 - Google Tips
• Jan 9, 2012 - Info and links
• Dec 19, 2011 - Info and Links
• Dec 5, 2011 - Genealogy Books
• Nov 3, 2011 - Family History Centers and Genealogical Societies (PDF)
• Nov 3, 2011 - Family History in the 21st Century by Anne Costello (PDF)

Last updated April 14, 2024