Whether you work on paper or do everything online, getting your research organized is essential to keeping track of ancestors and making sure you know where to put new ones in your family tree. This course will rescue you from unhelpful habits and get your workspace—virtual or physical—tidy again. Learn more
They don’t call Pennsylvania the Keystone State for nothing — it’s an essential part in many genealogists’ research. Because of Philadelphia’s prominence as the No. 1 port of entry in the Colonial era, as many as one in four Americans have a Pennsylvania ancestor. In this live webinar, you’ll learn tricks to finding your Pennsylvania family and the records they left. Register now!
Welcome to Family Tree University, an online education program for genealogists just like you—curious, capable people dedicated to finding their family’s roots. You get all of the benefits of a traditional workshop or seminar, all from the comfort of your home. There’s no special software, plug-ins or specific e-mail program required. As long as you have internet access, you can participate in a Family Tree University course! Learn more
Whether you’re just getting started in genealogy or you’re a research veteran, Family Tree Pocket Reference provides you with the information you need to trace your roots across the United States, including research summaries, county-level data and bibliographies.
Thinking of going back to school? Family Tree University’s September session begins Monday, Sept 13, and we’ve got three new courses for you. Read on for the whole course catalog!
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New: Organize Your Genealogy: Get Your Research in Order (and Keep It That Way)
Whether you work on paper or do everything online, getting [...]
George G. Morgan’s class Published Genealogies: How to Use Others’ Research to Grow Your Family Tree is new to Family Tree University. Here’s an example of what you’ll learn:
The biggest mistake of most genealogists at libraries is assuming all the genealogy materials are filed together in one place. Researchers may walk in, browse the shelves [...]
Lisa Louise Cooke will show you how to harness the power of Google search in our class Mastering Google Search. One of the many topics she covers is the new Search Wiki:
When you want to do searches and work with the SearchWiki, your comments and SearchWikis will be associated with the Google account you are [...]
Diana Smith will be teaching our intro class to using land records this month. Here’s a sample of what the course contains:
Deeds are the first land records most of us think to look for when researching genealogy. Once a government transferred land to a proprietor through a grant or patent, that person could sell the [...]
From Lisa Louise Cooke’s Google Tools for Genealogists class
A new feature in Google Earth is Historical Imagery. Click the clock icon on the Tool Bar and a slider bar will appear at the top of the map indicating how far back map images are available for your location. In the case of San Francisco we [...]
There’s a very good reason why working backward is so effective. Let’s say you enter information about yourself into your genealogy database and then record everything about your parents. Next, you work on one of your grandfathers. A quick review of your paternal grandfather reveals that all you have on him is the date he [...]
“Digital cameras are a boon to genealogists. Before digital, using a film-based camera meant waiting for the pictures to come back from the processor before knowing whether the desired image was captured. What a shame if the tombstone inscription picture taken on vacation was washed out with too much flash and you didn’t know it [...]
When searching for published genealogies in a library catalog, try a keyword search for the last name and the word family, such as Jones family. Adding a place (Jones family Virginia) can narrow the search if you get to many results. Try variations on names and places, as most catalog search engines don’t look for [...]
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