First Steps: Internet Privacy
The privacy precautions you take online can impact your safety, the identity of you and and your family, and your financial security. But there are many common sense actions you can take to protect your online privacy and reduce the chance you’ll be the next target for an identity thief or scammer. Learn all about them in this 2-week course.
One-Week Workshop: How to Research Genealogy Records
A genealogy class a day keeps the brick walls away! Take part in FamilyTree University’s weeklong summer workshop to get more research mileage out of essential genealogy records. The event includes eight pre-recorded video classes, plus message board discussions. Think of it like your genealogy summer “staycation”: You can study a different record group each day or focus on just a few over a long weekend, and immediately apply what you learn to your own genealogy. You make your own schedule, so you can log in and participate anytime that’s convenient to you!
Become a FamilySearch.org Power User
If Ancestry.com is genealogy’s class president, then FamilySearch.org is the popular big-man-on-campus. The free genealogy website from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints first launched in 1999. With its recent revamp, the site has added features including photos and interactive fan charts to its already rich repository of family records and searchable family trees. This course is certain to expand your knowledge of this awesome online resource for family history, so sign up today.
