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Ontario Ancestors, the website of The Ontario Genealogical Society, will be offering many of its webinar presentations in the Ontario Ancestors library free to non-members from now until Aug. 31, 2020. Normally these webinars are only available on the Members Only page. Webinars that are free to non-members will show as live links on the…

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City will be offering several free webinars during the month of May. Monday, May 11 – 3 p.m. – To America and Back: Crossing the Pond with Your Swedish Ancestors Thursday, May 14 – 3 p.m. – Strategies for Using Civil Registration in the British Isles Monday, May…

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Ancestry UK is allowing free access to its United Kingdom World War II collection from now until 7:59 p.m. on May 10. Some of available collections include: 1939 England and Wales Register, prisoner of war records, military discharge indexes, alien internees, World War II civilian deaths, and…

The National Genealogical Society is offering non-members free access to five years of the “NGS Monthly” now through July 31, 2020. “NGS Monthly” articles help researchers of all levels. The articles cover methodology and recommendations on genealogical research by considering the techniques of researchers and scholars, and how they solved difficult research problems. Topics often…

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will continue to offer one webinar from its membership library for free each day in May. The webinars will be rotated by theme each week: Sundays – Methodology Mondays – DNA Tuesdays – Ethnic Genealogy Wednesdays – Technology Thursdays – Around the Globe Fridays – Beginners Saturdays – Tech Zone To…

Ancestry Canada is hosting two free webinars this week focusing on World War II. Tuesday, May 5 – 10 a.m. – Researching Your WWII Commonwealth Ancestors Ancestry ProGenealogist Simon Pearce will share advice and guidance on how to tackle your WWII research, highlighting resources available to discover the stories of your ancestors that served in…

MyHeritage.com will continue with the “Ask The Expert” series during May 2020. Tuesdays and Thursdays – 1 p.m. Eastern Time May 5 – Profile Page: More than Just Names and DatesRegister at https://attendee. gotowebinar.com/register/ 677266583705323788 May 7 – Sharing and Interacting with Others on MyHeritageRegister at https://attendee. gotowebinar.com/register/ 1683409883073914380 May 12 – 5 Tips for Managing DNA…

The Patchogue-Medford Public Library will present a virtual program, “Basics of Ancestry ThruLines,” on Wednesday, April 29 at 11 a.m. Learn the basics of how to use this powerful tool from Ancestry.com with genealogist Sarah Gutmann. This program will be held via GoToMeeting. To join the meeting go to: https://www.gotomeet.me/PatchogueMedfordLibrary/ancestry-thrulines 

The National Archives in Kew, England is making digital records available on its website free of charge for as long its location is closed to visitors. Registered users will be able to order and download up to 10 items for free, with a maximum of 50 items over 30 days. To access the service, you…

Ancestry.com is offering free access to its yearbook collection now through Sunday, April 26. The collection has over 450,000 yearbooks and more than 62 million pages. To start searching, go to: Ancestry.com/Yearbooks.  In addition, MyHeritage.com is providing free access to its yearbook collection now through May 23, 2020. The yearbook collection consists of 290 million…