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Family History Library to offer online English research seminar

Posted on April 20, 2020April 8, 2020 by GFLI editor

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City will be offering a free five part online webinar English Research Seminar in April. Thursday, April 23 – 11 a.m. – A Researcher’s View of Old English Life Thursday, April 23 – 12:30 p.m. – England Non-Conformist Church Records Thursday, April 23 – 3 p.m. – I…

Virtual British conference free until April 24

Posted on April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 by GFLI editor

The British genealogy magazine, Family Tree, held a virtual conference on April 17 and 18. From now until April 24, you watch the videos and print out the hand-outs for free. After that you will need to be a subscriber to the magazine in order to access the videos. Below are some of the titles…

Free webinar offered on German genealogy research

Posted on April 19, 2020April 18, 2020 by GFLI editor

A free webinar dealing with German genealogy research will be offered this Thursday, April 23, at 1 p.m. by German-English genealogy translation expert Katherine Schober of SK Translations. The topic of the webinar will be “Five Types of German Genealogy Documents and What You Can Find in Each.” What kind of documents are available for…

NY G & B to continue free webinar series

Posted on April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 by GFLI editor

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society has added more free webinars that will continue until the beginning of May. To register for any of these webinars, go to: https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/upcoming-free-webinars Identifying and Examining DNA Outliers Monday, April 20, 4:00 pm ET | Presented by Blaine T. Bettinger The amount of DNA shared by two people…

Free DNA webinars offered by Your DNA Guide

Posted on April 17, 2020April 16, 2020 by GFLI editor

Diahan Southard, Your DNA Guide, will be offering two free DNA webinars. Times listed are Eastern time. Tuesday, April 21 – 8 p.m. and Thursday, April 23 at 2 p.m. – Your DNA Guide -the Webinar: Understanding MyHeritage DNA Tuesday, May 5 – 8 p.m. or Thursday, May 7 at 2 p.m.  – Your DNA…

New YouTube program from Lisa Louise Cooke

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 by GFLI editor

Lisa Louise Cooke, host and creator of the Genealogy Gems Podcast, has recently created a live, weekly YouTube.com broadcast called “Elevenses With Lisa.” “Elevenses with Lisa” is a 30 minute episode where Lisa invites everyone to come and sip a cup of tea and chat about genealogy. She has covered topics such as free genealogy…

Brentwood library offers virtual genealogy meeting

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by GFLI editor

The Brentwood Public Library will be hosting a virtual genealogy meeting this Friday, April 17, from 3:30-4 p.m.  The program is called “Genealogy 101.” The library plans to continue offering this program during the current health crisis.  To attend the program, go to: https://brentwood.librarycalendar.com/events/genealogy-101-online-6 Once you register for the program, you will be signed up…

Free offers to help with British genealogy research

Posted on April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 by GFLI editor

The British company, The Genealogist, is offering a free “first steps package” for beginning researchers to use for three months. The First Steps Package includes: *Complete birth, marriage and death records index for England and Wales, 1837-2005 *English and Welsh census records in 1911 *TreeView, the online family tree builder *Image archive of churches, places…

Virtual genealogy program scheduled for April 15

Posted on April 11, 2020April 10, 2020 by GFLI editor

The Patchogue-Medford Public Library will present a virtual genealogy program, “Start Climbing Your Family Tree,” this Wednesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. You can join the meeting by going to: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/413488261 You can also dial in using your phone.United States: +1 (872) 240-3311; Access Code: 413-488-261 New to GoToMeeting? Get the app…

Utah Genealogical Association offering discount on membership

Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 by GFLI editor

The Utah Genealogical Association is offering a one-time 50% discount off on all new individual annual memberships (digital) while self-isolation orders are in effect to support genealogists during this time.  Memberships entitle users to over 100 archived webinars from the Virtual Chapter, UGA DNA and Genealogy Pro Talk. New members also have access to “Crossroads”…

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