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Legacy Family Tree Webinars celebrates 10 years

Posted on September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 by GFLI editor

Legacy Family Tree Webinars is celebrating its 10th anniversary of genealogy webinars. There will be 10 days of festivities with free webinars, door prizes and more. Beginning today, Legacy Family Tree Webinars is unlocking the top webinar from each year and making it free for 10 days. 2010 – Mapping Software for Genealogists by Geoff Rasmussen 2011…

Ancestry.com offers remote access until end of year

Posted on September 8, 2020 by GFLI editor

Some good news for local genealogists — Ancestry.com is providing free remote access now through the end of the year to anyone with library cards in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Just go to your home library website, go to the database section and look if your library subscribes to Ancestry.com. As previously mentioned in another post,…

MyHeritage.com continues Facebook Live sessions

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

MyHeritage.com will continue its Facebook Live Sessions on Mondays and Wednesday during September. Most are at 2 p.m. Eastern time. You can participate in these sessions right from the MyHeritage Facebook page. Visit the page when the session is scheduled to start and look for the live video broadcast at the top of the feed….

RootsTech 2021 to become virtual event

Posted on September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 by GFLI editor

FamilySearch.org recently announced that the RootsTech 2021 conference previously planned for February 3-6, 2021, in Salt Lake City, Utah, will now be held on February 25-27, 2021, as a free, virtual event online. RootsTech Connect 2021 will enable attendees to participate from around the world and will feature inspiring keynote speakers, dozens of classes in…

Price increase for USCIS records starts Oct. 2

Posted on August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 by GFLI editor

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on July 31 that there will be an increase in prices to request genealogy records. These new prices will become effective on Oct. 2, 2020. The new fees will be: Genealogy Index Search Request from $65 to $160 if filed online and $170 if filed using paper…

Free access to yearbook collection on Ancestry.com

Posted on August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 by GFLI editor

Ancestry.com is offering free access to over 700 million yearbook records. Access to the records in the featured collections will be free until Aug. 27,  2020 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. You will need to create a free user name and password to view items in the collection. After the free access period ends, you…

Ancestry.com extends free remote access to libraries

Posted on August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 by GFLI editor

Some good news for local genealogists — Ancestry.com is providing free remote access now through the end of September to anyone with library cards in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Just go to your home library website, go to the database section and look if your library subscribes to Ancestry.com. As previously mentioned in another post,…

MyHeritage.com to continue Facebook Live Sessions

Posted on August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 by GFLI editor

MyHeritage.com will continue its Facebook Live Sessions on Mondays and Wednesday at 2 p.m. during August. You can participate in these sessions right from the MyHeritage Facebook page. Visit the page when the session is scheduled to start and look for the live video broadcast at the top of the feed. All recorded Facebook Live…

NYS historic newspapers website adds more titles

Posted on July 22, 2020July 20, 2020 by GFLI editor

The New York State Historic Newspapers website recently added and updated titles in July. New Titles: Dundee – The Observer Hamilton – The Emerald Press Hicksville – Mid-Island Herald Oneida – The Sachem, The Telegraph, The Weekly Dispatch and The Dispatch Syracuse – The Blue Banner Updated Titles: Albany – Capital Neighbors Buffalo – The…

Free genetic genealogy symposium scheduled for this weekend

Posted on July 14, 2020July 12, 2020 by GFLI editor

The Colorado Genealogical Society will present a free Symposium on Genetic Genealogy on Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18. All times listed are Eastern time. Friday, July 17 – 8:30 – 10:30 p.m.8:30 – 9:30 p.m. – “Genetic Genealogy: Wonderin’ What It’s Comin’ To and How It got This Far”9:30 – 10:30 p.m. -“Ancestry…

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