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Legacy Family Tree offers free webinars from membership library

Posted on April 4, 2020April 3, 2020 by GFLI editor

Learning genealogy at home just became a little easier. Legacy Family Tree Webinars will be offering one webinar from its membership library for free each day in April. The webinars will be rotated by theme each week: Sundays – Methodology Mondays – DNA Tuesdays – Ethnic Genealogy Wednesdays – Technology Thursdays – Around the Globe…

New genealogy TV show to begin Saturday

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

Ancestry.com is sponsoring a new television show starting tomorrow, Saturday, April 4, on NBC at noon. The show is called “Roots Less Traveled” and follows a pair of family members​ who bond over their joint quest to learn more about their shared family history. People will solve mysteries in their family tree ranging from ancestors…

Free issue of Family Tree Magazine available

Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by GFLI editor

Looking for something to read while you’re stuck at home? It is possible to read the March/April issue of Family Tree magazine for free by using the following link: https://www.familytreemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FTM__MarApr20_giveaway.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2WyMU5BD2SC2HsuhmoTxotrh1KfafVGmxwnME5cI-QVrVtWainto0azZI In addition, if you have a Nassau County library card and your library subscribes to RBdigital magazines, you have access not only to the March/April…

More genealogy activities to do from home

Posted on April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 by GFLI editor

Here are a few more ideas for some genealogy activities we can all do from home. Free genealogy lessons are being given on the genealogy blog “Digging Up the Dirt on My Dead People,” hosted by April Earle, a librarian at Farmingdale State College. To get started on her lessons, go to: https://diggingupthedirtonmydeadpeople.blogspot.com/2020/03/online-genealogy-lessons-1-5.html Those with…

MyHeritage offers free webinars in April

Posted on April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 by GFLI editor

The genealogy website MyHeritage.com will be offering  “Ask The Expert” webinars via GoToWebinars. The online webinars will be held twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. The webinars are free but you do need to register in advance in order to attend each webinar. April 2 –  How to Work with…

Volunteers needed for indexing projects

Posted on March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 by GFLI editor

With many of us staying at home right now due to COVID-19 restrictions, an indexing project may be one way to pass the time. One of the most well-known indexing projects is at the FamilySearch.org website, run by The Church of Latter-Day Saints. It is easy to get started indexing records for FamilySearch.org. You will…

Virtual genealogy meeting set for April 1

Posted on March 27, 2020March 25, 2020 by GFLI editor

Instead of its regular in-person Genealogy Research Discussion Group meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, the Patchogue-Medford Public Library will be hosting a virtual Genealogy Research Discussion Group from 10-11:30 a.m. Get help researching your ancestors. Come discuss strategies and learn how others have succeeded. This meeting will be conducted using GoToMeeting. Join the meeting…

Ancestry.com provides remote access from home for local libraries

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

Some good news for local genealogists — Ancestry.com is providing free remote access now through the end of April 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,…

Free access to National Archives records at Ancestry.com

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by GFLI editor

Ancestry.com and The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration are providing FREE access to search nearly 500 million records and images on Ancestry starting today. You will need to set up a free username and password to access the records. This includes nearly 300 different collections, including ship passenger and crew lists, naturalization and citizenship…

Genealogy marathon webinars free through Apr. 6

Posted on March 24, 2020March 23, 2020 by GFLI editor

If you missed the 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon sponsored by Legacy Family Tree Webinars and MyHeritage.com, there is still time to watch the sessions for free. Normally the webinars at Legacy Family Tree Webinars are only available for free for 7 days, however, sessions from the marathon will be available for free through April 6….

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