The Genealogical Proof Standard webinar – Thursday, May 23, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. EST This Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania-sponsored webinar is designed to help the family researcher learn about and develop solid genealogical research skills. Are the records you’ve found relevant to your family? What proof is acceptable if no original document exists? What other [...]

This is exciting! Genealogists can now have unlimited access, anytime, anywhere, to the nearly 100 recorded genealogy webinars and more than 350 pages of instructors’ handouts that have been part of the Legacy Family Tree Webinar series. They have a new website at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com, making all this available! Legacy has been producing Webinars for many [...]

The following news release was received from Paula Hinkel at SCGS: December 18, 2011. (Burbank, CA): The Southern California Genealogical Society announces the return of the popular Jamboree Extension Webinar Series, which provides web-based family history and genealogy educational sessions for genealogists around the world. Speakers for the 2012 Series include many distinguished professional genealogists [...]

The following press release was received from my good friend, Lisa Louise Cooke: SAN RAMON, CA, August 11, 2011 – Genealogy Gems announced today that appadvice.com has named the Genealogy Gems Podcast app as a must-have app in the Hobby category of the website’s AppList. From AppAdvice.com: “As more and more old records are added [...]

The following news release was received from Allison Ryall at the National Genealogical Society: Arlington,VA, 5 August 2011: The National Genealogical Society has released three videos for the month of August, all produced by Kate Geis and Allen Moore. Available to the Public on YouTube: The NGSGenealogy channel on YouTube presents Education at the National [...]

The following was received from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: 4 August 2011: SALT LAKE CITY— FamilySearch has unveiled a newly updated YouTube channel giving viewers an informative, fun and fascinating look at several different aspects of genealogy through a growing number of videos in five playlists. High-quality videos are available for the rookie genealogist and [...]

The following news release was received from the National Genealogical Society: The National Genealogical Society proudly announces the release of an online presentation about the NGS Book Loan Collection presented by St. Louis County Reference Specialist, Ruth Ann Hager, cg, cgl. You can see this presentation by clicking on the graphic on the right. In [...]

The following News Release was written by F&W Media staff: First-of-its-kind event August 19-21 will connect attendees with experts Early Bird deadline is July 15 CINCINNATI, July 5, 2011 — For genealogists who find themselves too busy or too cash-strapped to travel for conferences this year—or who just want more learning opportunities—Family Tree University’s first [...]

The following announcement from Archives.com was received from APG: The Expert Series is a collection of articles from top genealogists around the country. Every week we feature a new article aimed to help beginning and advanced genealogists alike solve common research problems, break-through brick walls, and learn how to improve their research techniques. It’s a [...]

My friend, Michael John Neill, has just announced a new how-to genealogy newsletter for the beginning genealogist – starting in June of 2011. His reader and survey feedback indicated an interest in a newsletter aimed toward the genealogist who needed some guidance in starting their search for their ancestors and who needed more than just [...]

The following news release was received from Gayathri Kher at the National Genealogical Society: For the May presentation in the NGS online interview series Laura DeGrazia, CG, reflects on how NGS and the Board for Certification of Genealogists support us in our efforts to produce quality genealogies. We hope you will view and enjoy this [...]

Wednesday, 20 April 2011 – The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announces its new series of genealogy society management education delivered online in webinar format. As part of its new online education initiative, FGS will offer webinars both free to the public and to its member societies via the popular GoToWebinar platform which can accommodate [...]

Growing Course Catalog Makes It Easier to Expand Family History Skills SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—Ever found yourself researching your family tree and discovering a new branch that extended to another country—and you are not familiar with that country’s records or language? Or perhaps you are a fan of the popular reality show Who Do You [...]

I see that Eric Basir, owner of Photo Grafix, will be giving three workshops at the upcoming Federation of Genealogical Society’s Annual Conference to take place in Springfield Illinois this next September 8-10, 2011. His workshops are as follows: Restoring Documents With Your Computer, Thursday, 11:00am-12:00pm, T-204 Fixing Faded Color Photos with Adobe Photoshop, Friday, [...]

The following press release was received from Rootstech/FamilySearch: Popular Conference Makes Select Presentations Available for Free Online 11 March 2011 SALT LAKE CITY: If you missed the popular inaugural RootsTech 2011 conference, you can now at least get a sampling of what all the excitement was about. The wildly popular new technology and family history [...]