Webinar
Sweden’s Multiple Naming Systems and How They Changed in the 1800s
OnlineThis lecture will demonstrate the complexity of names and potential pitfalls regarding names in one particular culture—Sweden. It [...]
Reasonably Exhaustive Research of African American Families That Came Out of Slavery
OnlineThe first component of the Genealogical Proof Standard is the conduct of reasonably exhaustive research. This lecture will highlig [...]
Using Timelines for Correlation and Analysis
OnlineTimelines are one of many tools a genealogist can use to display evidence in the determination of proof arguments. This lecture ex [...]
Land, Licenses, Love Gone Wrong, and Other Assorted Courthouse Records
OnlineThis lecture explores the rich resources found within courthouse walls and examines how these records can add to the genealogical [...]
Systematically Using Autosomal DNA Test Results to Help Break Through Genealogical Brick Walls
OnlineA case study set in the early 1800s demonstrates methodology for using autosomal DNA test results to help solve longstanding genea [...]
Webinar—Databases, Search Engines, and the Genealogical Proof Standard
OnlineWith billions of indexed records available online, what methodologies should the researcher employ to best leverage these resource [...]
Webinar—Research in Federal Records: Some Assembly Required
OnlineFederal records offer genealogical gold with both direct references to our ancestors and rich contextual background information. B [...]
Webinar—The Law and the Reasonably Exhaustive (Re)Search
OnlineThere's a difference between searching and researching, and understanding how the law impacts records and research is critical to [...]
Webinar—Finding Thomas’ Father: an 18th Century Prince William County Virginia Case Study
OnlineThomas Stone left few records when he died in 1791 in Prince William County Virginia. No document or reference names his parentage [...]