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 [...]
Webinar—Using Swedish Taxation Records to Solve Tough Genealogical Problems
OnlineSwedish taxation records, a head tax of individuals between the ages of 15 and 63, are some of the oldest extant records of the ru [...]
Webinar—From Baltimore to Burlington: Hazen P. Day’s Neighbors Bring Him Home
OnlineA Maryland resident claimed an 1816 Vermont birth to Vermont-born parents, but no known record provides his specific birthplace or [...]
Webinar—Better Together: Making Your Case with Documents and DNA
OnlineThe genealogical proof standard requires reasonably exhaustive research in solving ancestral-identity problems. DNA evidence is no [...]
Webinar—Good Research Habits
OnlineDeveloping those good, er, successful research habits takes planning, time, experience, and patience to be effective. Learn steps [...]
Webinar—Using Maps in Genealogical Research
OnlineEvery ancestor, at every moment, occupied a specific, physical location. Maps decode and amplify the significance of those locatio [...]
Webinar—It’s a Numbers Game! Understanding Recognized Genealogical Formats
OnlineEffective genealogical writing is based on standardized formats and numbering systems. Learn to understand the numbers you see in [...]