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• 'Ask Granny'

  Ask Granny is a free educational outreach program funded by local genealogical societies, donations, and grants. The program is particularly focused to provide free genealogical seminars to help senior citizens create a genealogical gift for children and grandchildren.

• Ancestry Academy

  Watch. Learn. Discover. Self-paced courses from the experts on a variety of topics, with new courses added regularly. Some are free, others are available for a monthly or annual fee.

  • Ancestry Academy - Cousin Bait: Make Social Media Work for You ^FREE

    Social media is not just for cat videos and boring vacation photos. Many family historians post what they know about their ancestors in hopes of finding a long lost cousin or two. We will explore what you might find on Facebook and Twitter as well as some places you might not have thought of like email lists and message boards.

  • Ancestry Academy - DNA 101: An Insider's Scoop on AncestryDNA Testing ^FREE

    What is DNA testing? What do I do with the results? Learn how new capabilities with DNA can leverage the vast resources on Ancestry.com.

  • Ancestry Academy - Find A Grave ^FREE

    Find A Grave is the world's largest website devoted to memorializing the loved ones who came before us and their graves. Come take a cemetery walk with Michael, learn how to further your family research and become an active contributor of Find A Grave.

  • Ancestry Academy - Finding Your Military Veterans on Fold3 ^FREE

    Fold3 is a great resource to discover historic military documents and can be used to learn and share the story of the veterans in your family tree. In this course you will study the fundamentals and guidelines to successful searching and browsing on Fold3, as well as the value of different types of military documents and what information they can provide.

  • Ancestry Academy - Getting the Most Out of Family Tree Maker ^FREE

    Turn your family history into a lasting legacy with Family Tree Maker. This course teaches the basics of how to get started with Family Tree Maker, and includes an introduction to every workspace in the program. It also includes a number of advanced topics, so whether you

  • Ancestry Academy - Newspapers.com: Getting the Scoop on Your Ancestors ^FREE

    Newspapers are a great place to learn about your ancestors. Not only might you find articles or obituaries that specifically mention your ancestors, but newspapers also provide context that helps you learn what their lives were like. This course will teach you how to use Newspapers.com to find stories about your ancestors and get the scoop on their lives.

  • Ancestry Academy - Seek and Ye Shall Find: Become an Ancestry Search Expert ^FREE

    Are you getting the most out of Ancestry's collections? Are your searches as effective as they can be? Whether you are trying to answer a specific question or just trying to find everything you can about a specific person, we will show you how to achieve your goal.

  • Ancestry Academy - You Found What in the 1940 Census? ^FREE

    In the 1940 census you expect to find your ancestors and their relationships to one another. But there is a wealth of other information on the image that will reveal to you what your ancestor

  • Ancestry Academy - Your Family History Online: Laying the Foundation ^FREE

    Let us show you what you should be looking for and how to build a tree that you feel confident about. A slow and steady approach will help you find your ancestors and learn their stories along the way.

• Ancestry.com - Search and Records

  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

  • Webinars: Online Seminars

• BYU Independent Study - Free Online Courses

  • The Family Historian's Craft (Free)

• DearMYRTLE hangouts

  DearMYRTLE and her real life Cousin Russ are the dynamic duo behind the successful DearMYRTLE hangouts.

• Family Tree DNA Learning Center - Webinars ^FREE

  Family Tree DNA offers FREE webinars on genetic genealogy and DNA ancestry testing related topics. All webinars are open to both our customers and the general public with registration. We offer both live webinars and archived recordings.

• FamilySearch - Help Center - Learning Center

  Hundreds of free online genealogy courses. Enter a keyword in the search box to see a list of lessons for that topic.

• FamilySearch - Help Center - Learning Center

  Lessons, videos, and slides for all genealogical topics and localities.

• Illinois State Genealogical Society - ISGS Webinars

  Free monthly webinars open to the public. ISGS members have access to recordings of all past webinars.

• Legacy Family Tree Webinars

  Free live webinars, after the first week online they are available by subscription.