Ancestry.com - Webinars show

Ancestry.com - Webinars

Summary: Webinars that were presented by Ancestry.com using streaming media technologies to broadcast audio and video with power point slides over the Internet to a large audience.

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Podcasts:

 Five Minute Find: One Trick that Will Improve Your Searches for Vital Records | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:04:29

Don't search for something that just isn't there. Spend 5 minutes with Anne Gillespie Mitchell aka Ancestry Anne and learn how you can determine when vital records were recorded in your ancestors' states and counties.

 Five Minute Find: One Trick that Will Improve Your Searches for Vital Records | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:04:29

Don't search for something that just isn't there. Spend 5 minutes with Anne Gillespie Mitchell aka Ancestry Anne and learn how you can determine when vital records were recorded in your ancestors' states and counties.

 Correcting Mistakes in Your Own Family Tree | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:31:58

We all make mistakes - especially when we are brand new to family history. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some best practices for identifying and correcting common mistakes in your family tree. She'll also share a few bonus tips for correcting mistakes in the trees of others.

 Correcting Mistakes in Your Own Family Tree | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:31:58

We all make mistakes - especially when we are brand new to family history. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some best practices for identifying and correcting common mistakes in your family tree. She'll also share a few bonus tips for correcting mistakes in the trees of others.

 Some Genealogy Records Have No Names | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:23:02

We get so used to searching for people in our family tree by name, that it might not even occur to us to search for them without a name. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some specific examples of instances when people are not recorded by name. She'll sha re search tips and tricks so you can find those records. Then, she will show you how those records are still of great genealogical value.

 Some Genealogy Records Have No Names | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:23:02

We get so used to searching for people in our family tree by name, that it might not even occur to us to search for them without a name. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some specific examples of instances when people are not recorded by name. She'll sha re search tips and tricks so you can find those records. Then, she will show you how those records are still of great genealogical value.

 AncestryDNA: Contacting and Collaborating with Cousins | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:28:13

You took the AncestryDNA test. You got back a list of cousin matches. But, you're not quite sure how you are related to them or what to do with that information. Join Crista Cowan and AncestryDNA Program Manager, Anna Swayne, for a discussion about bes t practices for contacting your DNA cousin matches. They'll also share some of their tips for collaboration so you can work together to discover who your common ancestors might be.

 AncestryDNA: Contacting and Collaborating with Cousins | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:28:13

You took the AncestryDNA test. You got back a list of cousin matches. But, you're not quite sure how you are related to them or what to do with that information. Join Crista Cowan and AncestryDNA Program Manager, Anna Swayne, for a discussion about bes t practices for contacting your DNA cousin matches. They'll also share some of their tips for collaboration so you can work together to discover who your common ancestors might be.

 Love Stories in Your Family Tree | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:18:48

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. What better time to pause and preserve the love stories in your family tree? Join Crista Cowan as she shares how to discover, preserve, and share the love stories that brought you into existence.

 Love Stories in Your Family Tree | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:18:48

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. What better time to pause and preserve the love stories in your family tree? Join Crista Cowan as she shares how to discover, preserve, and share the love stories that brought you into existence.

 African American Family History Research: Breaking the 1870 Wall | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:30:09

The 1870 U.S. Federal Census was the first time freed African Americans were enumerated with their complete names, ages and birthplaces. They were grouped together in households and had occupations listed. Prior to that enslaved blacks were only listed by age and gender. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some tried and true tips and tricks for identifying your enslaved African American ancestors in slave schedules, wills, estate inventories, and plantation records.

 Highlights from RootsTech 2014 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:19:34

RootsTech is a genealogy conference that combines the best of technology and genealogy into a four day event. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of her favorite moments from the conference. She'll also share with you how you can access some of the bes t classes from the event in RootsTech video archives.

 Highlights from RootsTech 2014 | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:19:34

RootsTech is a genealogy conference that combines the best of technology and genealogy into a four day event. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of her favorite moments from the conference. She'll also share with you how you can access some of the bes t classes from the event in RootsTech video archives.

 African American Family History Research: Breaking the 1870 Wall | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:30:09

The 1870 U.S. Federal Census was the first time freed African Americans were enumerated with their complete names, ages and birthplaces. They were grouped together in households and had occupations listed. Prior to that enslaved blacks were only listed by age and gender. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some tried and true tips and tricks for identifying your enslaved African American ancestors in slave schedules, wills, estate inventories, and plantation records.

 What's New at Ancestry.com: February 2014 Edition | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:22:31

Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and fun She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how to best search them to find the st ories of your ancestors' lives.

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