Family History Library Offers Free Webinars May 2016

The Family History Library is offering several free classes and webinars in May of 2016. The Family History Library was founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records and to assist members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with their family history and genealogical research.

FamilySearch, which is offered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a free service, posted a list of the classes and webinars that they will hold in May of 2016. To join a webinar, you need to visit the Family History Library wiki page and select the one you want to attend.

May 3: Ireland Hands-On Case Study and Brainstorming Session Webinar

May 4: Italian Records Indexing Webinar (1 ½ hours)

May 5: Organizing Your Genealogy

May 7: Descubre Árbol Familiar de FamilySearch Webinar (In English, this translates to “Find your family tree in FamilySearch. This webinar will likely be in Spanish.)

May 11: Spanish Records Indexing Webinar (1 ½ hours)

May 12: Tracing Scottish Ancestry in Nonparochial Registers Webinar

May 12: United States Records before 1850 Webinar

May 14: Register of Swiss Surnames Webinar

May 16: More Irish than the Irish themselves: The Hiberno-Norman Families

May 17: Pennsylvania Land Records

May 18: Portuguese Records Indexing Webinar

May 19: Overview of American Indian Research

May 20: Exploring Norwegian Emigration Records: Finding Place of Origin Webinar

May 20: Exploring “Church Records” in Norway

May 21: Boy Scout Genealogy Merit Badge (1 ½ hours) To register, call the phone number on the FamilySearch website at least one week before the workshop to find out which requirements should be completed before attending.

May 21: Relatives Masked in the Ancestry Indexes Webinar

May 21: I’ve Found My Abuela in Mexico! Next Steps Webinar

May 21: Online Resources for Mexico Webinar

May 24: Beginning Australian Research Webinar

May 25: French Records Indexing Webinar (1 ½ hours)

May 26: United States Church and Cemetery Records Webinar

May 26: British Research Problem Strategy Session Webinar

Related Articles at FamilyTree.com:

* Family History Library Celebrated its 30th Anniversary

* FamilySearch Has Free Webinars in April

* How to Find Genealogy Webinars