FamilySearch Webinars For June 2022

Enjoy free genealogy webinars in June 2022 provided by the FamilySearch Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

This month’s impressive line-up of online classes includes a 2-day series on Welsh genealogy, two specific classes on Chinese research, one session for Spanish speakers entitled La Investigación genealógica en Sudamérica Sur [Genealogical Research in South America], and a session on Tracing African American Ancestors: Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau. No registration is required.

Other classes to enhance your genealogy skillset include Using FamilySearch Images, US Cemetery Records, the FamilySearch Community, and Help and Resources. If your interest is in the FamilySearch Family Tree, additional sessions will cover Merging Duplicates, Correcting Relationships, Record Hints, and Best Practices & Reason Statements (in Sources). There will be one session on indexing for those interested in helping make historical records more searchable online. 

The free genealogy webinars for June of 2022 include:

Monday, June 6, 10:00 AM MDT – Using the FamilySearch Catalog (Beginner)

Tuesday, June 7, 10:00 AM MDT – FamilySearch Family Tree: Merging Duplicate Individuals (Beginner)

Wednesday, June 8, 9:00 AM MDT – Welsh Placenames (Intermediate)

Wednesday, June 8, 9:30 AM MDT – Welsh Patronymics (Intermediate)

Wednesday June 8, 11:00 AM MDT – Welsh Probate Records for Family History Search (Intermediate)

Wednesday June 8, 11:30 AM MDT – Would the real John Jones please stand? (Intermediate)

Thursday, June 9, 1:00 PM MDT – La Investigación genealógica en Sudamérica Sur [Genealogy research in South America] (Beginner)

Friday, June 10, 10:00 AM MDT – Searching FamilySearch Jiapu Collection (Beginner)

Friday, June 10, 10:00 AM MDT – Nonconformity in Wales (Intermediate)

Friday, June 10, 10:00 AM MDT – Welsh Patronymics (Intermediate)

Friday, June 10, 6:00 PM MDT – 尋找祖先的途徑和方法系列：村志 [Ways and Methods to Find Ancestors Series: Village Chronicles] (Beginner)

Tuesday, June 14, 10:00 AM MDT – FamilySearch Family Tree: Correcting Relationships (Beginner)

Wednesday, June 15, 10:00 AM MDT – How to Index on Family Search (Beginner)

Thursday, June 16, 10:00 AM MDT – Tracing African American Ancestors: Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau (Intermediate)

Tuesday, June 21, 10:00 AM MDT – FamilySearch Family Tree: Sources – Record Hints and Attaching Sources (Beginner)

Wednesday, June 22, 10:00 AM MDT – FamilySearch Help and Resources (Beginner)

Tuesday, June 28, 10:00 AM MDT – FamilySearch Family Tree: Sources – Best Practices & Reason Statements (Beginner)

Wednesday, June 29, 10:00 AM MDT – Using the FamilySearch Community (Beginner)

Did you find a genealogy webinar in this list that you are interested in taking? You can participate after you click the “Yes” next to that webinar on the FamilySearch website.

FamilySearch says that if you cannot attend a live event, most sessions are recorded and can be viewed later at your convenience at Family History Library classes and webinars.

If you want more, you can peruse over 1,500 free, on-demand sessions from RootsTech Connect 2022, or schedule a free 20 minute consultation with a Family History Library research specialist.

FamilySearch periodically offers a collection of online webinars. To find more, you can go to the FamilySearch Newsroom and scroll through their older posts that are about previous collections of genealogy webinars. Keep in mind that there will very likely be additional webinars in the upcoming months.

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