Webinar-on-CDs: Google for Genealogists & Sharing Genealogy Electronically – now available for pre-ordering

Geoff Rasmussen

13 Jan 2011

You asked for it. We did it.

Due to popular demand, we are now publishing our genealogy webinars to CD. The first two in our webinar-on-CD series are now available to pre-order:

Google for Genealogists, by Thomas MacEntee

Sharing Genealogy Electronically, by Geoff Rasmussen

Viewing a webinar-on-CD is like having your own private genealogy instructor in your home – anytime! Just insert the CD into your computer's CD or DVD drive and enjoy personal training from the industry's finest teachers. The video topics are bookmarked so you can quickly jump from topic to topic or just watch it straight through. You can pause, rewind, or fast-forward at your leisure. Both webinar-on-CDs also include four pages of handouts.

Pre-order pricing is just $9.95 per webinar-on-CD. Order both and save on shipping (one flat rate for as much as you can "stuff" into your online cart). We expect to begin shipping on February 5, 2011.

Google for Genealogists webinar-on-CD, 1 hour 28 minutes

Most genealogists are only using 10% or less of the resources behind Google when it comes to genealogy research. Learn from professional genealogist, Thomas MacEntee, about the other 90% and how these Google components can be leveraged for better search results. Google is more than just a search engine – it is a wealth of information much of which goes unnoticed by the average genealogist. Besides search, Google allows you to access maps, books, journals, abstracts, patents and much more. These components may be what is needed to make advances in your genealogy research.

Topics include:

Google Search
Google Books
Google Scholar
Photographs
Picasa
Office Productivity
Google Calendar
Mail
Sites
Groups
Translate
Transcription
News
Reader
Alerts
Maps
Google Earth
Patents
Question/answer session

About the author:

Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community. Utilizing over 25 years of experience in the information technology field, Thomas writes and lectures on the many ways in which blogs, Facebook and Twitter can be leveraged to add new dimensions to the genealogy experience. As the creator of GeneaBloggers.com he has organized and engaged a community of over 1,300 bloggers to document their own journeys in the search for ancestors.

Click here to pre-order this webinar-on-CD for just $9.95. Expected ship date: February 5, 2011 (this webinar is available to view for free at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp until February 5, 2011)

Sharing Genealogy Electronically webinar-on-CD, 1 hour 49 minutes

Learn about various methods of sharing your genealogy – printed books, print-on-demand publishing, websites, shareable CDs, and more. Join Legacy Family Tree's Geoff Rasmussen as he teaches how to better use Legacy Family Tree for sharing your genealogy with others.

Topics include:

Pros and cons of printing your genealogy book using traditional methods vs. print-on-demand services
Preparing and printing your genealogy book: creating the skeleton (rich text file), adding the meat (stories, pictures, etc.), creating the index and the Table of Contents.
Multiple lines of descent book
Publishing to the Internet: GEDCOM-based submission sites vs. creating your own web site
Using and getting your own domain name (like www.JohnsonFamily.com)
Creating web pages in Legacy
Publishing to a CD or DVD
Adding pictures in Legacy
Publish to a flash drive
Using Passage Express software
Questions and answers from live callers around the world
and other tips and tricks along the way

About the presenter:

Geoff Rasmussen is the father of four budding genealogists. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Family History and Genealogy. He served as director and vice-president of the Utah Genealogical Association and has taught hundreds (maybe thousands?) of classes around the world. He is the host of the Legacy Family Tree webinars, author of the Legacy training CDs, and helps develop the Legacy Family Tree software. He met and proposed to his wife in a Family History Center.