Genealogy Serendipity – Listening For Our Ancestors – free webinar by Geoff Rasmussen now online

Geoff Rasmussen

06 Mar 2015

Wow, was that ever the most emotionally-draining, uplifting, challenging, and fun webinar I've ever been a part of! I guess talking about ancestors in the way we did today can really bring emotions to the surface. One viewer commented, "What an incredibly moving hour. I will never be the same."

Thanks everyone for the opportunity I had to share the stories of my ancestors today. I am truly humbled by your response to the webinar. It really felt like we were one big family today, didn't it?

I'm going to leave the recording of today's "Genealogy Serendipity: Listening for our Ancestors" webinar in the free part of our webinar website indefinitely. If you have someone – a family member or a friend – that you've been trying to motivate to catch the genealogy bug, please share the link of the recording with them. AND, I'd love to hear your serendipitous stories. Add them to the comments below or send me a personal email.

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If you could not make it to the live event or just want to watch it again, the 1 hour 28 minute recording of "Genealogy Serendipity – Listening For Our Ancestors" is now available to view in our webinar library for free.

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Kindred Voices: Listening for our Ancestors 12.95

Whether you call it "serendipity" or simply "great-grandma’s guidance," if you’ve ever devoted time to researching your roots, you’ll understand the premise of Kindred Voices: Listening for Our Ancestors by Geoff Rasmussen. This touching book sums up one genealogist’s encounters with his ancestors, yet it speaks to all of us about the search for family connection.

Part travelogue, part auto-biography, yet all family history, Kindred Voices transports you on an amazing ancestral journey. Geoff shares not just the "how" of genealogy research, but also his intense connection with his forefathers. Many of us already obsessed with genealogy and family history will tell you that our ancestors do in fact talk to us and seem to guide us to resources and information.

As an added bonus, at the end of Kindred Voices, Geoff also shares his best advice on getting started with your own family history journey.

After you’ve finished Kindred Voices, you’ll want to dive into family history sleuthing and begin opening up a dialog with your own ancestors. – Thomas MacEntee, High-Definition Genealogy

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