Top 10 Webinars of June 2025

We’ve crunched the data and unveiled the Top 10 most-watched webinars of June 2025! Did your go-to genealogy gurus make the cut? Ready to discover fresh insights? This list is your passport to new learning adventures!

With 2,434 classes in our exclusive Legacy Family Tree Webinar library, thousands of genealogists dive in each month to sharpen their research skills. These Top 10 (well, 30) were the absolute favorites this June!

Have you explored these gems? Are your favorites on the list? Or are you about to uncover a hidden treasure? Let this inspire you to unlock new discoveries and make your genealogy journey even more thrilling!

The Top 10 for June 2025

• Shared DNA at a glance: the new DNA matrix tool by Jonny Perl
• Foundations in DNA 3 of 5: Understanding Autosomal DNA by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
• Rewriting the Tree of Humankind: The Million Mito Project – What Is It, How We Did It, and What It Means To You by Roberta Estes, MS
• The One Place Study as a Research Tool by Denise Cross, MSLIS, CG
• Top 5 Strategies for Researching Early Kentucky and Virginia Families by Gail Jackson Miller, CG
• See How it Works: Shared DNA Matches Find Ancestors by Diahan Southard
• Secrets for Success: How to Harness the Power of FamilySearch’s Full-Text Search by Julia A. Anderson, MA, AG®, AGL™
• Hand-written Text Recognition: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Transcribe and Search by Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG, QG
• 10 New Tools for New York Research by Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA
• Hidden in the Newsprint: UK Edition by Mia Bennett

The Runner-Ups

• Your Ancestor’s FAN Club by Drew Smith
• Exploring Library and Archives Canada Online by Ken McKinlay
• Foundations in DNA 2 of 5: Understanding and Using Y-DNA and mtDNA by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
• A Gateway to 5.7 Million Records: Using MyHeritage’s “HISTORIES, MEMORIES, & BIOGRAPHIES” Collection by Sharon D. Monson
• Foundations in DNA 1 of 5: Introduction to DNA and Genetic Genealogy by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
• Bridging the Generations: Connecting the Enslaved in Your Ancestor’s Records to Their Descendants by Cheri Hudson Passey
• Southern Ancestors…Black and White…in the Freedmen’s Bureau by Sharon Batiste Gillins
• Translating, Transcribing and Summarizing Documents Using AI by Thomas MacEntee
• 21 Million Reasons to Research at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by Katy Bodenhorn
• Family Legacies Reclaimed: “Building Family Ties Through Genetic Genealogy” by Adwoa Ulzen-Setrakian

The 2nd Runner-Ups

• PERSI 2.0: The New PERSI for Everyone by Sunny Morton
• Finding and Fixing Tree Inconsistencies by Wayne Shepheard
• Organizing Your Research Trip by Drew Smith
• 25 Places Where Your Family’s Facts May Hide by George G. Morgan
• FamilySearch Full Text Search: Why aren’t you using it? by Brent Trout
• Finding Great-Granny’s Family: Four Words and DNA by Cathie Sherwood
• Beautifully lay out and print your family history book on any budget by Rhonda Lauritzen
• 7 Productivity Tips for Google Chrome by Richard K. Miller
• Watch Geoff Live – Using Legacy to Assemble a Family by Geoff Rasmussen
• From Research to Writing: AI Tools for Genealogists by Nicole Elder Dyer

The top 4 highest-rated live webinars in June 2025

After each live webinar, viewers rate the webinar on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the highest). This month’s top-rated webinars are:

1. Southern Ancestors…Black and White…in the Freedmen’s Bureau by Sharon Batiste Gillins
2. Foundations in DNA 3 of 5: Understanding Autosomal DNA by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
3. Hand-written Text Recognition: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Transcribe and Search by Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG, QG
4. Hidden in the Newsprint: UK Edition by Mia Bennett

Congrats to everyone!

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