Top 10 Webinars of July 2025

We’ve crunched the data and unveiled the Top 10 most-watched webinars of July 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 2,449 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 July!

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 July 2025

• The Six-Folder Genealogy Organizing System by Nancy E. Loe, MA, MLS
• 10 Advanced Ways to Use AI in Family History by Andrew Redfern
• Irish Ancestors – 5 More Essential Websites You Need to Know About by Natalie Bodle
• Hand-written Text Recognition: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Transcribe and Search by Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG
• Tracing Scots Ancestors Before 1855 by Alison Spring
• Civil War Records: What is a Reasonably Exhaustive Search? by Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG®, FUGA
• Discovering Your Irish Roots: Uncover Hidden Stories and Sources with MyHeritage by Lorna Moloney
• Forgotten Records: Pension Ledgers and the Payments they Represent by Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG®, FUGA
• Unlocking Notation Codes on Alien Passenger Lists by Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG®
• The One Place Study as a Research Tool by Denise E. Cross, MSLIS, CG®

The Runner-Ups

• Analyze Your Findings by George G. Morgan
• Shared DNA at a glance: the new DNA matrix tool by Jonny Perl
• Top Newspaper Sites That You MUST RESEARCH! by Ari Wilkins
• Southern Ancestors…Black and White…in the Freedmen’s Bureau by Sharon Batiste Gillins
• Foundations in DNA 3 of 5: Understanding Autosomal DNA by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
• 25 Places Where Your Family’s Facts May Hide by George G. Morgan
• Transitioning to a Professional Full-Time Genealogy Career by George G. Morgan
• Researching your Ancestors in Surrey by Sarah Pettyfer, QG
• Exploring Library and Archives Canada Online by Ken McKinlay
• Strategies for Sorting Out and Documenting Mexican Names and Families by Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS

The 2nd Runner-Ups

• Your Ancestor’s FAN Club by Drew Smith
• Top 5 Strategies for Researching Early Kentucky and Virginia Families by Gail Jackson Miller, CG®
• 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
• Translating, Transcribing and Summarizing Documents Using AI by Thomas MacEntee
• Essential Keyboard Shortcuts and other PC Tech Tools for Genealogy by Peggy Jude
• Using Pictures with Legacy Family Tree by Geoff Rasmussen
• 10 Practical Uses of AI for Family History by Andrew Redfern
• FAN + GPS + DNA: The Problem-Solver’s Great Trifecta by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG®, CGL®
• Secrets for Success: How to Harness the Power of FamilySearch’s Full-Text Search by Julia A. Anderson, MA, AG®, AGL™
• Sources and Citations Made Simple, Standard, and Powerful by Geoff Rasmussen

The top 4 highest-rated live webinars in July 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. Unlocking Notation Codes on Alien Passenger Lists by Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG®
2. Strategies for Sorting Out and Documenting Mexican Names and Families by Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS
3. Civil War Records: What is a Reasonably Exhaustive Search? by Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG®, FUGA

Congrats to everyone!

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