Top 10 Webinars of August 2025

We’ve crunched the data and unveiled the Top 10 most-watched webinars of August 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 2,463 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 August!

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 August 2025

• Foundations in DNA 4 of 5: Using Shared Matching by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
• 5 Questions to Answer About Your DNA Matches by Paula Williams
• Top Newspaper Sites That You MUST RESEARCH! by Ari Wilkins
• Was Eleanor of Aquitaine My Ancestor? Applying the GPS across 30 Generations by Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG
• From Statutes to Stories: Finding the Law for Family History by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL®, FUGA
• The Six-Folder Genealogy Organizing System by Nancy E. Loe, MA, MLS
• 10 Advanced Ways to Use AI in Family History by Andrew Redfern
• Applying for BCG Certification: A Step-by-Step Review of the 2025 Application Guide by Angela Packer McGhie, CG®, FUGA and Shannon Green, CG®, CGG®, CGL®
• Why you want Irish Quaker ancestors by Claire Bradley
• AI Video Creation for Genealogy by Johanne Gervais

The Runner-Ups

• Uncovering the Past with AI: How MyHeritage Extracts Historical Records from Newspapers by Maya Geier
• Five Reasons to Build a Genealogy Website by Linda Yip
• Finding Your Scot Ancestors in New Scotland by Brian Nash
• Ancestors on the Move: Migration from Farms to Cities, 1870–1920 by Annette Burke Lyttle, CG®
• 5 Easy-to-Use Tools to Repair, Enhance and Animate Your Old Photos on MyHeritage by Rick Crume
• Unlocking Notation Codes on Alien Passenger Lists by Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG®
• Foundations in DNA 3 of 5: Understanding Autosomal DNA by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
• Tracing Scots Ancestors Before 1855 by Alison Spring
• Foundations in DNA 1 of 5: Introduction to DNA and Genetic Genealogy by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
• Civil War Records: What is a Reasonably Exhaustive Search? by Craig R. Scott, MA, CG®, FUGA

The 2nd Runner-Ups

• Analyze Your Findings by George G. Morgan
• Foundations in DNA 2 of 5: Understanding and Using Y-DNA and mtDNA by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
• English and Welsh Wills and Death Records (Before and After 1858) by George G. Morgan
• Front Page News and Beyond: Finding Archived Newspapers by Drew Smith
• The One Place Study as a Research Tool by Denise E. Cross, MSLIS, CG
• Using Pictures with Legacy Family Tree by Geoff Rasmussen
• Researching Your New York Ancestors by Thomas MacEntee
• Efficient Genealogy: Streamline Your Research with TextExpander by Christine E. Neumann
• Shared DNA at a glance: the new DNA matrix tool by Jonny Perl
• Exploring Nigeria Genealogy: A Guide to Researching Your Nigerian Ancestor(s) by Chukwudi Emmanuel Ewa

The top 3 highest-rated live webinars in August 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. Foundations in DNA 4 of 5: Using Shared Matching by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
2. From Statutes to Stories: Finding the Law for Family History by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG®, CGL®, FUGA
3. Was Eleanor of Aquitaine My Ancestor? Applying the GPS across 30 Generations by Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG

Congrats to everyone!

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