Top 10 Webinars of February 2026

We’ve crunched the data and unveiled the Top 10 most-watched webinars of February 2026! Did your go-to genealogy gurus make the cut? Ready to discover fresh insights? This list is your passport to new learning adventures!

With 2,658 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 February!

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 February 2026

• Foundations in AI for Family History 4 of 5: Smart Tools—AI Helpers for Genealogy Tasks by Andrew Redfern and Fiona Brooker
• DNA in Action 1 of 6: Proving Your Pedigree with DNA by Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG®, CGG ®
• Foundations in AI for Family History 1 of 5: What Is AI and Why It Matters to Genealogists by Andrew Redfern and Fiona Brooker
• Foundations in AI for Family History 3 of 5: Using AI Responsibly: Principles and Ethics by Andrew Redfern and Fiona Brooker
• Lineage in Context: Creating a Compelling Kinship-Determination Project by Angela Packer McGhie, CG®, FUGA
• Foundations in AI for Family History 2 of 5: Prompt Power—Getting Better Answers from AI by Andrew Redfern and Fiona Brooker
• 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2026 by Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA
• Case Studies in Census Conflicts – Resolving Contradictions Across Decades by Cheri Hudson Passey
• Advanced Census Research: Understanding Census Enumerators and Their Instructions by Annette Burke Lyttle, CG®
• Advanced Topics in DNA 1 of 5: Advanced Y-DNA Evidence by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.

The Runner-Ups

• Essential Skills for New Genealogists 1 of 12: Hail the Hunter Gatherer—Finding What You Already Have by Dr. David Mc Donald
• English Context – History, Sources and Repositories by Paul Milner, FUGA, MDiv
• Emigration and Migration from Yorkshire, England by Jude Rhodes
• Breaking the 1870 Brick Wall: Comprehensive Strategies for Tracing Formerly Enslaved African American Ancestors by Andre Kearns and Ayo Heinegg Magwood
• Foundations in AI for Family History 5 of 5: Building Your AI Workflow and Digital Crew by Andrew Redfern and Fiona Brooker
• Filtering Full Text Search Results on FamilySearch Step-by-step by Dawn Carlile
• The Many Faces of the Census: Beyond the Population Schedule – Agricultural, Mortality, and Industry Records by Cheri Hudson Passey
• Context in the Count: Interpreting the U.S. Census With a Historical Perspective by Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal, CG®
• Sorting DNA Matches with MyHeritage’s Theory of Family Relativity by Shauna Hicks
• Make Easy Video Stories Your Family Will Cherish by Rhonda Lauritzen

The 2nd Runner-Ups

• Genealogy for Our Descendants by Janna Helshtein
• Searching for Sisters? Researching Catholic Nuns in the United States by Sunny Jane Morton
• Discovering your Eastern European Ancestors on MyHeritage by James Tanner
• Beyond the First Clue: Unraveling a Genealogical Mystery with the GPS by Gary Ball-Kilbourne, PhD, CG®, CGL®
• From Problem to Solution: A Case Study Approach to Using AI in Genealogy by Andrew Redfern
• The Best Uses of AI for Genealogists by Steve Little and Mark Thompson
• Foundations in DNA 4 of 5: Using Shared Matching by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
• Organizing Your Genealogy Files by Drew Smith
• Foundations in DNA 3 of 5: Understanding Autosomal DNA by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.
• Tracing an Ancestor’s Journey with ChatGPT: Unraveling Family History with AI by Diane Henriks

The top 5 highest-rated live webinars in February 2026

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. Breaking the 1870 Brick Wall: Comprehensive Strategies for Tracing Formerly Enslaved African American Ancestors by Andre Kearns and Ayo Heinegg Magwood
2. Advanced Census Research: Understanding Census Enumerators and Their Instructions by Annette Burke Lyttle, CG®
3. Searching for Sisters? Researching Catholic Nuns in the United States by Sunny Jane Morton
4. Lineage in Context: Creating a Compelling Kinship-Determination Project by Angela Packer McGhie, CG®, FUGA
5. The Many Faces of the Census: Beyond the Population Schedule – Agricultural, Mortality, and Industry Records by Cheri Hudson Passey

Congrats to everyone!

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