Get ready for the 2016 Webinar Subscriber Summer Spectacular!
It's our way of saying thank you to our webinar subscribers!
This summer we will not only have new members-only content, we will also have full in-depth series to help you take your genealogy to a new level.
We'll be sharing with you five new members-only series, released every two weeks, throughout the summer of 2016.
Here's an overview of what you can expect:
Speaker |
Series |
Release Date |
Melissa Barker |
Researching in Archives (5 classes) |
July 4th |
John Grenham |
Foundations of Irish Genealogy (6 classes) |
July 18th |
Thomas MacEntee |
Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint (10 classes) |
August 3rd |
Blaine Bettinger |
Foundations in DNA (5 classes) |
August 15th |
Gena Philibert-Ortega |
Researching in California (4 classes) |
August 29th |
Researching in Archives (5 classes)
Archivist Melissa Barker is taking her professional expertise in the Houston County, Tennessee Archives and helping genealogists everywhere find hidden resources in archives, libraries and societies.
Melissa's 5 classes include:
- It's Not all Online – Tips from an Archivist
- Vertical Files – What are they and How to use them
- Researching in Libraries and Archives
- Scrapbooks – A Genealogist's Gold Mine
- Preserving Old Family Letters – Tips from an Archivist
Available to subscribers: July 4, 2016
Foundations of Irish Genealogy (6 classes)
Ireland's best-known genealogist, John Grenham, brings us the most comprehensive introduction to Irish research available online. John is the author of the genealogical standard Tracing Your Irish Ancestors. John gets you started with your Irish research in an approachable way that will take the mystery out of researching your Irish ancestors.
John's 6 classes include:
- Foundations of Irish Genealogy 1: The Raw Materials of Irish Genealogy
- Foundations of Irish Genealogy 2: The Major Records I - General Register Office
- Foundations of Irish Genealogy 3: The Major Record II – Censuses
- Foundations of Irish Genealogy 4: The Major Record III – Church Records
- Foundations of Irish Genealogy 5: The Major Record – 19th Century Property Records
- Foundations of Irish Genealogy 6: Bringing the Major Records Together
Available to subscribers: July 18, 2016
Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint
If you enjoyed Thomas MacEntee's Microsoft Word series, you will love his new PowerPoint series. Thomas will take you through the steps of learning to use and make use of PowerPoint the right way. After you take this series of 10 classes, PowerPoint will make sense and you will be comfortable using it.
Thomas' 11 classes include:
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint (1 hour) – LIVE - August 3, 2016
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Slide Formatting and Design (1 hour)
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Slide Animations, Transitions and Effects (1 hour)
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Using Photos and Videos (30 minutes)
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Using Views (30 minutes)
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Using Drawing and Graphics (30 minutes)
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Using the Grid and Grouping Items (30 minutes)
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Using Slide Shows (1 hour)
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Using the Slide Master (30 minutes)
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Settings and Menus (30 minutes)
- Microsoft PowerPoint – Tips and Tricks (30 minutes)
Available to subscribers: August 3, 2016
Foundations in DNA (5 classes)
DNA is a hot topic in genealogy right now but it can be a bit confusing to learn how it works. Unfamiliar with DNA? Not a problem! DNA expert Blaine Bettinger starts from the very beginning and helps give you an understanding of DNA so that you can apply it as a tool to your genealogy research.
Blaine's 5 classes include:
- Foundations in DNA 1: Genealogy and DNA
- Foundations in DNA 2: DNA Overview
- Foundations in DNA 3: Y-DNA
- Foundations in DNA 4: Mitochondrial DNA
- Foundations in DNA 5: Autosomal DNA
Available to subscribers: August 15, 2016
Researching in California (4 classes)
Did your ancestors Go West? Learn how to research your California ancestors with California native, Gena Philibert-Ortega. You'll tackle the major record groups and be on your way to uncovering details about your ancestors' California lives!
Gena's 4 classes include:
- Researching in California (available now)
- Life and Death in California (available now)
- Ho for California – Land and Maps
- Counting California – Censuses, Directories, and Voter Records
Available to subscribers: August 29, 2016
Not a member yet?
You still have time to sign up before the Subscriber Summer Spectacular starts!
In addition to the new summer series, you'll have access to all 363 classes in the Legacy Webinar Library including all the handouts!
Legacy Family Tree Webinars provides genealogy education where-you-are through live and recorded online webinars and videos. Learn from the best instructors in genealogy including Thomas MacEntee, Judy Russell, J. Mark Lowe, Lisa Louise Cooke, Megan Smolenyak, Tom Jones, and many more. Learn at your convenience. On-demand classes are available 24 hours a day! All you need is a computer or mobile device with an Internet connection.
Subscribe today and get access to this BONUS members-only webinar AND all of this:
- All 363 classes in the library (524 hours of quality genealogy education)
- 1,624 pages of instructors' handouts
- Chat logs from the live webinars
- Additional 5% off anything at FamilyTreeWebinars.com
- Chance for a bonus subscribers-only door prize during each live webinar
- Additional members-only webinars
It's just $49.95/year or $9.95/month.
Wow. Just, WOW! Incredible educational opportunities here! How many exclamation points can I put here!!! What an incredible layout for the summer and beyond.
Last year, I had to squeeze my shekels in order to become a webinar member – and it is so worth the money. High quality presentations, excellent handouts, details, ideas, helpful concepts that everyone can use. Top marks to everyone involved in the Webinar series, including this oh-my-In-Depth series!
Cheers from a very happy subscriber to the Legacy Webinars.
– Celia Lewis (Vancouver BC)