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Free Genealogy Webinars: Legacy Family Tree Webinars is the world’s most popular webinar website for genealogy webinars, where you can enjoy a robust offering of live and recorded genealogy webinars presented by top speakers. Check out the FREE genealogy webinars listed below. The webinars offered by Legacy Family Tree Webinars are recorded and available for FREE for the 7-day period AFTER the live event.

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Free Genealogy Webinars: 5 Tips for Deciphering Handwritten Documents

NEW! Legacy Family Tree Webinars: FREE WEBINAR 5 Tips for Deciphering Handwritten Documents presented by Bryna O’Sullivan, Wednesday 6 December 2023, 2pm EST / 1pm CST / 12pm MST/ 11am PST. Reading handwritten documents can be one of the most challenging aspects of genealogical research. This webinar will offer five tips from a genealogical translator to help you make those hard to read words understandable. Register for FREE at http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=8710 via Legacy Family Tree Webinars.

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The webinars offered by Legacy Family Tree Webinars are recorded and available for FREE for the 7-day period AFTER the live event.

FREE Genealogy Webinar Recording: Who Were “Felix Richards’ Slaves”?: Identifying Enslaved People Photographed During the Civil War

FREE GENEALOGY WEBINAR RECORDING Who Were “Felix Richards’ Slaves”?: Identifying Enslaved People Photographed During the Civil War presented by Amy Bertsch, Friday 1 December 2023, 2pm EST / 1pm CST / 12pm MST/ 11am PST. Nine African Americans — two women and seven children — were posed amid a laundry day setting in a rare Civil War-era photograph. The handwritten caption identified them only as “Felix Richards Slaves” and the location as Volusia, near Alexandria, Va. Could their true identities be established? In this case study, historian and genealogist Amy Bertsch discusses a variety of sources, including probate records, a chancery suit, Civil War pension applications, and the former enslaver’s federal compensation claim, she used to identify the individuals in the photo, which is now at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. She explores how these records can yield new discoveries for family historians and she also demonstrates the importance of researching the enslaver’s family when conducting African American family research. VIEW for FREE now through Thursday 7 December 2023 at http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=8705 via Legacy Family Tree Webinars.

Free Genealogy Webinar Recording: Can You Write a Wrong? Copyright in Australia

FREE GENEALOGY WEBINAR RECORDING Can You Write a Wrong? Copyright in Australia presented by Cathie Sherwood, Tuesday 5 December 2023, 8pm EST / 7pm CST / 6pm MST/ 5pm PST. Knowing what we can freely use, without permission, in our family histories ensures that we are not infringing on the rights of others. For example, did you know that if you watch your grandmother make her secret pasta sauce, writing down the ingredients and methods she used, you have created your own ‘literary work’ which is now protected by copyright? (Just don’t tell Granny!) How then does copyright law apply to published and unpublished works? What is fair use and moral rights? Can a distant cousin use information in her family book that I have researched? This presentation will examine those aspects of Australia’s copyright law which apply to family historians and discusses ways we can comply with the law. VIEW for FREE now through Monday 11 December 2023 at http://legacy.familytreewebinars.com/?aid=8709 via Legacy Family Tree Webinars.

About Legacy Family Tree Webinars

Legacy Family Tree Webinars is a world pioneer in online genealogy education. For more than a decade, we’ve been offering the best in online educational genealogy content with live and recorded webinars featuring top experts in family history research. We enable genealogists across the globe and of all skill levels to enrich their knowledge and skills with top-quality sessions they can access from the comfort of their homes. Our vision is to educate, entertain, and inspire genealogists everywhere to gain new insights, find new resources, and make new discoveries about their family history.

Our story

Legacy Family Tree Webinars was founded by professional genealogist Geoff Rasmussen in September 2010. Originally envisioned as a “once or twice a month” live webinar series, the service quickly grew into a full-fledged membership site offering hundreds of webinars. In 2017, Legacy Family Tree was acquired by the global genealogy company MyHeritage, and in April 2021, we hosted our 1,500th webinar.

What members are saying

“I have been researching family history for 50 years, but still learn something from every webinar!” — Sue Grable

“I just found my great-grandfather’s passage record on MyHeritage during this class. THANK YOU! You pointed the way. I have been looking for YEARS!” — Debra Koehler

“NEVER thought I’d get to the point where this stuff made sense…Realizing how much I’ve learned from this pioneering way you developed to teach genealogy, and the talented folks you bring in to share their knowledge and experience with us. Hard to believe how far I’ve come. And still learning. Thank you!” — Annie Delyth Stratton

“There are so many wonderful opportunities to learn… I really enjoy watching so many talented people further my education about DNA and family research.” — Beverly Fortney Leeming

“Field trips and expensive seminars are out of the question, so your webinars are a pot of gold for me. The quality is top drawer.” — Janis L.

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