Los Angeles California FamilySearch Center/Online Classes

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Class Registration  You can register for one of our classes by clicking on the  Open Details  link to the right of any of the classes, then clicking on the registration link for the date and time you wish to attend. Here you will also find a class description and class handouts.   *We recommend joining classes 5-10 minutes before they start to resolve any connection issues.
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Classes will be hosted through Zoom. Please be sure to create an account before your class at the website zoom.us. Your confirmation email from the registered class will include a zoom link to join your class. The day of the registered class click on the zoom link and be ready 5 minutes before your scheduled class. Also, please meet requested prerequisites.

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FAMILYSEARCH BEGINNING CLASSES
 Navigating FamilySearch - Debbie Armstrong

Are you interested in discovering your family heritage? A beginning class in researching your family history will be taught online by the Los Angeles FamilySearch Library. The class is free, and will be taught using Zoom.

Class Handouts Intro to FamilySearch pdf 2021

Upcoming Dates
 * Wednesday, January 5, 11am (No pre-registration required) Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

 Blue Box Hints - Leslie Hackney

What are those blue boxes? Where can I find them? Can I trust them? Let FamilySearch’s computer system do some of your research for you. It’s painless and only takes a few minutes. This is a 20 minute class for FamilySearch beginners.

Class Handouts

Upcoming Dates
 * Saturday, January 8, 2pm (No pre-registration required) Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

 Fan Charts - Pam Kelly

Fan Charts is a fun class that shows how to use the fan charts and all the great information that can be found there. On the same tab as pedigree charts, there is also a descendancy chart that can be helpful in finding descendants. There are options and tools to use to get the most out of your experience.

Class Handouts Fan Charts Handout pdf 2021

Upcoming Dates
 * Friday, December 17, 11am (No pre-registration required) Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

 Descendancy Charts - Cindy Mills

Learn how to use the FS Descendancy features to systematically locate and/or verify members of your ancestor's families. There will be a specific emphasis on looking for missing family members. We will seek to accomplish this by searching in FS databases and those of other family history websites for vital records and other ancestral documents.

Class Handouts Descendancy Charts

Upcoming Dates
 * Wednesday, January 26, 3pm (No pre-registration required) Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

 Memories App - Roy Sherman and Lynnette Kelly

This class focuses on adding memories using the Memories app. Participants will learn to add photos, add details and learn to add audio to make their photos more interesting.

Class Handouts Memories App Handout pdf 2021

Upcoming Dates

 Using the Family Tree App - Roy Sherman and Lynnette Kelly

Learn all about how to use the Family Tree app on your phone. FamilySearch has made using the app simple and convenient.

Class Handouts How to use FamilySearch Mobile Apps pdf 2021 Using the FamilySearch Tree Smart Phone Mobile App pdf 2021

Upcoming Dates
 * Tuesday, Jan 25, 1pm Registration required. Click here to register.

FAMILYSEARCH INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED CLASSES
 Saving Documents as Sources - Lynnette Kelly

This class will help you learn to add scanned documents as sources. We will fill out the Sources window with the important information about a person contained in the document and then attach it to that person. We will also learn how to attach records in the Source Box to people. Please come prepared with a couple of scanned documents that you would like to attach to someone.

Class Handouts Saving Documents as Sources pdf 2021

Upcoming Dates

 Source Box - Lynnette Kelly

Everything you needed to know about the Source Box and maybe some things that you never knew you needed to know.

Class Handouts

Upcoming Dates
 * Friday, January 21, 2pm Registration required. Click here to register.

 Adding Records Using the Source Linker - Cindy Mills

We will model and practice two ways to locate FS indexed records… finding selected Record Hints (those little blue squares) and exploring Search Records in FamilySearch. A "Steps with Pictures" handout will guide us through the process including how to attach records to our ancestors made easy by the specially designed Source Linker program. Importantly, you will have the opportunity to practice with a consultant attaching records to your ancestors. Due to the hands-on nature of this class, the duration is 1½ hours.

Class Handouts Attaching Family Records to FT using the Source Linker

Upcoming Dates
 * Thursday, January 20, 3pm Registration required. Click here to register.

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Merging/Unmerging Duplicates - Cindy Mills

In this class we tackle the challenges of Merging and Unmerging Duplicates in a made-up family where we can practice the STEPS without doing harm to our own family in Family Tree. We refer to fictitious SOURCES to help us make merging decisions. Both STEPS and SOURCE handouts are provided ahead of class. Unmerging may be more difficult than merging, so there will be direction and practice in that. Due to the hands-on nature of this class, the duration is 1½ hours.

Class Handouts Merging & Unmerging Exercise Sources for Merging

Upcoming Dates
 * Thursday, January 6, 3pm Registration required. Click here to register.

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> 3 Ways to Merge - Janis Chandler

You have a duplicate. Three ways on FamilySearch to merge. We will show you how to merge by ID, merging using the source linker and merging by breaking a relationship.

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Fixing Relationships - Belinda Hanks

When you find your family tree a little mixed up, don't be alarmed, it can be fixed. You will have the opportunity to practice the steps that can straighten out your tree as you attend the class on "Fixing Relationships in FamilySearch."

Class Handouts Fixing Relationships 2021 Handout pdf How to Edit and Fix Relationships in Family Search pdf Sources for Fixing Relationships pdf How to Restore a Person that has been Deleted pdf

Upcoming Dates
 * Tuesday, January, 1pm Registration required. Click here to register.

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Puzzilla - Lara Turner

You think that all the work has been done, but what about cousins, 2nd cousins once removed? Puzzilla can help you find these ancestors.

Class Handouts

Upcoming Dates
 * Tuesday, December 21, 3pm (No pre-registration required) Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Adding Memories to FamilySearch - Lynnette Kelly

Learn how to add photos, documents and stories to the Memories section on FamilySearch. Come prepared with a photo ready to upload into FamilySearch.

Class Handouts Memories Handout pdf 2021

Upcoming Dates
 * Tuesday, January 11, 1pm (No pre-registration required) Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

<p style="color:#006400;font-size:11pt">BEGINNING
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> FamilySearch Wiki Intro - Leslie Hackney

In 20 minutes you can learn how to filter out what you don't need, so that you can successfully focus on the tools and sources that will help you get started on searching for your ancestors, wherever they came from.

Class Handouts | Wiki Intro handout pdf 2021

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Beginning Research - Ted Kelly

So you’ve inherited a huge box of old photos and various bits of memorabilia and you’re finally committed to doing your family history. The question is now “how do I get started and what am I looking for?” In class we will begin our search for PSD’s (primary source documents), collaborative evidence, where to look for and how to attach sources to individuals in your tree. We will look at the basic process and how to document progress as well as an overview of research tools at our fingertips.

Class Handouts Beginning Research by Ted Kelly pdf

Upcoming Dates
 * Wednesday, January 19, 1pm(No pre-registration required) Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> US Census Records - Marlene Lee

Learn how to explore the Federal Census records to seek out your ancestors. Federal Census Records, from 1790 to 1940, are available online and contain valuable information about members of your family tree. Join us for an hour of instruction and then you can have one on one help to get you started.

Class Handouts US Census Record handout pdf 2021

Upcoming Dates
 * Friday, January 7, 2pm Registration required. Click here to register.

<p style="color:#006400;font-size:11pt">INTERMEDIATE
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Research Wiki - Cindy Mills

Explore the Power of the Research Wiki - FamilySearch’s online family history encyclopedia. Learn how Locality pages, Record Type pages and more can help you do your family history research and how the new Guided Research links can take you to key birth, marriage, and death databases to find those precious vital records. You will have an opportunity to work with a consultant to see what is available to help you research your ancestor. Because this class includes hands-on guided research, the duration will be 1½ hours.

Class Handouts Research Wiki Handout pdf FS Research Wiki Exercise 1-28 2021 png

Upcoming Dates
 * Wednesday, January 12, 3pm (No pre-registration required) Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Newspapers & Obituaries - Janis Chandler

Learn how to explore the Federal Census records to seek out your ancestors. Federal Census Records, from 1790 to 1940, are available online and contain valuable information about members of your family tree. Join us for an hour of instruction and then you can have one on one help to get you started.

Class Handouts

Upcoming Dates
 * Friday, January 28, 2pm Registration required. Click here to register.

<p style="color:#006400;font-size:11pt">ADVANCED
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Immigration and Naturalization

This class will help you find your immigrant ancestor, by not only the ships lists and naturalization records but more.

Class Handouts Immigration Worklist pdf 2021

Upcoming Dates Description: In order to search for your ancestor in the records in Europe, you need to know the town of origin. If you do not know the town of origin, you need to start searching in United States records. This lesson will teach you what U.S. records you can collect to help you find where your ancestor came from before arriving in the United States. Click here to view this pre-recorded presentation. Crossing the Pond, part 2: U.S. Passenger Lists Part 2 will teach you about U.S. Passenger Lists, and what information you can find to help discover where your ancestor came from before arriving in the United States. Click here to view this pre-recorded presentation. Crossing the Pond, part 3: European Sources Part 3 will teach you what European records are available to help you determine where your ancestor came from in Europe. Click here to view this pre-recorded presentation.
 * This is a pre-recorded presentation by Yvonne Sorenson, AG Course title: Immigration - Crossing the Pond, part 1: Collecting Records
 * Handout: Immigration Crossing the Pond pdf

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Russian/Jewish Research - Roy Sherman

A review of how I found my Russian, Jewish ancestors. Using the tools that assist in research and status of Russian records.

Class Handouts Russian Research pdf

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Swedish Research - Leslie Hackney

Sweden's Church records are amazingly detailed, and navigating them is easy on Ancestry.com. Research strategies and helps will also be covered.

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Italian Research - Lynnette Kelly

This class will show you how to find birth, marriage, and death records in Italy by using the research wiki. You will also learn some tools and strategies in your search for Italian records.

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<p style="color:#006400;font-size:14pt">CLASES DE ESPAÑOL
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Reseña de FamilySearch - Sister Salazar

Una introducción a FamilySearch. Pautas para comenzar tu propio Árbol Familiar. Regístrate GRATIS.

Class Handouts Reseña de FamilySearch Handout pdf 2021

Upcoming Dates
 * Saturday, January 15, 2pm (No pre-registration required) Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Búsquedas Eficaces - Margarita Salazar

Estrategias para encontrar y adjuntar registros originales a tus antepasados en FamilySearch. Regístrate GRATIS.

Class Handouts Búsquedas Eficaces Handout pdf 2021

Upcoming Dates
 * Saturday, January 29, 2pm (No pre-registration required) Click here to join the Zoom meeting.

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> La aplicación ‘Recuerdos’ en iPhone/Android - Salazar/Kelly C

Utilizando la aplicación Memories App para adjuntar fotos y documentos en FamilySearch. Regístrate GRATIS.

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<p style="color:#006400;font-size:14pt">ANCESTRY.COM
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Syncing your FamilySearch and Ancestry Trees - Leslie Hackney

Did you know that there’s a shortcut for transferring information and sources between FamilySearch and Ancestry.com? This tool requires a Church of Jesus Christ Membership Ancestry account (AKA a partnership account.) In 20 minutes you can learn how to save yourself hours of work with a few clicks of the mouse.

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Ancestry.com Making it Work for You! 3 Classes - Jackie Ireland

<p style= " font-size:16px"> Ancestry I: Overview- Jackie Ireland Take advantage of the power that is Ancestry. Prime focus is on understanding the power of public trees in Ancestry. On-line learning opportunities are also explored. Become familiar with the subscription types available to you.

<p style= " font-size:15px">Class Handouts [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DuijiWTXc_i5vl--IG33EdcrwADReu12/view?usp=sharing Ancestry.com Making it Work for You! Part 1 pdf 2021] <p style= " font-size:15px">Upcoming Dates
 * Thursday, December 13, 2pm Registration required. Click here to register.

<p style= " font-size:16px"> Ancestry II - Effective Searching on Ancestry Jackie Ireland

Be aware of three important things to consider prior to beginning your search. Explore in depth the places we generally begin our search – Tree Hints and their companion Suggested Records and the general All Records search. Learn the value of also beginning a search in the Ancestry Card Catalog.

<p style= " font-size:15px">Class Handouts [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W-f4uHUxPziam9VbVB89Zp1m2WNV7e0v/view?usp=sharing Ancestry.com Making it Work for You! pdf 2021] <p style= " font-size:15px">Upcoming Dates
 * Thursday, January 27, 2pm Registration required. Click here to register.

<p style= " font-size:16px"> Ancestry III: Effective Searching-Jackie Ireland 

Increase your familiarity with searching within Ancestry Specific Categories and Special Collections. Become conversant with the variety of options available to you as you decide what data elements to include in your searches.

<p style= " font-size:18px">Class Handouts [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gmU1FY7Ld3_EpyNYQf0iWuUTBhF6SZyq/view?usp=sharing Ancestry.com Making it Work for You! Part III pdf 2021]

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<p style="color:#006400;font-size:14pt">INDEXING
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Beginner's Indexing - Janis Chandler

It is so exciting to find a hint for that dear ancestor. Indexing is the process of taking information from historical records images and putting it into a digital format. Indexing turns the records into searchable sources, allowing researchers to find and attach them to ancestors in their family tree in FamilySearch, i.e. HINTS! Your help is needed! '''No matter your experience, a refresher course is always helpful and you might just learn new tricks. This class is also helpful for beginners.'''

Class Handouts How do I use FamilySearch Indexing pdf 2021

Other Sources: Indexing Icons

Upcoming Dates

Registration required.
 * Friday, January 14, 2 pm Registration required. Click here to register.

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Intermediate Indexing - Janis Chandler

Indexing is the process of taking information from historical records images and putting it into a digital format. Indexing turns the records into searchable sources, allowing researchers to find and attach them to ancestors in their family tree in FamilySearch. Your help is needed.

Class Handouts How do I use FamilySearch Indexing pdf 2021

Other Sources: Indexing Icons

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Advanced Indexing - Janis Chandler

Indexing helps all people find their ancestors. Indexing is the process of digitizing records and we hope to give you some ideas of how to improve. Come and see how your help is needed!

Class Handouts How do I use FamilySearch Indexing pdf 2021

Other Sources: Indexing Icons

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Indexing and Handwriting Tips - Janis Chandler

This class will help you find resources to help read handwriting from different eras as well as different countries. This is a helpful introduction for anyone who has needed to read records from another country.

Class Handouts How do I use FamilySearch Indexing pdf 2021

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<p style="color:#006400;font-size:11pt">AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESEARCH
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> African American Research Classes - Jackie Ireland

<p style= " font-size:16px"> African American Research Part I - Jackie Ireland

<p style= " font-size:13px">Inasmuch as African American research post-1870 is the same as United States research, focus is upon the two best websites for US research. Therefore, this class explores African American research on Family Search.org and Ancestry.com, the best free and paid subscription websites respectively for family history research.

<p style= " font-size:15px">Class Handouts African American Research part 1  pdf 2021

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<p style= " font-size:16px"> African American Research Part II - Jackie Ireland

<p style= " font-size:13px">African-American-specific family history websites are the focus of this class. Included are well-known sites, such as Afrigeneas, as well as outstanding sites selected annually as a part of the 101 best genealogy websites featured in Family Tree Magazine. Major websites that feature African American collections are also included.

<p style= " font-size:15px">Class Handouts African American Research part 2  pdf 2021

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> African America History Research using Pre and Post 1870 Resources - Dr Edna Briggs

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<p style="color:#006400;font-size:10pt">MEXICAN AND GERMAN RESEARCH WITH JOHN SCHMAL
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Tracing Your Spanish Ancestors in Colonial Mexico

This unique presentation consists of a lecture, in which the lecturer John P. Schmal will show people some of the resources for learning about Spanish settlers who came to Nueva España (New Spain), Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Galicia and Nuevo Santander. We will also discuss important research tools for learning about where your Spanish surnames originated in the Iberian Peninsula.

Class Handouts
 * Tracing Your Spanish Ancestors in Colonial Mexico Handout 2021
 * NOTE This is a large file, so it may take a while to load.

Upcoming Dates
 * Saturday, December 18, 1 pm Registration required. Click here to register.

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Finding Your Roots in Mexico

This lecture will help people learn how to trace their roots in Mexico. Veteran genealogist John Schmal will show attendees how to access the records of their Mexican ancestors online and give them pointers about how to use that information once you have located it. Using a 45-page PowerPoint, John will point out some of the potential problems that arise with Mexican research and how to navigate those problems to get the results you need.

Class Handouts Class Handout

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Search for your Indigenous Roots in Mexico

When most people think about the Indigenous people of Mexico, they think of the Aztecs and Mayans, but the Aztec Empire only ruled over eight of the current 32 states of Mexico and the Mayans inhabited only five states of present-day Mexico. We believe that every Mexican state has a story to tell and every one of Mexico's ethnolingistic groups has a story to tell. We hope to give them a voice by telling their stories.

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Indigenous Chihuahua: Past and Present

The Mexican state of Chicuahua has been a crossroads between the north and south for many centureies. Dozens of indigenous people inhabited the region, but the silver industry and the mission system transformed the region during the colonial period. However, in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Apaches terrorized the area, and many native people either joined the Apaches or fled to the Spanish settlements for protection. John P Schmal will discuss Chihuahua's indigenous people through five centuries from the early colonial period to the present day status of its indigenous citizens.

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Exploring Jalisco’s Indigenous People

This is a lecture to help people learn about the wonderful diversity of Jalisco’s original inhabitants. Using a PowerPoint presentation, genealogist and historian John Schmal will discuss the languages and the history of the Indigenous peoples who lived in Jalisco during the Sixteenth Century. He will also discuss the Indian revolts of the Nineteenth Century and show Jalisco’s recent census data relating to indigenous languages.

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Mexico’s Great Diversity in 2020

Using a PowerPoint Presentation, genealogist John Schmal will show the results of the 2020 Mexican census with regards to its indigenous languages and Afro-Mexicans. Using census charts, he will show the decline of Mexico's indigenous languages since 1895, and will highlight the indigenous languages that are considered to be at great risk of extinction. Mexico is proud to be the first nation in the world to publish its 2020 census this year.

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> German Research and Genealogy

To understand your German ancestors and why they came to America, it is important to know about its history. In a 45-page PowerPoint presentation, John Schmal will discuss German history, as well as the primary motivating factors for Germans to emigrate to the United States during the 19th Century. He will also discuss online genealogical resources for German research, including some websites that have only become available in recent years.

Class Handouts | German History & Genealogical Research, 34 pages German Research Websites, 2 pages | German History and Genealogical Research - John P Schmal

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Locating Your Immigrant Ancestors

John Schmal will discuss locating a point of origin for Mexican, Irish or German ancestors by locating church records, county biographies, passenger lists, obituaries, Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org, and border crossings that shed light on those topics.

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 * Locating Your Immigrant Ancestors

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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" data-expandtext="" data-collapsetext="" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> Searching for your Indigenous California Ancestors

John Schmal is involved in the Early California Population Project (ECPP). He will discuss how to utilize the Huntington Library database, county records, land records, mission records and newspapers.

Class Handouts
 * Indigenous California Research Links pdf
 * Indigenous California Handout August 28 pdf

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<p style="font-size:25px; color: #e65c00;">Online Class Offerings
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