Family History Library Class Handouts

Welcome to the Family History Library Class Handouts page. Here you will find the handouts for the upcoming webinars as well as past webinars. In order to join a class please click here.

= Upcoming Webinar Handouts =

Latin America Handouts
= Past Webinar Handouts =

US/Canada Handouts

 * African American Research Using Plantation Records
 * Beginning LDS Research
 * Descendancy Research
 * Immigration into the United States
 * Navigating FamilySearch
 * Planning and Implementing a Research Trip
 * United States City Directories
 * United States Naturalization Records
 * United States Newspaper Research
 * Using Canadian Census Records
 * Using FamilySearch's Historical Records Collection

England

 * Church of England Church Records
 * England Maps &amp; Gazetteers
 * England Non-conformist Church Records
 * England Online Websites
 * England Parish Chest Records
 * England Poor Law Records
 * England Probate Records Part 1
 * England Probate Records Part 2
 * England &amp; Wales Census Records
 * England &amp; Wales Civil Registration

Ireland

 * Church of Ireland Chuch Records
 * Ireland Catholic Church Records
 * Ireland Census &amp; Census Substitutes
 * Ireland Civil Registration
 * Ireland Emigration
 * Ireland Jursidictions
 * Ireland Land Records
 * Ireland Presbyterian Church Records
 * Ireland Websites
 * Scotch-Irish Research

Scotland

 * Scotland Census Records
 * Scotland Church Records
 * Scotland Civil Registration

Wales

 * Wales Anglican and Non-conformist Church Records
 * Wales Online Websites
 * Wales Place-Names, Maps and Gazetteers
 * Wales Probate Records
 * Welsh Naming Patterns

Czech Republic

 * Czech Archives Brno and Litomerice
 * Czech Archive Brno and Litomerice Word List

Census Records Research Series

 * A Guide to the Danish Demographical Database
 * Dansk Demografisk Database Practice
 * A Guide to Arkivalieronline: Accessing the Digitized Census Records
 * Let's Practice: Finding Census Records on Arkivalieronline
 * Danish Census Records: Extracting Genealogical Information
 * Danish Census Records: Extracting Genealogical Information Practice

Church Records: Extracting Genealogical Information

 * Key Words Practice
 * Danish Church Records: Extracting Genealogical Information Syllabus
 * Let's Practice: Extracting Genealogical Information from Danish Church Records
 * Gothic Handwriting Practice

Church Records: Finding Ancestors through Witnesses

 * Witness Research Syllabus
 * Witness Research Activity

Church Records: Research Strategies

 * Danish Church Records: Research Strategies Syllabus
 * Danish Church Records: Life Cycle Activity

Emigration

 * Danish Emigration Syllabus
 * A Guide to the Danish Emigration Archives Database
 * Practice Worksheet for the Emigration Database

FamilySearch.org or Slægtsforskning

 * FamilySearch.org og Slægtsforskning guide
 * FamilySearch Aktivitet

Feast Days

 * Feast Days Syllabus
 * Feast Days Practice

Jurisdictions and Gazetteers

 * Jurisdictions and Gazetteers Syllabus
 * Jurisdictions Practice

Probate Research Series

 * Probate Record Syllabus
 * Probate Record Practice

Resources on FamilySearch.org

 * Danish Resources on FamilySearch.org Syllabus
 * Danish Resources on FamilySearch.org Activity

France

 * [[Media:French_websites_2015.pdf|French Websites]]

Germany

 * Address books on Genealogy.net practice sheet
 * Address books on Genealogy.net practice sheet answer key
 * Family Lineage book practice document
 * Family Lineage book practice document answer key
 * Finding and Using German Lineage Books on Genealogy.net
 * Finding German Address Books on Genealogy.net
 * German Church and Civil Records
 * Hamburg Passenger Lists
 * Metasearch on Genealogy.net Practice Document
 * Metasearch on Genealogy.net Practice Document answer key
 * Using Metasearch on Genealogy.net

Norway

 * Case History-How to find ancestors in Digitalarkivet
 * [[Media:Exploring_census_records_in_NorwayAug2014.pdf|Exploring Census Records in Norway]]
 * Exploring Norwegian Parish Records
 * Norway Emigration: The Experience
 * Norway: Migration and Immigration
 * Norwegian Paleography

Poland

 * 300 Years of Polish Records
 * Archives Vocabulary List
 * How to Use the Digitized Records of the Polish State Archives
 * Polish websites
 * Stettin Archives Tutorial

Slovakia

 * Preserving Our Slovak Roots in the 21st Century

South Africa

 * South Africa: Beginning Research
 * South Africa: National Archives
 * South Africa: Online Family History Library Collections

Switzerland

 * 1808 Census headings for Canton Ticino
 * Appenzell Online Records
 * Register of Swiss Surnames
 * Swiss Beginning Research Basics
 * Swiss Genealogical Word List

2015

 * [[Media:Busquedas_eficaces.pdf|Búsquedas eficaces]]
 * Conozca los sitios asociados de FamilySearch: Inscripción, FindMyPast, Ancestry, MyHeritage
 * Cómo utilizar mejor el Wiki de FamilySearch
 * El Árbol Familiar para principiantes
 * Expedientes Matrimoniales
 * [[Media:Fuentes_en_FamilySearch.pdf|Fuentes en FamilySearch]]
 * Genealogia Descendente
 * ¿He buscado aquí? El uso de notas y listas de investigación
 * Metas genealógicas para 2015
 * Metodologia
 * Obras Pías
 * Preguntas Frecuentes de FamilySearch
 * ¿Qué dice? Cómo leer la escritura antigua
 * Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch
 * Registros civiles y parroquiales

2014

 * Árbol Familiar: Fuentes, fotos e historias
 * Árbol Familiar para principiantes
 * Búsquedas eficaces en los registros históricos de FamilySearch]
 * Capellanías, cofradías, dispensas y más
 * Cómo empezar su historia familiar
 * Cómo encontrar mis antepasados en FamilySearch
 * Cómo encontrar mis antepasados en mi propio país
 * Cómo organizar tu genealógia
 * Corrigiendo parentescos en el Árbol Familiar (January)
 * [[Media:Corrigiendo_parentescos_en_el_%C3%81rbol_Familiar_Oct.pdf|Corrigiendo parentescos en el Árbol Familiar (October)]]
 * ¿Dónde vivían mis antepasados? El uso de los diccionarios geográficos
 * Encontrando a nuestros primos
 * [[Media:Handout_-_MisAntepasadosVinieronDe.pdf|Mis antepasados vinieron de ...]]
 * ¿No hay otros registros?
 * Preguntas frecuentes sobre el Árbol Familiar
 * Recursos en línea además de FamilySearch
 * Registros civiles y parroquiales
 * Tesoros ocultos en los registros originales
 * ¿Y ahora qué? Cómo hacer la investigación genealógica (March)
 * ¿Y ahora qué? Cómo hacer la investigación genealógica (July)

2015

 * [[Media:Hispanic_Research_Methodology.pdf|Hispanic Research Methodology: A Case Study]]
 * [[Media:Online_Resources.pdf|Hispanic Resources Online]]
 * Reading Spanish Handwriting

2014

 * [[Media:Paleography_2014_syllabus.pdf|Reading Spanish Handwriting]]