FamilySearch Library B1 Research Training

Welcome to the missionary and volunteer training page for the FHL B1 Floor!

Week 1: Intro and Geography
Homework Watch: German Historical Geography class, found here.

Week 2: Meyers Gazetteer
Homework Watch Meyers Gazetteer class, found here. Complete "How to" Guide on Meyers Gazetteer found here. Complete the Activity.

Week 3: Genealogy.net and Jurisdictions
Watch Hansen's Map Guides class, found here.

Week 4: Hansen's Parish Maps and Reverse Sorts
Homework: Due 19 December
 * Complete Hansen's Parish Maps "How to" Guide

Week 1: Skill assessment
Homework: Find the birth record of Georg Schmidt, who was born in Hamburg-Altona about 1 August 1901. Due November 30.

German skills assessment [[media:German Document Study Group November 2018.pdf|click here]]

Week 2: November 30
Homework: Find the marriage record of Karl Richter and Wilhelmine Müller who married in Dresden about 17 September 1891. Due December 7.

Week 3: December 7
Homework: Find the death record of Ernestine Wilhelmine Müller who died in Dresden about 18 September 1903. Due December 14.

Week 4: December 14
Homework: Find the death record of Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Müller who died in Schwenten (Kreis Bomst) about 21 March 1882. Due December 21.

Week 5: December 21
Homework: Find the marriage record of Johann Gottlieb Böhm (that is what the patron thinks the last name is) and Katharine Johanne Müller who were married in Dresden about 23 December 1880. Due January 4.

Week 6: January 4
Homework - due January 11 1. Find the birth record of Martha Pfeiffer who was born in Falkenhain about 14 January 1884 2. Find the birth record of Martha Schmidt who was born in Falkenhain about 20 January 1884

Week 7: January 11
Homework - due January 18 1. Find the death record of Pokrandt or Pottrandt (or some similar name) who died in Danzig about 9 April 1875. 2. Find the death record of Johanne Auguste Wrosch who died in Danzig about 9 April 1875.

Week 1: Pre-test and Meyers Gazetteer
Homework Watch Poland Historical Geography class, found here. Watch Meyers Gazetteer class, found here. Using Meyers, identify Catholic church and civil registration jurisdictions for the following towns: Extra help: complete "How to" Guide on Meyers Gazetteer found here. Complete the Activity. Preparation for week 2 Watch class on Kartenmeister gazetteer found here. Complete "How to" Guide on Kartenmeister gazetteer found here. Complete the Activity.
 * Berzyn
 * Charcic
 * Skorzewo, in Kreis Schubin
 * Szagatpurwen

Week 2: Kartenmeister
Homework: Due 5 December
 * Read the article about Galicia, found here.
 * Explore the Gesher Galician Town Locator, found here.

Week 3: Galicia Gazetteer
Homework: Due 12 December Use the Galicia Gesher Gazetteer to locate the Roman Catholic parish and Greek Catholic parish for the following towns. Then list whether or not the records are available on FamilySearch: Read the How to Use the Online version of the Słownik Gazetteer.
 * Szyperki
 * Krzeczkowa
 * Leszcze
 * Pietniczany
 * Berezow Nizhynyi

Week 4: Słownik Geograficzny
Homework: Due 19 December Use the Słownik gazetteer to identify information about the following locations:
 * Dębna Wola
 * Przybyszew
 * Ostrów Mazowiecka

Week 1: Introduction to Polish
Homework Polish resources
 * Complete "How to" Guide Reading Polish Birth Records in Paragraph Format, found here
 * Inserting special characters: "How to" Guide found here.
 * Polish Genealogical word list

Week 2: November 30
Homework: Due December 7 Extract the following information from birth record number 103, found here:


 * date and place of registration
 * Name of child
 * date of birth
 * place of birth
 * father's name and any pertinent information
 * mother's name and any pertinent information

Week 3: December 7
Homework: Due December 14 Extract the following information from birth record number 174, found here:


 * date and place of registration
 * Name of child
 * date of birth
 * place of birth
 * father's name and any pertinent information
 * mother's name and any pertinent information

Week 4: December 14
Homework - Due December 21 1: Extract the following information from birth record number 88, found here:

2: Complete "How to" Guide: Reading Polish Marriage Records, found [[Media:1-Poland_Marriage_Records_in_Paragraph_Format-Instruction.pdf|here]]. Complete the Activity found [[Media:2-Poland_Marriage_Records_in_Paragraph_Format-Activity.pdf|here]].
 * date and place of registration
 * Name of child
 * date of birth
 * place of birth
 * father's name and any pertinent information
 * mother's name and any pertinent information

Week 5: December 21
Homework: Due January 4 Extract the following information from marriage record #100, found here:
 * place of marriage
 * date of marriage
 * name and any identifying information about the groom, including parents
 * name and any identifying information about the bride, including parents

Week 6: January 4
Homework: Due January 11 Extract the following information from marriage record #26, found here:
 * place of marriage
 * date of marriage
 * name and any identifying information about the groom, including parents
 * name and any identifying information about the bride, including parents

Week 7: January 11
Homework: Due January 18 Extract the following information from marriage record #23, found here:
 * place of marriage
 * date of marriage
 * name and any identifying information about the groom, including parents
 * name and any identifying information about the bride, including parents

Latin America Research classes
Pre-Test [[Media:Hispanic Pre-test Fillable PDF.pdf|Latin America Research Class Pre-Test (30 minutes)]]

[[Media:Pre-test FGR.pdf|Latin America Research Class Pre-Test Family Group Record]]

[[Media:LA Pre-test Research Assessment Form.pdf|Latin America Research Class Pre-Test Research Assessment Form]]

Week 1
Study Guide [[Media:LA Study Group Week 1 Study Guide.pdf|LA Week 1 Study Guide]]

Homework 1. E-lesson: LA 1.1 Hispanic Last Names 2. E-lesson: LA 2.1 Jurisdictions 3. Extract genealogical information from the record found in your study guide. Use an extract form.

To access the E-lessons, go to ilearn.ldschurch.org and click the sub-modules button under FHL LA Missionary Training. If you haven't enrolled in the class yet, scroll to the bottom of the page and search for FHL LA Missionary Training. Enroll in the class.

Week 2
Study Guide [[Media:LA Study Group Week 2 Study Guide.pdf|LA Week 2 Study Guide]]

Homework 1. E-lesson: LA 2.2 Gazetteers 2. E-Lesson: LA 2.3 Church Directories 3. Find the death record of Francisco “Pancho” Villa in 1923 in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Extract genealogical information from the record using an extract form.

To access the E-lessons, go to ilearn.ldschurch.org and click the sub-modules button under FHL LA Missionary Training. If you haven't enrolled in the class yet, scroll to the bottom of the page and search for FHL LA Missionary Training. Enroll in the class.

Week 3
Study Guide [[Media:LA Study Group Week 3 Study Guide.pdf|LA Week 3 Study Guide]]

Homework 1. LA 3.1 Intro to Civil Registration 2. LA 3.2 Civil Registration Birth Records 3. Find and extract the birth record of Manuela Gregoria GARAY in the department of Treinta y Tres in 1889 4. Find and extract the marriage of Pedro BRAIDA & Felipa MUNDIN in the department of Canelones in 1906. 5. Find and extract the death record of Esteban Antolin DIAZ in the department of Rio Negro in 1924

To access the E-lessons, go to ilearn.ldschurch and click the sub-modules button under FHL LA Missionary Training.

Week 4
Study Guide [[Media:LA Study Group Week 4 Study Guide.pdf|LA Week 4 Study Guide]]

Homework 1. LA 3.3 Civil Registration Marriage Records 2. LA 3.4 Civil Registration Death Records 3. Schedule a lesson review as indicated after completing the e-lesson LA 2.3 Church Directories before beginning the LA 2.4 Jurisdiction Case study. Once you have successfully completed the lesson review, begin working on the case study. It will be due at the end of the 8-week session

To access the E-lessons, go to ilearn.ldschurch and click the sub-modules button under FHL LA Missionary Training.

Week 5
Study Guide [[Media:LA_Study_Group_Week_5_Study_Guide.pdf|LA Week 5 Study Guide]]

Homework
 * 1) LA 4.1 Intro to Catholic Church Records
 * 2) LA 4.2 Baptism Records
 * 3) Find and extract the baptisms of Ynocencia del Carmen Gonzalez (1855) and Margartia Carolina del Carmen Gonzalez (1861). They were born in the department of Florida.
 * 4) Find and extract the marriage of Manuel Martinez and Clara Marquez (1825). They were married in the department of Montevideo.
 * 5) Find and extract the death record of Secundina Sanchez died 8 Sept 1920 in Nueva Helvecia, Colonia.

To access the E-lessons, go to ilearn.ldschurch and click the sub-modules button under FHL LA Missionary Training.

Week 6
[[Media:LA Study Group Week 6 Study Guide.pdf|Study Guide]]

Homework


 * 1) LA 4.3 Marriage Records
 * 2) LA 4.4 Death Records
 * 3) Find and extract genealogical information for Miguel Ciurana. Born January 1852 in L'Albi.
 * 4) Complete the [[Media:Dokuklik homework problems.pdf|Dokuklik Homework Problem Worksheet]]

To access the E-lessons, go to ilearn.ldschurch and click the sub-modules button under FHL LA Missionary Training.

Week 7
Study Guide

Homework

To access the E-lessons, go to ilearn.ldschurch and click the sub-modules button under FHL LA Missionary Training.

Nordic Research classes
Pre-Test

Week 1