“Webtember: All Genealogy. All September Long.”

Legacy Family Tree Webinars are known throughout the genealogy world for being excellent resources. They are taught by experts on a wide variety of subjects but often require a subscription. Now, each Friday in September, in cooperation with MyHeritage, another genealogy company, they are offering a series of free webinars on a wide variety of topics, and all of us are invited to watch and learn!

All you have to do is go to the Legacy Family Tree website, click the “Register for free” button under the name of the webinar you want to attend, and you are all set. The webinars remaining this month are as follows:

Friday, 9 September (all times Central)

• "Delivering the Mail: Records of the United States Post Office" by Michael L. Strauss, AG—9:15 a.m. 
• "What’s Next When You Are Told Those Records Were 'Burnt up'" by J. Mark Lowe, FUGA—10:30 a.m.
• "An introduction to Filae: the largest source of French archives" by Emmanuel Condamine—11:45 a.m.
• "Understanding and Using Scottish Kirk Session Records" by Paul Milner, FUGA, MDiv—1:00 p.m.

Friday, 16 September

• "Germany to Pennsylvania: 18th Century Odyssey" by James M. Beidler—9:15 a.m.
• "Using Google Books to Find the Law" by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL—10:30 a.m.
• "The Pros and Cons of Collaboration on Geni.com" by E. Randol Schoenberg—11:45 a.m.
• "Essential Immigration Records for Researching Your Mexican Ancestors" by Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS—1:00 p.m.

Friday, 23 September

• "Strategies to Jumpstart Your Research" by Teri E. Flack—9:15 a.m.
• "A Deep Dive into the Map Collections of the Library of Congress" by Rick Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA—10:30 a.m.
• "Documenting Cemeteries with BillionGraves" by Cathy Wallace—11:45 a.m.
• "Mastering Digital Filing for Genealogists" by Cyndi Ingle—1:00 p.m.

Friday, 30 September

• "The Top Ten DNA Do’s and Don’ts!" by Michelle Leonard—9:15 a.m.
• "Separate Even in Death—Black Funerals and Cemeteries" by Janice Lovelace, PhD—10:30 a.m.
• "Indirect Evidence, A Case Study: The Parents of Elizabeth Wingate in Maryland (1795–1860)" by Rebecca Koford, CG, CGL—11:45 a.m.
• "50 Mostly 'Hot off the Press' Net Sites You Want to Check Out!" By Diane L. Richard—1:00 p.m.

The livestreamed series began on Friday, 2 September, but you can still watch those lectures. According to the website, all the lectures are being recorded, and you can watch for free throughout the month of September. Thanks to MyHeritage and Legacy Family Tree for sponsoring these talks and offering them to all of us for no charge!