FamilySearch Free Classes-- Both Live and Through Your Computer

Here are the FamilySearch classes that they offer for FREE at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City during August. There is quite a collection of varied courses that are sure to intrique everybody with at least something they'd like to learn more about. For many of us it is difficult if not impossible to get there to attend these classes. I know I would like to, but can't fly out there in the near future! However, there is something there for people like us as well- many of the classes are recorded. You can view them at a later date by going to the link provided below to find them. Plus! Look at all of the ones marked "webinar". That's all of them this month! These you can watch through your computer live as they happen. Be sure to check some of these out:

*All of the links on their news release should work, but if any are broken, just go to familysearch.org and do a search on the title of the link.

Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for August 2017

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (25 July 2017), The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, has announced its free family history classes and webinars for August 2017. Participants can attend in person or online. Many of the August classes teach how to research records in Great Britain, China, and Prussian Poland, to understand DNA, and to use documents and photos to preserve memories. Some classes are also in Spanish. See the full schedule below. Mark your calendars for events you want to join so you don't forget. Find and share this announcement online in the FamilySearch Newsroom.
Online classes are noted on the schedule as webinars. Webinar attendees need to click the link next to the class title at the scheduled date and time to attend the class online. Those attending in person simply go to the room noted. Invite your family and friends. All class times are in mountain standard time (MST).
Most sessions are recorded and can be viewed at a later date at Family History Library classes and webinars.

DATE / TIME	CLASS (SKILL LEVEL)	WEBINAR | ROOM
Wed 2 Aug,11:00 AM	Ask Your United States Research Question (Beginner)	Webinar | MF Lab
Sat, 5 Aug,1:00 PM	Los libros de la vida (Beginner)	Webinar | B1 Lab
Mon, 7 Aug,10:00 AM	Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner)	Webinar | MF Lab
Tue, 8 Aug,11:00 AM	Starting Family Tree: Navigating, Adding a Person, Standardizing Views, and Printing (Intermediate)	Webinar | MF Lab
Tue, 8 Aug,1:00 PM	British Case Study (Beginner)	Webinar | B2 Lab
Tue, 8 Aug,3:00 PM	Genetic Genealogy: An Introduction to DNA (Beginner)	Webinar | MF Lab
Thur, 10 Aug, 3:00 PM	DNA: I’ve Tested; Now What? (Intermediate)	Webinar | MF Lab
Mon, 14 Aug, 10:00 AM	Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner)	Webinar | MF Lab
Tue, 15 Aug,11:00 AM	Starting Family Tree: Preserving Memories Using Photos and Documents (Intermediate)	Webinar | MF Lab
Thur, 17 Aug, 1:00 PM	Tracing Ancestry in English Census Records (Beginner)	Webinar | B2 Lab
Sat, 19 Aug,1:00 PM	La tecnología de Ancestry (para miembros SUD) (Intermediate)	Webinar | B1 Lab
Mon, 21 Aug, 10:00 AM	Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner)	Webinar | 2N Lab
Mon, 21 Aug, 1:00 PM	Researching in Prussian Poland (Beginner)	Webinar | B1 Lab
Tue, 22 Aug,10:00 AM	FamilySearch Wiki (Beginner)	Webinar | MF Lab
Tue, 22 Aug,1:00 PM	Kissing Cousins or Not? Understanding British Generations, Kith, Kin, and Relationships (Intermediate)	Webinar | B2 Lab
Tue, 22 Aug,3:00 PM	Finding Records of Chinese Americans (Beginner)	Webinar | MF Lab
Thur, 24 Aug, 10:00 AM	Using Metasuche or Metasearch on Genealogy.net (Beginner)	Webinar | MF Lab
Thur, 24 Aug, 1:00 PM	Genealogical Treasures at findmypast.co.uk (Intermediate)	Webinar | B2 Lab
Thur, 24 Aug, 3:00 PM	Organizing Your Family History Research (Beginner)	Webinar | 2N Lab
Mon, 28 Aug, 10:00 AM	Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner)	Webinar | MF Lab
Tue, 29 Aug,10:00 AM	Family Tree: Research Help and Searching the Records (Beginner)	Webinar | MF Lab
Thur, 31 Aug, 1:00 PM	Your British/Irish Research Questions Answered (Beginner)	Webinar | B2 Lab

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