FamilySearch's May Classes

Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for May 2018

Salt Lake City, Utah (26 April 2018), The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, has announced its free family history classes and webinars for May 2018. Check out the US Mid-South Region, Place Names in Sweden, English Church Records, Indexed Records for the Netherlands, and (Spanish) Connecting FamilySearch and Ancestry Family Trees webinars. Participants can attend in person or online. See the calendar below for the complete list. No registration is required.
Weekly webinars are organized along the following track schedule throughout the month:
Mondays—FamilySearch Catalog at 10:00 a.m. MDT
Tuesdays—FamilySearch.org and Family Tree Classes at 10:00 a.m. MDT
Wednesdays—Indexing Classes at 10:00 a.m. MDT
Thursdays—Research Classes at 1:00 p.m. MDT
Mark your calendars for events you want to join. 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 daylight time (MDT).
If you are unable to attend a class in person or online, most sessions are recorded and can be viewed later online at your convenience. Access archived classes online at Family History Library classes and webinars.

DATE AND TIME CLASS (SKILL LEVEL) WEBINAR | ROOM Tuesday 1 May 10:00 a.m. MDT Overview of FamilySearch Memories (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab Thursday 3 May 1:00 p.m. MDT Foreign Language Research: Tools for Reading Genealogical Documents (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab Saturday 5 May 1:00 p.m. MDT Conectando los árboles de Ancestry y FamilySearch (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab Monday 7 May 10:00 A.M. Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner) Webinar | 2N Lab Tuesday 8 May 10:00  a.m. MDT Submitting Names for Temple Ordinances (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab Wednesday 9 May 10:00  a.m. MDT French Language Indexing (1.5 hours) (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab Thursday 10 May 1:00 P.M. United States Research: Mid-South Region (Beginner) Webinar | Main A Monday 14 May 10:00  a.m. MDT Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner) Webinar | 2N Lab Tuesday 15 May 10:00  a.m. MDT Starting Family Tree: Correcting Relationships (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab Thursday 17 May 1:00 p.m. MDT England Church Records: How to Quick-find Your Ancestors Online! (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab Saturday 19 May 1:00p.m. MDT Through the Eyes of the Parish Priest (Beginner) Webinar | Main A Monday 21 May 10:00 a.m. MDT Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner) Webinar | 2N Lab Tuesday 22 May 10:00 a.m. MDT Starting Family Tree: Overview of FamilySearch (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab Wednesday 23 May 10:00 a.m. MDT Web Indexing/Review Training (1.5 hours) (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab Thursday 24 May 1:00 p.m. MDT Figure Out Place Name for Swedish Genealogy (Beginner) Webinar | Main B Tuesday 29 May 10:00 a.m. MDT. Starting Family Tree: Navigating, Adding, Editing, and Standardization of Dates and Places (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab Thursday 31 May 1:00  a.m. MDT OpenArch.nl Website: Indexed Records for the Netherlands (Beginner) Webinar | Main Lab
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Wordless Wednesday- Copenhagen (NY) Cemetery

CNYGS Meeting This Saturday!

Wordless Wednesday- Cranebrook Cemetery Throop

Tree Talks Is Looking For Input

Central New York Genealogical Society and Tree Talks is looking for your help!

Have you ever come across some records in the Central New York area that you wished were more widely available? Now's your chance! Contact Jenn or Chris and see if they might be able to get them in an issue of Tree Talks:

Tree Talks Seeks Your Help

Now that so many important records for genealogists are online, Tree Talks is in a position to be more creative with December issues. Do you know of any unusual records that exist in your town or a Central New York town of interest to you? Please check with your local town offices, historical societies or anyone who might have such unpublished information. Some examples might be prison, shopkeeper, orphanage or animal owner records. If you find some potential records, please contact Jenn Eshbaugh at cnygs.treetalks@gmail.com or Chris Wilcox at cwilcox@twcny.rr.com. Thank you!

FamilySearch's Latest Records Release

New Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of April 9, 2018

SALT LAKE CITY, UT—Discover your ancestors on FamilySearch this week in over 2.5 million free new church and civil records from Brittany, France and more from Peru, Ecuador, Sweden, Germany, Chile, the Netherlands, and the Ukraine. Search these new free records by clicking on the collection links below or go to FamilySearch to search over 8 billion free names and record images.

Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Peru, Diocese of Huacho, Catholic Church Records, 1560-1952	28,552	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890-2005	1,546	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011	85,184	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927	51,189	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957	817,226	0	New indexed records collection
France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793	89,573	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1932	359,844	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Sweden, Östergötland Church Records, 1555-1911; index 1616-1860	27,789	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950	204,540	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection
France, Brittany, Church and Civil Records, 1521-1896	2,427,746	0	New indexed records collection
Ukraine, Western Ukraine Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937	8,3601	0	Added indexed records to an existing collection

Easily find and share this announcement online in the FamilySearch Newsroom.
Searchable historic records are made available on FamilySearch.org through the help of thousands of volunteers from around the world. These volunteers transcribe (index) information from digital copies of handwritten records to make them easily searchable online. More volunteers are needed (particularly those who can read foreign languages) to keep pace with the large number of digital images being published online at FamilySearch.org. Learn more about volunteering to help provide free access to the world's historic genealogical records online at FamilySearch.org/indexing.
FamilySearch is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch and its predecessors have been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records worldwide for over 100 years. Patrons may access FamilySearch services and resources for free at FamilySearch.org or through more than 5,000 family history centers in 129 countries, including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.