July Classes at FamilySearch!

 Free Family History Classes and Webinars for July 2018

SALT LAKE CITY (26 June 2018), The FamilySearch Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, has announced its free family history classes and webinars for July 2018. Research classes will focus on the Boy Scout Merit Badge, Eastern Germany, Ireland, Norway, and the United States: Gulf Region.  Weekly FamilySearch sessions for the Family Tree, Memories, Indexing, and Search are offered in English and in Spanish. Participants can attend in person or online. See the calendar below for the complete list. No registration is required. (Find/share this announcement online in the FamilySearch Newsroom).

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 / TIME		CLASS	SKILL LEVEL	ROOM
Tue	3-Jul	10:00 a.m. MDT	Submitting Names for Temple Ordinances  Webinar	Beginner	Main Lab
Thur	5-Jul	1:00 p.m. MDT	Lost Shoebox: Finding Your Eastern German Ancestors Webinar	Beginner	Main Lab
Sat	7-Jul	1:00 p.m. MDT	Creando tu propia ofrenda. Memorias de FamilySearch Webinar	Beginner	Main B
Tue	10-Jul	10:00 a.m. MDT	Starting Family Tree: Correcting Relationships Webinar	Beginner	Main Lab
Thur	12-Jul	1:00 p.m. MDT	United States Research: Gulf South Region Webinar	Beginner	Main B
Tue	17-Jul	10:00 a.m. MDT	What's New at FamilySearch Webinar	Beginner	Main Lab
Wed	18-Jul	10:00 a.m. MDT	Web Reviewing the New Arbitration Webinar	Beginner	Main Lab
Thur	19-Jul	1:00 p.m. MDT	How Understanding Jurisdictions Can Help Your Irish Research Webinar	Beginner	Main B
Sat	21-Jul	10:00 a.m. MDT	Boy Scout Genealogy Merit Badge (1½ hrs). To register go to Boy Scout Merit Badge Page.	Beginner	2S Lab
Sat	21-Jul	1:00 p.m. MDT	Reservando nombres para el templo Webinar	Beginner	Main Lab
Thur	26-Jul	1:00 p.m. MDT	Finding an Ancestor's Place of Origin in Norway: A Case Study, Part 2  Webinar	Beginner	Main B
Tue	31-Jul	10:00 a.m. MDT	Starting Family Tree: Overview of FamilySearch Webinar	Beginner	Main Lab

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FamilySearch New Records Week of June 18th

 

New Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of June 18, 2018

SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch added 2.5 million searchable names to its England historical record collections, 1.5 million in Germany, 5.4 million in the Netherlands, and over 1 million in South Africa. Almost 1.5 million new browsable images can be found for Mexico. Additional indexed records and images were also added for Albania, Chili, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Italy, Peru, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, and in the United States in Kentucky, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, and Utah. (Find/share this announcement in the FamilySearch Newsroom).

Research 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.

Country Collection Indexed Records Digital Images Albania Albania Census, 1930 11,721 0 Chile Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1932 1,018 0 Denmark Denmark, Copenhagen City, Burial Registers, 1805-1968 3571 0 Ecuador Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011 8,971 0 England England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991 2,532,275 0 France France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793 28,597 0 Germany Germany, Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1939 1,349,834 0 Germany Germany, Prussia, Westphalia, Minden, Miscellaneous Collections from the Municipal Archives, 1574-1912 680 0 Germany Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957 43,776 0 Italy Italy, Asti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1803-1814, 1911-1935 914 0 Italy Italy, Brescia, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1797-1943 23,901 0 Italy Italy, Pescara, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1929 24,521 0 Italy Italy, Rieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1840-1945 58 0 Mexico Mexico, Sinaloa, Civil Registration, 1861-1929 0 1406854 Netherlands Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Public Records 5405344 0 Peru Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998 56,762 0 South Africa South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989 1029108 0 South Africa South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958 3,055 0 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, Colombo District, Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1677-1990 8,704 0 Switzerland Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1880 7515 0 United States Idaho, Jerome County Historical Society, Minidoka Japanese Relocation Center Military Records, 1942-1945 1469 0 United States Iowa, Old Age Assistance Records, 1934-1946 6874 0 United States Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 26,228 0 United States Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917 135,820 93629 United States Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications, 1911-1938 1,759 0 United States Utah, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1900-1960 27347 0 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.