Educational Opportunities

Genealogy Learning Opportunities

Board for Certification of Genealogists- Many great education opportunities at this site.  Check out their Learning Center listing.
Newsletter:  OnBoard(See BCG Site for listing) 
Blog:  SpringBoard

Legacy Family Tree Webinars--They offer webinars that are free for a limited time.  You may also want to subscribe to view their entire library of webinars at your convenience.  In my opinion, access to the Best of ESM webinars alone are worth the subscription price. 

RootsTech--Many class from past RootsTech conference are available to view here.

Conference Keeper-- the most complete collection of Genealogy events online!!

Facebook Groups with a Genealogy focus are also a great resource and there are a variety of groups which range from beginner to advanced including genetic genealogy groups.

National Genealogical Society--They publish a quarterly(NGSQ) as well as the NGS Magazine(Index to Articles 2005-2024)


Webinars I have Attended and Recommend:
  • FAN + GPS + DNA: The Problem-Solver's Great Trifecta-Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL
  • Using Autosomal DNA for 18th and 19th Century Mysteries-Blaine T. Bettinger, PhD, JD
  • The "WHO" of Genetic Genealogy-Blaine T. Bettinger, PhD, JD
  • How Harry Potter Can Teach You About DNA by Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D. 
  • When Does Newfound Evidence Overturn a Proved Conclusion?--by Tom Jones, PhD, CG, CGL
  • No, no, Nanette! What negative evidence is..and isn't-Judy G Russell, JD, CG, CGL
  • A Taxing Matter: Using Tax Lists in Genealogy by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL 
  • When Worlds Collide: Resolving Conflicts in Genealogical Records-Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
  • Becoming a Genealogy Detective --Sharon S Atkins
  • Bullet Journaling for Genealogy--Kathryn Lake Hogan, UE, PLCGS
  • Strategies to Find the Most Challenging Ancestors with Autosomal DNA Data-- James M. Baker PhD, CG
  • So Many Historic Books: How Can I Find My People?-- James M. Baker PhD, CG
  • Tips and Tricks to Organizing Your Genealogy - -Shannon Combs-Bennett 
  • Finding Dirk:  Insanity in the 19th Century -- Jill Morelli CG
  • Weaving DNA Test Results into a Proof Argument-- Karen Stanbary MA CG
  • Finding Missing Persons With DNA Testing-- Diahan Southard
  • What Now? Your Next Steps with Autosomal DNA Testing by Diahan Southard 
  • MAXY DNA: Correlating mt-at-X-Y DNA with the GPS--Debbie Parker Wayne, CG, CGL
  • Using atDNA to Verify and Expand Genealogy--Emily Aulicino
  • Apprentices, Indentured Servants, and Redemptioners: White Slavery in America --Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG 
  • Misbegotten Children: Tracing the Family Lines of the Illegitimate-Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG
  • Nurse, Matrons, Laundresses & Cooks. Documenting Women in the Civil War--Angela Y. Walton-Raji
  • Take Me Back to Where I Belong: Transportation Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau--Angela Y. Walton-Raji
  • Beating the Bushes: Using the GPS to Find Jacob Bush's Father--Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL
  • Analyzing Probate Records of Slaveholders to Identify Enslaved Ancestors--LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, 
  • Tracing Slave and Slaveowner Ancestors with DNA and Genealogy--Nicka Smith
  • Finding Isaac Rogers--Nicka Smith
  • Get Excited about Your Pre-1870 African American Research--Diane L. Richards
  • Are You My Grandpa? Men of the Same Name--Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG
  • What's In a Name? Every Surname Tells a Story--Tessa Keough
  • Introduction to Quaker Genealogy Research--Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA
  • Early Religious Experience in America: Theology Behind the Records--  Michael D. Lacopo
  • Navigating YDNA at FTDNA.com - by Geoff Rasmussen and Diahan Southard
  • Researching Criminal Records--Ron Arons 
  • State-Land States and Federal-Land States: Researching U.S. Land Records Beyond the Basics: Vital Records & Related Sources--George G. Morgan
  • North Carolina Land Grants--Dr. A. B. Pruitt
  • Finding and Using Land Ownership Maps--Rick Sayre CG, CGL, FUGA
  • Migration Patterns East of the Mississippi Prior to 1860--Mary Hill, AG
  • Neighborhood Reconstruction: Effective Use of Land Records"--Mary Hill, AG




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