Ancestry.com - Webinars

Crista Cowan discusses some excellent tips on how to search the site and maximize your results on Ancestry.com

It doesn't matter if you are new to genealogy or have been doing this for years, we've all made mistakes and assumptions as we climb our family tree. Join Crista Cowan as she shares some of the most common family history research mistakes and gives tips a bout how to avoid them. (You can view part one of this presentation here: http://ancstry.me/WHAlsk)

Join Ancestry Anne for Five Minute Friday as she shares quick tips for finding the parents of your ancestor.

Ancestry.com has a lot of resources available for African American genealogy research. Join Crista Cowan as she highlights some of these collections and shares some tips and tricks for making use of these records.

Spend a few minutes with Crista as she shares exciting new content collections and fun new tools that have been added to Ancestry.com over the past month.

We've all got them -- family myths that just won't die. Maybe your great-grandmother was an Indian princess or grandpa had his name changed at Ellis Island. Maybe you're a descendant of someone who sailed on the Mayflower or a cousin to a famous politicia n. Whatever your family story, join Crista Cowan as she dispels the ones that can't possibly be true and helps you know how to prove (or disprove) the rest.

Whether you've been doing genealogy research for 20 minutes or 20 years, there are always new things to learn. Join Crista Cowan for a sneak peek into how she sets up her computer, manages her research, and records her findings. You might just pick up a t ip or two that will help you use Ancestry.com like a professional.

Not all records are created equal. So, how do you know which records to trust? Join Crista Cowan as she shares time tested tips for evaluating genealogical evidence to help you tell the true stories of your ancestors' lives.

You can't get rid of your crazy Uncle Earl, but you can clean up your family tree in other ways. And some of you need to do so. Crista Cowan will show you how to check for obvious errors in your tree. She'll also share some quick tips for analyzing what y ou've collected so you can make sure you are chasing down the right ancestors and not climbing up someone else's tree.

Have you accidentally added the same person into your family tree more than once? Maybe you just figured out that your mom's aunt Sally married a man who happens to be your dad's 2nd cousin. Whether you need to fix mistakes or untangle a family wreath, jo in Crista Cowan as she shares how to use the new "merge duplicates" feature in your Ancestry.com online family tree.