African American research poses unique challenges. That’s why Ancestry.com and Wal-Mart have partnered up to present a free, one-hour webinar on researching your Black roots. African American research specialist Marjorie Sholes will take you step-by-step through the process she used to trace one of her own ancestors, showing you the tips and tricks she discovered along the way. In particular, she’ll focus on how to identify slave owners to unlock the history of your slave ancestors. You’ll also learn what resources are available on Ancestry.com and elsewhere to aid in your research.

Join us for a live demonstration of Ancestry.com’s MyCanvas publishing service. John Pereira and Stefanie Condie will offer expert advice and answer questions submitted by the Ancestry.com community.

Come and explore the world of arbitration with us. We will walk through the arbitration process, dive into the keying guidelines and provide insights into how you can become a better keyer through arbitrating. Whether you are an arbitrator or a contributor you’ll come away with a better understanding of the World Archives Project.

Join the Family Tree Maker 2009 webinar for a tour of the new features in Ancestry’s premium family tree software. This webinar will offer a demonstration of new features, and share tips and tricks to help you get the most out of Family Tree Maker 2009. Additionally, you can get a sneak peek of some of the features that will be available in future enhancements to Family Tree Maker 2009. We’ll also take some time to answer questions that have been submitted from the Family Tree Maker community. If you’d like to submit a question, please visit the Family Tree Maker blog.

Ancestry has partnered with JewishGen.org and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to create the world's largest online repository of Jewish Family History collections. The combined databases comprise nearly 26 million records of Jews that can be searched by Ancestry's world class technology. Some collections are reserved for subscribers, while millions of records remain freely accessible to the public. Jewish genealogy expert Gary Mokotoff will walk us through the North American, European, Holocaust and other significant Jewish collections on Ancestry.com. He will highlight some of the benefits this collection and search technology will provide to people searching for their Jewish heritage.

Come learn about the World Archives Project – Ancestry.com’s new community indexing program that gives people around the world the opportunity to save historical records important to them. Learn the tips and tricks to quick, easy indexing and how the World Archives Project differs from other indexing programs out there. Find out all of the individual benefits you receive as an indexer for the project. Here’s your chance to hear from David Graham, senior product manager for the World Archives Project, as he discusses the project and demonstrates the software.

Come join Raymond S. Wright III, PhD, who specializes in German research and Angie Panser, a native of Austria who specializes in the deciphering and translation of German Handwritten Script as well as Old German Print. Together we will present practical examples and suggestions on how to use records, databases and archives to start or advance your German genealogy.

This web seminar will feature an overview of how to trace your immigrant ancestor from the US to Italy, and cover the basics of Italian jurisdictions, repositories, and record types, to help you discover and explore more about your Italian heritage.

It’s a wonderful time to begin your Polish research. Ceil Jensen, Certified Genealogist, will dispel myths that records were destroyed during the World Wars and that language barriers make research difficult. She will present practical examples and suggestions on how to use records, databases and archives to start or advance your Polish genealogy research

In this webinar, you'll learn about these powerful features; Find and Replace, Person Facts, Filtering your Tree, Working with Media, Sources and Citations, and Searching the Web.