Ancestry.com - Webinars

Much like a card catalog in a library shows you what books are available, the Ancestry Card Catalog is a listing of the databases available online. Join Crista Cowan as she shows you how to use this free resource to see what is available at Ancestry.com and how it will help your family history research.

Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find t he stories of your ancestors' lives.

You found your ancestor in a census record and attached it to your online tree. But, did you know that you can see who else has attached that same record to their tree? The record tells a story about your ancestor. The journey that record takes could t ell you even more about your family story. Join Crista Cowan for a look at our improved interactive image viewer and discover a whole new way to connect with cousins and grow your family tree.

Who should take an AncestryDNA test? Why would you want multiple people in your family to get tested? What can you do with all of those test results? Join Crista Cowan and AncestryDNA Program Manager, Anna Swayne for answers to these questions and more .

Join Crista Cowan for a look at how photo comments can lead to greater collaboration with cousins in growing your family tree. She will also share some tips and tricks for getting the most out of your genealogy community experience.

What did your ancestors do for a living? What can that tell you about them and their lives? Join Crista Cowan as she shares how you can find out what your ancestors did for a living and explains how knowing that can help you uncover even more of your fa mily story.

Can you trace your ancestry back to colonial America? What do you know about those first people in each of your family lines who stepped onto American soil? Why did they come here? What were they seeking? Every immigration story is different. Join Cr ista Cowan as she shares some of the most common reasons for colonial immigration and gives some insight into what life was life for your ancestors arriving here between 1620 and 1770. She'll also share some of her favorite records for documen

Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the new features and tools available to help make your family history easier and more fun. She'll also review the databases full of new content released in the past month and show you how best to search them to find the stories of your ancestors' lives.

The New England states have excellent birth, marriage and death records, often recorded at a town level extending back into the 1600s. Join Crista Cowan as she reviews several databases worth of New England vital records and shows you how to be successfu l in searching them to find your family.

Historical newspapers were the Facebook of their day - recording the comings and goings of everyone in town. Join Crista Cowan as she shows you how to find newspapers on Ancestry.com and how best to search them.