Continuing Education

2024

  • 25 January 2024, American Ancestors, Kyle Hurst, Writing a Register-Style Sketch (webinar, one hour).

2023

  • 19 January 2023, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Katy Bodenhorn Barnes, Beyond the Usual Suspects: Genealogy Resources at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (webinar, one hour).
  • 1 February 2023, Legacy Family Tree Webinars, Michael D. Lacopo, Using Mitochondrial DNA Testing for Genealogical Problem Solving (webinar, one hour).
  • 8 February 2023, Legacy Family Tree Webinars, Maurice Gleeson, Hints & Tips for Solving Irish Cases of Unknown Parentage Using DNA (webinar, one hour).
  • 28 February 2023, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Adrienne Abiodun, The State of African American Genealogy: A New Reconstruction Era (webinar, one hour).
  • 16 March 2023, International Society for British Genealogy and Family History, Spring Institute with John Grenham, The Revolution of Online Irish Research: Overview and Major Records, Where the Bodies Are Buried: The Making of JohnGrenham.com, A Long Hard Road: The Story of Irish Famine Migration to the U.S.A., Q&A (online institute, six hours).
  • 11 April 2023, Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, Hybrid Tuesday Talk: Revolutionary Appearances: How Portraits of Women Evolved Around the Revolution (webinar, one hour).
  • 19 April 2023, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Reconstructing Black Families: Stories from the Chew Papers (webinar, one hour).
  • 20 April 2023, AmericanAncestors, Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos, The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd (webinar, one hour).
  • 20 April 2023, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Dana Palmer, Finding Your German Ancestor’s Place of Origin (webinar, one hour).
  • 3 May 2023, Legacy Family Tree Webinars, Maurice Gleeson, Using Multiple WATO Analyses to Break Through a Brick Wall (webinar, one hour).
  • 10, 17, 24, and 31 May 2023, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Pennsylvania Research: Four Centuries of History and Genealogy (online classes, six hours).
  • 10 June 2023, Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, James Beidler, Before They Were Counties: Records of Pennsylvania’s Western Half (webinar, one hour).
  • 15 June 2023, New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, Janet Hall Werner, Finding Daniel McCormick: Using DNA to Find an Immigrant Ancestor’s Irish Origin (webinar, one hour).
  • 18–23 June 2023, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, Rich Venezia, Marian L. Smith, Alec Ferretti, Marisa Louie Lee, Beyond the Golden Door: Immigrants to the U.S.A. after 1890 (online institute, 35 hours).
  • 21 June 2023, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, Paul Woodbury, Intersections of DNA and Document Evidence (webinar, one hour).
  • 22 June 2023, Megan Clark Young, Finding and Using Pennsylvania Land Records to Solve Tough Genealogical Cases (webinar, one hour).
  • 20 July 2023, Society of Genealogists, Sophie Kay, Negative Space: How Genealogy Gaps Can Help Your Tree Flourish (webinar, one hour).
  • 5 August–12 August 2023, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Genealogy Event (PaGE), six keynotes, 30 hours of webinars by featured speakers, 15 hours moderating live Q&A sessions (online conference, 51 hours).
  • 6 September 2023, Library of Congress, Chronicling America: “Turning Points in History” (webinar, one hour).
  • 6 September 2023, National Genealogical Society, Member Connects, Angela McGhie and Stephen Little, Artificial Intelligence and Genealogy (webinar, 90 minutes)
  • 19 September 2023, Legacy Family Tree Webinars, Karen Stanbary, Follow the Trail of Records and DNA from Ireland to Oregon (1810–1860) (webinar, one hour).
  • 21 September 2023, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Martha Capwell Fox, Geography, Geology, and Genius: Coal and Canals in Pennsylvania (webinar, one hour.)
  • 11 October 2023, Association of Professional Genealogists, Sophie Kay, Making Genealogy Accessible (webinar, one hour).
  • 1 November 2023, Tennessee Genealogical Society, Tom McCulloch, Genealogy with Moravian Church Records (webinar, one hour).

2022

  • 20 January 2022, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Diahan Southard, DNA Ethnicity in 2022 (webinar, one hour).
  • 10 February 2022, Your DNA Guide, Diahan Southard and Lisa Janine Cloud, Let’s Talk About Family Tree DNA (webinar, one hour).
  • 17 February 2022, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Denys Allen, Vital Records of Pennsylvania (webinar, one hour).
  • 18 and 25 February 2022, Family History Academy, Thomas W. Jones, Masterclass—Advanced Genealogical Writing Skills Using Microsoft Word—Focus on Styles (online course, three hours).
  • 24 February 2022, Germanic Genealogy Society, Michael Lacopo, Using Mitochondrial DNA in Solving a Pennsylvania Case (webinar, one hour).
  • 26 February 2022, International Society for British Genealogy and Family History, Kathryn Lake Hogan, Just Across the Border (webinar, one hour).
  • 11 and 18 March 2022, Family History Academy, Thomas W. Jones, Masterclass—Advanced Genealogical Writing Skills Using Microsoft Word—Focus on Margins, Headers, and Footers (online course, three hours).
  • 21 March 2022, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogy Lecture Series, Craig R. Scott, Finding Women—Maiden Name Unknown, (webinar, one hour).
  • 1 and 8 April 2022, Family History Academy, Thomas W. Jones, Masterclass—Advanced Genealogical Writing Skills Using Microsoft Word—Focus on Tables and Figures (online course, three hours).
  • 23 and 24 April 2022, East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference—Rob Warthen, Using DNAGedcom to Understand More About Your DNA Matches; Kitty Cooper, Advanced Tools at GEDmatch: Using Segment Data; (online conference).
  • 29 April 2022, Family History Academy, Thomas W. Jones, Masterclass—Advanced Genealogical Writing Skills Using Microsoft Word—Focus on Paragraphing, Subheads, and Page Layout (online course, three hours).
  • 22 May 2022, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogy Lecture Series, Patti Hobbs, Problem Solving with DNA: Case Studies (webinar, one hour).
  • 30 May 2022, Maureen Taylor, Cousin Connections: Plan a Virtual Family Reunion, a Three-Part Master Class (online course, three hours).
  • 21 June 2022, Board for Certification of Genealogists and Legacy Family Tree Webinars, Denise Cross, Negative Evidence: Making Something Out of Nothing (webinar, one hour).
  • 22 June 2022, Legacy Family Tree Webinars, Paul Milner, Irish Emigration to North America: Before, during, and after Famine (webinar, one hour).
  • 1 July 2022, Family History Academy, Leah LaPerle Larkin, DNA Directions: Answering the Hard Questions (webinar, three hours).
  • 10–15 July 2022, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, Paula Stuart-Warren et al, Digging Deeper: Records, Tools, and Skills (institute, 35 hours).
  • 23 July 2022, Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Kevin Borland, Borland Genetics (online broadcast, three and a half hours).
  • 30 August 2022, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Dan Bouk, Democracy’s Data: the Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read Them (webinar, one hour).
  • 7 October 2022, Minnesota Genealogical Society, North Star Conference, Kevin Borland, Reconstructing Max Freudenberg (online class, one hour).
  • 23 and 30 September 2022, Family History Academy, Thomas W. Jones, Citing DNA-Related Sources in Genealogical Writing (online class, four hours).
  • 14 and 21 October 2022, Family History Academy, Thomas W. Jones, Documenting Lineages (online class, four hours).
  • 4 November 2022, WikiTree Day, Kevin Borland, Getting Started with Borland Genetics (webinar, one hour). Available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/acut3MH8DCI.
  • 8 November 2022, DAR Museum, Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, Mistress of the Market: White Women and the Nineteenth-Century Domestic Slave Trade (webinar, one hour).
  • 1 December 2022, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Researching Genealogy at the Free Library of Philadelphia (webinar, one hour).
  • 1 and 8 December 2022, Family History Academy, Leah Larkin, What Are The Odds? (WATO) (online course, three hours).
  • 8 December 2022, Friends of the Hennepin County Library, Talk of the Stacks with Stacy Schiff [author of The Revolutionary Samuel Adams] (webinar, one hour).

2021

  • 5, 12, 19, 26 January 2021, Museum of the American Revolution, American Revolution 101 (online course, six hours).
  • 10-15 January 2021, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, Karen Stanbary, Meeting Standards Using DNA Evidence (online institute, thirty-five hours).
  • 21 January 2021, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Extended, Kimberly Powell, Tools for Analyzing and Visualizing (online mini-institute, three and a half hours).
  • 21 January 2021, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Extended, Kimberly Powell, Scrivener for Research and Writing (online mini-institute, three and a half hours).
  • 13 February 2021, Yankee Genealogical Society, Craig R. Scott, Researching Your French and Indian War Ancestor (webinar, one hour).
  • 4 February 2021, Diahan Southard, Get Your DNA Organized! (webinar, one hour).
  • 14 February 2021, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogy Lecture Series, Craig R. Scott, Revolutionary War Era Genealogy–Part One (webinar, one hour).
  • 16 March 2021, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Recreating Place: Uncovering, Interpreting, and Presenting the Past (90 minute webinar panel, plus videos and readings), curator and museum professional Elliot Bostwick Davis, novelist Christina Schwarz, and Newbury Street Press genealogist Kyle Hurst.
  • 21 March 2021, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogy Lecture Series, Craig R. Scott, Revolutionary War Era Genealogy–Part Two (webinar, one hour).
  • 6 May 2021, Diahan Southard, How to ID Your Mystery DNA Match (webinar, one hour).
  • 12 May 2021, Minnesota State Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Rebecca Whitman Koford, The Problem with Porters (webinar, one hour).
  • 16 May 2021, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogy Lecture Series, David Allen Lambert, 17th Century New England Resources (webinar, one hour).
  • 19-20 May 2021, National Genealogical Society, NGS 2021 Live!—Elizabeth Shown Mills, Elusive Ancestors: Never Too Poor to Trace; Thomas W. Jones, Writing About and Documenting Genealogical Conclusions Using DNA Test Results; Craig R. Scott, Establishing Identity and Kinship with Military Records; Elizabeth Shown Mills, Finding Females: Wives, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, and Paramours; Angie Bush, Leveraging Genetic Networks to Break Down Brick Walls (webinars, one hour each).
  • 4 June 2021, Diahan Southard, Why Do YDNA (webinar, one hour).
  • 9 June 2021, Minnesota State Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Rebecca Whitman Koford, I Am Elizabeth (webinar, one hour).
  • 24 June 2021, Richard Atkinson, Mr. Atkinson’s Rum Contract (webinar, one hour).
  • 8 July 2021, Smithsonian Associates, Dan Patterson and Clinton Terry, Surveying in Colonial America: The Point of Beginning (webinar, one hour).
  • 9 July 2021, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Ken Turino, Reimagining Historic House Museums (webinar, one hour).
  • 22 Jul 2021, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration to New England: Conventicles to Companies to Congregations (webinar, one hour).
  • 24 Jul 2021, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Researching 17th-Century Settlers to New England (online conference, seven hours): Robert Charles Anderson, Puritan Pedigrees: the Deep Roots of the Great Migration to New England; David Curtis Dearborn, Settlement of New England; Alicia Crane Williams, Working in and Understanding Original Records; Lindsay Fulton, 17th-Century published Resources; Christopher C. Child, Breaking Down Genealogical Brick Walls in 17th-Century New England.
  • 25-30 Jul 2021, Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, David E. Rencher, Irish Genealogical Research and Methodology (online institute, 30 hours).
  • 11, 18, 25 Aug 2021, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Researching Colonial War Ancestors in New England (online course, 5 hours).
  • 23–27 Aug 2021, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, Amy Arner, Walking in Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania Research (online institute, 30 hours).
  • 24 Aug 2021, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, David McDonald, Ten Top Tips for Completing a Genealogical Project (webinar, 1 hour).
  • 26 Aug 2021, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, Rich Venezia, Ship Manifests: An In-Depth Look (webinar, 1 hour).
  • September–October 2021, Your DNA Guide (Diahan Southard), The Academy, YDNA for Genealogy Course (online course,  8 hours).
  • 11–15 October 2021, International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH), Chris Paton, Tracing Your Irish Family History (online institute, 20 hours).
  • 14 November 2021, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogy Lecture Series, Christie Caywood, Autosomal DNA & How to Use Matches to Add to Your Family Tree (webinar, 1 hour).

2020

  • 22 January 2020, D. Joshua Taylor, New Tools and Ideas in Research (webinar), Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one hour).
  • 1 February 2020, Kathryn Lake Hogan, All Kinds of Loyalists (webinar), Yankee Genealogical Society (one hour).
  • 22 February 2020, Follow the Money: Breaking Down Brick Walls Using Financial Records (online conference), New England Historic Genealogical Society (five hours). Kyle Hurst, Land Rich or Dirt Poor?;  Katrina Fahy, Probing Probate Records; Melanie McComb, Mining Pension Records for Genealogical Gold; Lindsay Fulton, Big Brother Transactions: Tax, Court, Welfare, and Town Records; Eileen Curley Pironti, Using Bank Records to Break Through Your Brick Wall.
  • 26-29 February 2020, RootsTech Live Stream (four hours). Adding Branches to Your Family Tree Using DNA, Angie Bush; What’s New at Ancestry, Christa Cowan; DNA, Genealogy, and Law Enforcement, Blaine Bettinger; Healing & Family History–the Emotional Side of DNA, Robin Wirthlin; Tackling Difficult Chapters of Our Family History, Cheri Daniels.
  • 21 March 2020, Finding Irish Origins (online conference), New England Historic Genealogical Society (five hours). Understanding Irish Land Divisions, Sheilagh Doerfler; Before You Leap: Searching American Records for Irish Origins, Eileen Curley Pironti; Strategies for Determining Origins, Melanie McComb; Using DNA to Determine Irish Origins, Pam Holland; Making the Leap: Organizing Your Irish Record Research, Judy Lucey.
  • 3 April 2020, D. Joshua Taylor, Genealogy Resources of the Daughters of the American Revolution (webinar), New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (one hour).
  • 26 April 2020, Emily Hackett-Fiske, Lucidchart for Genealogists (webinar), Association of Professional Genealogists (one hour).
  • 9 May 2020, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Mayflower Migrations: Origins and Diaspora (online conference): Robert Charles Anderson, The Deep Roots of the Mayflower Migration and Mapping the Origins of the Mayflower and Great Migration; Katrina Fahy, After the Landing: Exploring the Diaspora of Mayflower Descendants (four hours).
  • 18 May 2020, Tahitia McCabe, Genealogy’s Community of Practice: Developing Genealogical Education (webinar), Association of Professional Genealogists (one hour).
  • 20 May 2020, National Genealogical Society, NGS Live! (online conference): Thomas W. Jones, Validating Unsourced Online Information; Judy G. Russell, Breaker Boys and Spinner Girls: Child Labor Laws and Their Records; Crista Cowan, What’s New on Ancestry; Ron Tanner, What’s New on FamilySearch; Elizabeth Shown Mills, Turning Witnesses into Evidence; Janine Cloud, Testing–It’s Not Just Ethnicity; Blaine T. Bettinger, What If? Learning About DNA Through Case Studies (six and a half hours).
  • 21 May 2020, Lindsay Fulton, Creating a Research Plan for Cluster Research, New England Historic Genealogical Society (one hour).
  • May 2020, Lindsay Fulton, Finding Parents: Breaking Down Brick Walls Using Cluster Research, New England Historic Genealogical Society (one hour).
  • 15-17 July, Christopher Child and Lindsay Fulton, American Ancestors Virtual Summer Institute for Advanced Researchers: Contributing to Mayflower Scholarship, New England Historic Genealogical Society (eighteen hours).
  • 20-24 July, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, Thomas W. Jones, Mastering Genealogical Documentation (thirty-five hours).
  • 8-9 September, Maurice Gleeson, DNA Virtual Institute, International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (eight hours).
  • 12 December, David Allen Lambert, Melanie McComb, Ann Lawthers, Katrina Fahy, Researching American Revolutionary War Patriots, New England Historic Genealogical Society (seven hours).
  • November (completion), DNA and the DAR: Using DNA as a Piece of the Evidence for a DAR Application (eight hours).

2019

  • 15 January 2019, Margaret R. Fortier, Visualizing Information for Genealogists (webinar), Board for Certification of Genealogists/Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one hour).
  • 17 January 2019, Todd Pattison, Preserving Your Family Treasures (webinar), New England Historic Genealogical Society (one hour).
  • 25 January 2019, Elissa Scalise Powell, Patriot or Not? Using the Genealogical Proof Standard on a Closed DAR Line (webinar), Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one hour).
  • 6 February 2019, Shellee Morehead, DNA and the GPS Solves a Mystery: Hamiltons in Colonial New England (webinar), Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one hour).
  • 13 February 2019, Blaine Bettinger, Reconstructing Your Genetic Family Tree (webinar), Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one hour).
  • 19 March 2019, Debra S. Mieszala, The Five-Story Fall: Correlating Indirect and Direct Evidence to Extend the Pedigree (webinar), Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one hour).
  • 6 April 2019, Rebecca Whitman Koford, How I Built My Own Brick Wall (webinar),  Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one hour).
  • 8-11 May 2019, National Genealogical Society, 2019 Family History Conference (conference livestream): Thomas W. Jones, Building a Credible Lineage Despite Missing Information, Conflicting and Incorrect Records, and Undocumented Publications; Elizabeth Shown Mills, Context: a Powerful Tool for Problem-Solving; Roberta J. Estes, DNA: King Arthur’s Mighty Genetic Lightsaber; Bernice Bennett, Finding Relatives Through DNA When Family Trees Do Not Exist; Nancy A. Peters, Reporting on Research: Standards Encourage Better Communication; Warren Bittner, The Fisherman Who Wanted to Marry the Executioner’s Daughter: Stories from German Marriage Sources; John Grenham, UK Sources for Irish Immigrants; Blaine Bettinger, Using a DNA Map to Navigate Your Brick Walls; Debbie Parker Wayne, Writing a Conclusion Incorporating DNA Evidence; Rebecca Whitman Koford, Writing the Family Narrative: a Strategy for Breaking Down Brick Walls.
  • 30 May 2019, Southern California Genealogical Society, Genetic Genealogy 2019 (conference livestream): Emily Aulicino, Convincing Family and Strangers to Test and Why (one hour); Blaine Bettinger, DNA ABCs: Getting from “Unknown New Match” to “Known Cousin” (one hour); Tim Janzen, Taking Your Use of GedMatch to the Next Level (one hour); Kitty Munson Cooper, Using DNA and GWorks for Solving Unknown Parentage Cases (one hour); Diahan Southard, Finding Missing Persons with DNA Testing (one hour).
  • 31 May-1 June 2019, Southern California Genealogical Society, Jamboree 2019 (conference livestream): Daniel Earl, Funeral Homes and Family History: They’re Dying to Meet You; Donna M. Moughty, Strategies for Finding the Locality of Your Irish Ancestors; Paula Stuart-Warren, Major Midwestern Databases and Indexes for Family History Research; Thomas MacEntee, Genealogy Pit Stop: Research in 15 Minute Increments; Colleen Greene, Working More In-Depth with Mexican Civil Registration Records; Michael L. Strauss, Historical Maps: the World at Your Fingertips; Janice Lovelace, Afro-Latinx in the Old West; Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, Plain Folk–Researching Amish and Mennonite Families; Dave Oboe, Canadiana’s Genealogical Treasures; D. Joshua Taylor, Online Library Catalogs: a Genealogist’s Best Kept Secret; Lisa Alzo, Silent Voices: Telling the Stories of Your Female Immigrant Ancestors; Annette Burke Lyttle, Border–What Border? Our Ancestors Who Called Both Canada and USA Home.
  • 7 August 2019, Legacy Family Tree Webinars: Nicka Smith, Case Studies in Gray: Identifying Shared Ancestries Through DNA and Genealogy (one hour).
  • 4 September 2019, Legacy Family Tree Webinars: Michelle Leonard, Combining DNA and Traditional Research–In-Depth Case Studies (one hour).
  • 6 September 2019, Board for Certification of Genealogists, Joy Reisinger Lecture Series (live webinars): Elizabeth Shown Mills, Reasonably Exhaustive Research: the First Criteria for Genealogical Proof; Martha Garrett, Finding Immigrants Who ‘Disappeared’: a Research Approach Based on Recognizing and Challenging Assumptions; Judy G. Russell, Share and Share Alike: the Rules of Genealogical Privacy; Karen Stanbary, Details of New and Modified DNA-Related Standards; Melinda Henningfield, How to Write a Case Study that Meets the New Standards for DNA: as Codified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists.
  • 13 November 2019, Legacy Family Tree Webinars: Rick Sayre, Soldier’s Homes (1865-1930) Caring for Our Veterans (one hour).

2018

  • 17 February 2018, Ed Gilbert, RCSI, The Irish DNA Atlas (recorded lecture), Genetic Genealogy Ireland (one hour).
  • 19 February 2018, Blaine Bettinger and Karen Stanbary, Genetic Genealogy for Professionals (webinar), Association of Professional Genealogists (one and a half hours).
  • 28 February 2018, Jennifer Holik, Finding the Answers: the Basics of WWII Research (recorded lecture), RootsTech 2018 (one hour).
  • 19 March 2018, Blaine Bettinger and Karen Stanbary, Genetic Genealogy for Professionals: Research Reports (webinar), Association of Professional Genealogists (one and a half hours).
  • 21 March 2018, Geoff Rasmussen and Ran Snir, Hands-On with MyHeritage DNA (webinar), Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one and a half hours).
  • 17 April 2018, Patti Lee Hobbs, Better Together: Making Your Case with Documents and DNA (webinar), Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one and a half hours).
  • 21 April 2018, Irish Virtual Conference: Gillian Hunt, Church Records for Irish Research (one hour); Fiona Fitzsimons, Finding Women in the Irish Records (one hour); Chris Paton, Irish Land Records (one hour); Maurice Gleeson, Online Resources for Irish Research (one hour).
  • 3-4 May 2018, National Genealogical Society Conference, Grand Rapids, Livestream: LaBrenda Garrett Nelson, Reasonably Exhaustive Research of African American Ancetors Who Came out of Slavery (one hour); Terry Koch-Bastic, The Price of Loyalism: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary War (one hour); Diahan Southard, The Y-DNA Test Should Be Your Favorite(one hour); Angie Bush, Your Cousins Are Your Secret Weapon (one hour); Blaine Bettinger, Native American DNA: Separating Fact from Fiction (one hour); Angela Packer McGhie, History, Records, and Context: Researching the Locations Your Ancestors Lived (one hour); Elizabeth Shown Mills, Samuel Witter vs. Samuel Witter: Separating Same-Name Soldiers, War of 1812 (one hour); Thomas W. Jones, Using Indirect and Negative Evidence to Prove Unrecorded Events (one hour); Judy G. Russell, A Matter of Standards: DNA and the GPS (one hour); Elissa Scalise Powell, Deeper Analysis: Techniques for Successful Problem-Solving (one hour).
  • 15 May 2018, Board for Certification of Genealogists webinar: Paula Stuart-Warren, Developing Successful Research Habits (one hour).
  • 31 May 2018, Southern California Genealogical Society, DNA Day Livestream: Paul Woodbury, From Chance to Design: Planning for Successful Genetic Genealogy Research; Leah Larkin, When Your Tree is a Banyan: Untangling Endogamy in Your Family History; Michael Lacopo, Using Y-DNA Testing for Advanced Genealogical Problems; Tim Janzen, Getting the Most from Your Autosomal DNA Test Results; Angie Bush, DNA Testing and Mirror Trees; Blaine T. Bettinger, Shared Matches and Genetic Networks (six hours).
  • 11 July 2018, Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, The Art of Negative Space Research: Women (webinar), Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one and a half hours).
  • 9 May 2018, Unlock the Past in Seattle, livestream: Maurice Gleeson, Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestor to Ireland–a Strategic Approach, Challenges with Irish Genetic Methodology, Newspapers Gravestones & Probate Records, Navigating Irish Birth Marriage & Death Records; Wayne Shepheard, Genealogy and the Little Ice Age; Cyndi Ingle, The Hidden Web, Digging Deeper; Blaine Bettinger, Phasing and Mapping Your DNA (seven hours).
  • 15 October 2018, Association of Professional Genealogists webinars: D. Joshua Taylor, 20 Essential Tips for Genealogical Speakers (one and a half hours).
  • 19 October 2018, Joy Reisinger Memorial Lecture Series, recorded webinars (Legacy Family Tree Webinars): Elissa Scalise Powell, Deeper Analysis: Techniques for Successful Problem Solving; Tom Jones, Using Indirect and Negative Evidence to Prove Unrecorded Events; Judy G. Russell, The Discriminating Genealogist: Telling Good Evidence from Bad; Jeanne Bloom, Past Conflict Repatriation: the Role of Genealogists and Methodology in Fulfilling Our Nation’s Promise; Rebecca Whitman Koford, John Jacob Kramer: a Case Study of Mistaken Identity among Revolutionary War Soldiers (five hours).
  • 28 November 2018, Paula Stuart-Warren, Railroad Records and Railroad History: Methods for Tracking (webinar), Legacy Family Tree Webinars (80 minutes).

2017

  • 4 January 2017, James M. Baker, Strategies to Find the Most Challenging Ancestors with Autosomal DNA Data (webinar), Family Tree Webinars (one hour).
  • 21 February 2017, Karen Stanbary, Weaving DNA Test Results into a Proof Argument (webinar), Board for Certification of Genealogists/Family Tree Webinars (one and a half hours).
  • 26 April, 6 June, 28 June 2017, Dr. Euan Roger, Reading Old Documents: Introduction to Medieval and Tudor Palaeography I, II, III (webinars), The National Archives of the UK (three hours).
  • 3-31 May 2017, Robert Charles Anderson, Elements of Genealogical Analysis: a Class in Methodology (online course), New England Historic Genealogical Society (seven hours).
  • 16 May 2017, Debbie Parker Wayne, MAXY DNA: Correlating mt-at-X-Y DNA with the GPS (webinar), Board for Certification of Genealogists, hosted at Legacy Family Tree Webinars (one hour).
  • 18 May 2017, Ann Lawthers, Resources for Pennsylvania Genealogy (webinar), New England Historic Genealogical Society (one hour).
  • 20, 24, 27 May 2017, Blaine Bettinger, Visual Phasing: Mapping DNA to Your Grandparents (online course), Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research (seven hours).
  • May 2017, NGS 2017 Livestream Selections (recorded conference lectures), National Genealogical Society (ten hours): Blaine Bettinger, Using Third-Party Tools to Analyze Your Autosomal DNA; Angie Bush, The Genetic Genealogy Revolution; Judy G. Russell, DNA and the Hidden Half of the Family; Diahan Lyn Southard, Five Tips to Make Sense of Your DNA Testing; Diahan Lyn Southard, When You’re Not Who You Thought You Were; Michael Hait, One Dollar and Natural Love and Affection: Analyzing Deeds Deeply; Thomas Wright Jones, Converting a Bunch of Information into a Credible Conclusion; Barbara Vines Little, Recreating Your Ancestor’s Neighborhood; Gail Jackson Miller, The Genealogical Proof Summary: What It Is and Is Not; Elizabeth Shown Mills, What’s the Evidence? How to Probe Documents Beyond the Obvious.
  • 20 July 2017, Darryn Lickliter, The DAR Library: Resources for Genealogists (webinar), Association of Professional Genealogists (one hour).
  • 31 July-4 August 2017, Researching Family in Pennsylvania (institute course), Historical Society of Pennsylvania (forty hours).
  • 9-10 December 2017, I4GG (Institute for Genetic Genealogy) Conference, San Diego (recorded lectures): CeCe Moore, Creating and Utilizing Genetic Networks in Your Research (one hour); CeCe Moore, Breaking Down Genealogical Brick Walls Using AncestryDNA (one hour); Rob Warthen, Using DNAGedcom’s GWorks (one hour); Angie Bush, Power Tools for the Genetic Genealogist (one hour); Katie Welka, Furthering Your Research with LivingDNA (one hour); Hillary Vance, Tracing Your DNA Across the Ages with 23andMe (one hour); Jim Brewster, What’s New at Family Tree DNA? (one hour); Blaine Bettinger, Visual Phasing How-To (one hour); Blaine Bettinger, The Limitations of Cousin Matching (one hour); Kathering Borges, lineage Societies and DNA (one hour); Kitty Cooper, What’s New at GEDmatch (one hour); Leah LaPerle Larkin, Science the Heck out of Your DNA (one hour); Carol Isbister Rolnick, Tips and Tricks from the Genetic Genealogy Trenches (one hour); Kathleen Fernandes, The Priest and the Choir Girl: Searching for Family in an Endogamous Population (one hour).

2016

  • February 2016 (completion), Craig Roberts Scott, Continuing Genealogical Studies: Introduction to World War I Research (online course), National Genealogical Society (nine modules).
  • March 2016, David Allen Lambert, Using New England Probate, Land, and Court Records (online course), New England Historic Genealogical Society (four and a half hours).
  • 21 and 28 May 2016, Blaine Bettinger, Third-Party Tools for Genetic Genealogists (online course), Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research (seven hours).
  • Unknown date May 2016, Jamboree DNA Day (six lectures), Southern California Genealogical Society (six hours).
  • 17-33 July 2016, CeCe Moore, Blaine Bettinger, and others, Advanced Genetic Genealogy (institute course), Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (forty hours).

2015

  • 29 June-3 July 2015, Debbie Parker Wayne, CeCe Moore, and Blaine Bettinger, Practical Genetic Genealogy (institute course), Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (forty hours).
  • 19-24 July 2015, Sharon Cook MacInnes and Michael D. Lacopo, Pennsylvania: Research in the Keystone State (institute course), Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (forty hours).
  • 7 and 14 November 2015, Blaine Bettinger, Genetic Genealogy for Professional Genealogists, Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research (six hours).

2014

  • 20-25 July 2014, Judy G. Russell, Richard G. Sayre, and Marian L. Smith, Law School for Genealogists (institute course), Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (forty hours).
  • 31 July 2014 (completion), DNA and the DAR: Using DNA as a Piece of the Evidence for a DAR Application (online course), Daughters of the American Revolution (five modules).
  • October-November 2014, Robert Charles Anderson, Puritan Pedigrees: the Deep Roots of the Great Migration to New England (online course), New England Historic Genealogical Society (ten hours).
  • December 2014 (completion), Craig Roberts Scott, Continuing Genealogical Studies: Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors (online course), National Genealogical Society (eight modules).

2013

  • 22-26 July 2013, D. Joshua Taylor, Richard G. Sayre, Craig Roberts Scott, and Paula Stuart-Warren, Bridging the 1780-1840 Gap: from New England to the Midwest (institute course), Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (forty hours).

2012

  • 8 May 2012, Melinda Lutz Byrne and Thomas W. Jones, Writing for Genealogical Journals and Editing Your Own and Others’ Genealogical Writing, BCG Education Fund Workshop (eight hours).
  • 19 May 2012 (completion), DAR Genealogical Education Program: Course 1—Introduction to Genealogy Research for DAR Applications (online course), Daughters of the American Revolution (seven modules).
  • 10-15 June 2012, Paul Milner, Tracing Your English Ancestors (institute course), Samford University Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (forty hours).
  • 1 July 2012 (completion), DAR Genealogical Education Program: Course 2–Applying Genealogy Research Techniques to DAR Applications (online course), Daughters of the American Revolution (nine modules).
  • 13 July 2012 (completion). DAR Genealogical Education Program: Course 3—Advanced Techniques for Resolving Problems with Lineage or Service on DAR Records, Daughters of the American Revolution (eleven modules).

2011

  • April 2011 (completion), ProGen 5, ProGen Study Program (eighteen-month program).
  • 10 May 2011, Barbara Vines Little, Working with Documents: From Discovery to What Comes Next and Sharon Tate Moody, In the Law Library: a Workshop on Legal Research for Genealogists, BCG Education Fund Workshop (eight hours).
  • 12-17 June 2011, Thomas W. Jones, Writing and Publishing for Genealogists (institute course), Samford University Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (forty hours).

2010

  • 27 April 2010, Pamela Boyer Sayre, Synchronized Research and Reporting, and Kip Sperry, Reading Early Handwriting, BCG Education Fund Workshop (eight hours).
  • 13-18 June 2010, Elizabeth Shown Mills, Advanced Methodology & Evidence Analysis (institute course), Samford University Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (forty hours).

2009

  • May 2009, Transcribing, Extracting, and Abstracting Genealogical Records (online course), National Genealogical Society (eight lessons).
  • Various dates, American Genealogy: Home Study Course, graded (correspondence course), National Genealogical Society (sixteen lessons).