The Genealogy Search

This afternoon I attended the RootsMagic Webinar, Getting Started with RootsMagic.  Although it was a basic overview I still learned a few tricks that I didn't know.  Now I am looking forward to the more advanced webinars that will be offered.   The webinar is available online for download if you would like to view it.  The next webinar offered by RootsMagic will be Publishing a Family History on January 11th.  An important webinar coming up will by the Sources, Citations and Documentation on on February 4th - I would sign up soon since several webinars are all ready full. Thomas MacEntee left a message on my blog that he will be teaching a Build a Research Toolbox webinar for Legacy Family Tree on April 6, 2011 at 1pm CST. Check LegacyFamilyTree website for signups in the near future.  I have never attended a conference class or webinar that Thomas hasn't taught this girl a new trick or two. I had also planned to attend the RootsMagic group at U...

I just attended the Google for Genealogists Webinar by Thomas MacEntee sponsored by Legacy Family Tree.  I thought I was using Google for the maximum potential, boy I was wrong.  While I have been using many of the Google features Thomas shared quite a few others that I should be taking advantage of.  The webinar is free from the Legacy Family Tree http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Webinars.asp for the next 30 days and will then be available for purchase.  Now I think the banana bread the husband was looking forward to and the few client tasks I need to do may need to wait while I "Google play" for awhile. I encourage everyone to check out the webinar offerings at both Legacy Family Tree and at RootsMagic http://www.rootsmagic.com/webinars/ for help learning the either software program.  Legacy Family Tree also has several more non software webinars coming up such as one with newspapers and another chasing the females in your family tree.  Publish Post

Today I had the opportunity to attend a webinar sponsored by Legacy Family Tree and presented by Geoff Rasmussen. AniMap, Centennia , and Map My Family Tree software were covered.   Animap shows historical county mapping. This is a wonderful tool for making sure you are researching in the correct location for your ancestor. Geoff also did a review of Legacy's mapping and alerts for counties. I frequently use Legacy's mapping tools in my research. Centennia software is a map-based guide to the history of Europe and the Middle East throughout the years. Centennia also includes what history was going on in the area during specific time periods. Map my Family Tree was the last topic Geoff covered. This software can show your family migration "live" through certain time periods with time scrolling. Geoff also had the software plot where his family members were born. The most important lesson that Geoff shared was to know your jurisdiction for the time period you are res...