I have spent much of my work from home time creating Family History class tutorials, since our scheduled Family History classes were canceled due to the pandemic. Ordinarily, there are four two-hour Beginning Family History classes and four two-hour Intermediate Family History classes. I have streamlined these, broken them up, and rearranged some of them to put them into more manageable online sessions. These tutorials are on the Library’s Niche Academy page.
Below, you will see a heading with the original class title, followed by bullet points with each of the new sessions underneath. I did this in case you would like to follow along with the order I use in class, but these do no have to be viewed in order. Click on a link to access that tutorial. Some of them don’t have links yet. This is because I am still creating the new sessions. I will update the links as new tutorials become available.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please email indiana@nafclibrary.org.
Beginning Family History: Getting Started
- Family History: Using Genealogy Forms (25 mins.)
- Family History: Getting Organized (20 mins.)
- Family History: Using the Library Website (75 mins.)
Beginning Family History: Vital Records
- Family History: Vital Records (20 mins.)
- Family History: Alternative Sources for Vitals (25 mins.)
Beginning Family History: Census Records
- Family History: Census Records (15 mins.)
- Family History: Special Census (10 mins.)
Beginning Family History: Internet Genealogy
- Family History: Online Databases (30 mins.)
- Family History: Helpful Websites (25 mins.)
Intermediate Family History: Beyond Vitals & Census
- Family History: Wills & Probate Records (10 mins.)
- Family History: Land Records (15 mins.)
- Family History: Indenture Records (10 mins.)
Intermediate Family History: Institutions & Agencies
- Family History: Institutions & Agencies (15 mins.)
- Family History: School Records (10 mins.)
Intermediate Family History: Immigration & Migration
- Family History: Immigration & Migration (30 mins.)
Intermediate Family History: Military Records
- Family History: Military Records (25 mins.)
Other Useful Family History Related Tutorials On Niche Academy
- AncestryLibrary – Access Genealogical Records of Billions (10 mins.)
- Create Your Own Time Capsule (7 mins.)
- How to Journal (10 mins.)
- Memoir Writing (45 mins.)
GREAT WORK Melissa! Hours upon hours of effort I’m sure. Well done.
Thanks, Holly! It definitely was a lot of work, but worth it!