Available Genealogy Courses Online

Organize Your Genealogy Research - May 2023

Getting your family history research organized is essential to keeping track of your ancestors and building a strong family tree. This online genealogy course will rescue you from unhelpful habits & get your workspace—virtual or physical—tidy again.

Find Your Polish Ancestors - May 2023

If you’re among the more than 10 million Americans with Polish roots, this four-week online genealogy course will help you find your Polish ancestors by debunking myths, explaining history, and pointing you to the most useful family history records.

US Courthouse Records: How To Find and Use Them Successfully - May 2023

United States courthouses contain valuable (and sometimes the only existing) family history records. Gain the tools and confidence to use this valuable resource in this 4-week online genealogy course.

Write Your Family History - March 2023

There are plenty of reasons why you should write your family history. Whether you’re writing to honor your ancestors or give shape to your research, in this 4-week course, we’ll give you the tools to make writing your family history painless.

Find Your Czech & Slovak Ancestors - June 2023

Researchers with Czech or Slovak roots often battle certain brick walls. Do surname issues, border changes and language troubles sound all too familiar to you? In this course, learn tools and tricks for tracking down these hard-to-find ancestors.

Find Your Scandinavian Ancestors - June 2023

Learn how to search for your family history in Scandinavian countries. Genealogists with ancestry in Denmark, Sweden and Norway will learn the history and geography of each country, their terms and language, and how to research patronymic names.

Using Ancestry Matches and ThruLines to Break Some Brick Walls (On-Demand Webinar)

Ancestry’s ThruLines can be a powerful tool to help break your brick walls. Combining ThruLines with your match lists and clusters can lead to discoveries.

Decoding Your Ethnicity Estimates at the Major Testing Sites (On-Demand Webinar)

DNA testing for genealogy may seem daunting, but once you understand the basics, it is a great tool. Understanding your ethnicity results from those tests can be just as rewarding!

The Home Archivist: Preserving Family Records Like a Pro (On-Demand Webinar)

Learn how to preserve, protect, and archive family records, photographs, and artifacts from a professional archivist.

Master Ancestry.com in 4 Weeks - October 2022

Take full advantage of Ancestry.com's database, trees, and tools to find your ancestors. This mega-genealogy website is the go-to source for searches and DNA tests, but there's far more to the site than meets the eye.

Creative Ways to Write Your Family History (On-Demand Webinar)

You’ve done the research, verified the details, and uncovered the secrets. Now what? In this webinar, you will learn how to find your muse and use creative nonfiction writing techniques to turn your genealogy research into a compelling family histor

Make a Family History Photo Book in Three Days - November 2022

You can make a family history book in 3 days! In this workshop, you will learn how to make a 20-page photo book using a combination of photographs, documents, and text to tell their ancestors’ stories.

Get Started with DNA: From Testing to Results - October 2022

If you’ve ever wondered what your DNA says about your family history, this course is for you! You’ll discover just how you can solve family mysteries with the help of a DNA test.

Using U.S. Vital Records: Three Key Records for Genealogy Research - October 2022

In this online genealogy course, you'll learn the basics on how to find and analyze three key records - birth, marriage, and death - for your U.S. ancestors.

Make a Family Recipe Cookbook - October 2022

Memories of food are an important part of family history: cooking with your mother, holiday meals at your grandparents, or snacks with your siblings. Many of these tasty memories come with recipes.

Find Your Immigrant Ancestors - October 2022

6 Ancestors in 6 Days - September 2022

Explore your ancestry in this 6-day, hands-on, intensive course guided by expert instructor, Lisa Alzo.

Organize Your Genealogy Research - September 2022

Getting your family history research organized is essential to keeping track of your ancestors and building a strong family tree. This online genealogy course will rescue you from unhelpful habits & get your workspace—virtual or physical—tidy again.

Master MyHeritage in 4 Weeks - September 2022

In this 4-week course learn how to use MyHeritage, the popular genealogy website. You learn the best ways to search the site's 18.6+ billion historical records and how to create and manage your online family tree.

Exploring German Genealogy - September 2022

In this 4-week course, join Sean Kessler as he helps you track your German ancestors, starting in the United States, heading across the Atlantic, and landing in their village of origin in their home country.

Source Citations for Successful Genealogy - September 2022

In this online course, learn how to cite sources successfully and practice the whole source documentation process for genealogy, as well as study examples of different types of sources.

U.S. Land Records: How To Use Them for Family History - August 2022

Learn how to use property research in your family history, from learning how to find deeds, plat maps, patents and other land records to mapping your ancestor's property, and applying the records to your family history research.

Get Started in Genealogy - August 2022

Start your genealogy journey on the right foot with this week-long online workshop. You'll learn the tricks and tools to produce quality, accurate research and avoid the rookie mistakes and common roadblocks that plague many family historians.

Become a FamilySearch.org Power User - August 2022

Learn how to use FamilySearch.org, the world's biggest free genealogy search database, to the fullest in this 4-week Family Tree University course. You'll learn search tricks for targeting the records and collections relevant to your family history.

Become a Family History Detective - August 2022

Building your family tree is about so much more than doing a search for vital records; it’s about applying what you find to understand your ancestry. Learn the analysis tools and research methods you need to understand your family’s history.