Genealogy: Getting Started

The Village Club

A beginner level class for anyone looking to start their genealogy journey.

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This class will focus on the first steps needed to start building your family tree online, using the free FamilySearch website. You’ll learn what the FamilySearch website is, its history, and how and why we can now search for, and see family birth, marriage, military, and death records online! You’ll start your tree with yourself, add your parents, and from there, you’ll discover how more generations will reveal themselves on the website. We will navigate FamilySearch together, step by step, with each class participant working on their own tree. 
This class is aimed at beginners who would like to start their genealogy journey, and advanced beginners for those who want to confirm the information recorded in their tree and extend their family branches.
You must bring to the class:<ul><li>a laptop or tablet (laptop preferred)
</li><li>Prior to class, you must create a username and password on the <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/en/united-states/" title="https://www.familysearch.org/en/united-states/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">FamilySearch website</a> (free). Click on “Create an Account” in the upper right corner, and follow the steps</li><li>your parents and grandparents names, maiden names, and dates of birth.</li><li>any specific questions you may have about a particular ancestor.</li></ul>Please arrive early if you need help setting up a Family Search account.

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