January Live Sessions
January live webinars are waiting for you. Join us to learn more about FamilySearch's AI research assistant, improving tree integrity and Irish Immigration to New York.
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January Lives Calendar
- 15 ene, 18:00 UTCExtending Your Tree with FamilySearch's New AI Research Assistant Homepage Hints
- 22 ene, 18:00 UTCTracing Irish Immigrants in New York City Part 1
- 29 ene, 18:00 UTCTracing Irish Immigrants in New York City Part 2
January 2025 Webinars
AI Research Sessions
Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Genealogy
Lynn Broderick, Kathy Behling, Steve Little, David Ouimette, Mark Thompson
Irish Research Sessions
Immigration Research Sessions
Stories from Ellis Island: Exploring the Immigrant Journey Through Manifests
While they may look straightforward, passenger manifests include a bounty of information about each traveler's journey to America, as well as their lives before and after arrival.In this class, the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation’s Family History Center experts shed light on some of the more curious pieces of information included on arrival manifests:- Understand why certain names are crossed out and why some immigrants were detained.- Learn how stowaways were represented on manifests.- Discover what happened when babies were born at sea and steps taken when tragedy struck, and passengers died on the long voyage to the United States.- Finally be convinced that names were not changed at Ellis Island!
Vaya con Dios: Hispanic Immigration to North America
Tracing Hispanic immigrants back to their homelands can be easier if you know the basic research process and you leave no stone unturned in your search for records. This presentation will teach the necessary methodology and how to use it to trace a Hispanic immigrant back to their hometown in Mexico, Latin America or Europe.