Happy New Year, fellow genealogists! This is the time of year for fresh starts, turning over new leaves, and learning (or refreshing) genealogical research skills.
So this issue of First Friday with Sassy Jane is devoted to free genealogy classes, both beginning and advanced. You'll be as enthralled as this 1957 Washington, D.C. class, featured above. But, you'll also be comfortable at home at your computer in your bunny slippers while you learn. (What, you don't have bunny slippers? And you call yourself a genealogist!?)
RootsMOOC is terrible name for a great introduction to genealogical research. A collaboration between The State Library of North Carolina’s Government and Heritage Library and Wake Forest University’s Z. Smith Reynolds Library, RootsMOOC helps beginners get started. Those cousins who show interest in the family tree? The friends who don't know where to begin? RootsMOOC! Or perhaps your research started before the dawn of the Internet and you'd like to check out new ideas? RootsMOOC!
Unable to attend RootsTech 2019 in Salt Lake City this year? View the free streaming schedule here. Beginning February 27, at 9:30 a.m. MST, you'll can learn from popular speakers such as Diahan Southard, Kenyatta Berry, Crista Cowan, and Blaine Bettinger. Join the conversation happening on social media using #NotAtRootsTech.
For just $20/year, you can join the Virtual Genealogical Association. That modest amount buys a lot, including access to a robust series of weekly webinars from leading genealogists. January's schedule includes:
Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 11a eastern: Zbigniew Stettner – “Online Databases of Indexes and Scans of Polish Records”
Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 1p eastern: Mary Kircher Roddy – “A Nose for News: Sniffing Out Stories in Newspapers”
Tues, Jan 29, 2019 at 8p eastern: Melissa Barker – “Family Gatherings: Dragging Genealogy Information Out of Your Family”
For the full schedule of upcoming webinars, visit this link.
That's it for the January issue of First Friday Genealogy with Sassy Jane.
