Course curriculum

    1. A message from your instructor

    2. Learn To Use the Course Player

    3. Contact Us

    4. Before we begin ...

    1. Do Your Searches look like this?

    2. Good Searching Starts with Good Genealogy

    3. Let's Try it Out

    1. What Can You Find?

    2. Explore by Collection

    3. Explore by Location

    4. Card Catalog

    5. Database Homepages

    6. Database Collections from the Ancestry Family of Websites

    7. Special Collections

    8. International Records

    9. Let's Try it Out

    1. Basic Search Walkthrough

    2. Basic Search Demonstration

    3. Advanced Search Walkthrough

    4. Advanced Search Up Close

    5. Advanced Search Demonstration

    6. Filter/Sort by Collection

    7. Use the "Slider" to fine tune your search

    8. Search Just One Collection

    9. Let's Try it Out

    1. View the Record and the Image

    2. Analyze the Record

    3. View Suggested Records

    4. Save, Share, and Print

    5. Use Your Shoebox

    6. What if there is a Mistake?

    7. Let's Try it Out

    1. 7 Steps to Take When Searches Do Not Return Useful Results

    2. Summary of Strategies

    3. Let's Try it Out

About this course

  • 38 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content

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Instructor

Gena Philibert-Ortega holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Master’s degree in Religion. Presenting on various subjects involving genealogy, women’s studies and social history, Gena has spoken to groups throughout the United States and virtually to audiences worldwide. Gena is the author of hundreds of articles published online and in print. Her books include Cemeteries of the Eastern Sierra (Arcadia Publishing, 2007) and From the Family Kitchen (F+W Media, 2012). Her current research interests include social history, community cookbooks, signature quilts and researching women’s lives.

Gena Philibert-Ortega

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