Course curriculum

    1. Meet Your Instructor Rick Crume & Introduce Yourself

    2. Course Outline

    3. Course Access: December 12 - January 8, 2023

    4. Watch: Learn To Use the Course Player

    5. Contact Us

    6. Before we begin ...

    1. Introduction to FamilySearch.org

    2. FamilySearch Family Trees

    3. Lesson 1 Quiz

    4. Getting Started: Exercises and Discussion

    1. Finding Documents

    2. Searching Indexed Records

    3. Browsing Unindexed Records

    4. Saving Documents

    5. Lesson 2 Quiz

    6. Search Historical Records: Exercises and Discussion

    1. Exploring Historical Images

    2. Genealogies

    3. Catalog

    4. Digital Books

    5. FamilySearch Research Wiki

    6. Lesson 3 Quiz

    7. Search: Exercises and Discussion

    1. Creating Your Memories Gallery

    2. Working with Memories

    3. Using FamilySearch Memories

    4. Lesson 4 Quiz

    5. Memories: Exercises and Discussion

    1. Get Involved

    2. Indexing

    3. Review Names and Families

    4. Lesson 5 Quiz

    5. Indexing: Skill-Building Exercises and Discussion

About this course

  • Free
  • 41 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Instructor

A contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine, Rick Crume has written for other genealogical journals in the United States, as well as Canada and Great Britain. Specializing in online research, genealogy software, DNA testing and British genealogy, he has spoken at genealogy conferences across North America and presented many webinars.

Rick Crume

Instructor

How Family Tree University Courses Work

  • Course

    Our courses consist of four or more written lessons that may also contain videos, slide shows, and other elements. There are self-directed quizzes and/or exercises to help you apply your knowledge. In addition, you'll have access to discussion boards where you can ask your instructor, questions about the materials during the course dates.

  • Instructor

    Instructor access for the duration of the four weeks, so you can ask questions about what you've learned.

  • Access

    Our courses are designed to be easily accessible! Once you've registered for the course, you'll be able to log in on the start date to see all the lessons. Each lesson is available within your browser. You can work at your own pace.

  • Materials

    All the materials will be available for download, and you'll have access to the course materials online for about a year after the start date. After the course end date, it will go into read-only mode, so you'll still be able to reach the materials, but you'll no longer have access to the instructor or message boards.

  • What You'll Need

    Please ensure that you have internet access and that your browsers and computer system are fairly up-to-date. The course materials are designed to be compatible with most devices.