Streaming Webinars

A Webinar is simply a seminar on the Web.  The nice things about a Webinar is that you can stream it live.  It is all about breaking news these days.  They usually provide a window on the sidebar of the webinar page for comments in the moment.  So you can ask questions and the presenter will usually respond during the presentation.  The Webinars are recorded and usually archived on the site.

The Family History Guide is giving one by the CEO, Bob Taylor on August 10 at 6:00 PM MDT.  So of course, 5:00 for us on the west coast.

Here is the blurb I put on Facebook last week for all the Directors, Trainers and Consultants of The Family History Guide.

"Bob Taylor, CEO of the Family History Guide announced yesterday that he is sharing some very exciting news with the world on August 10, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT. This will be happening on YouTube from the BYU Family History Library channel.  I want to watch this live so I am going to get prepared now for this upcoming event.

 If you have never streamed a webinar live, go to The Family History Guide at <www.thefhguide.com> and select Projects: Technology: Goal: A - Choice 3 - BYU Family HistoryWebinars. 

Then also go to Goal  B, on the same page. Participating and Streaming Events: Then select Choice 1. 

This will get you all set in plenty of time to enjoy this event live. If you miss it live you can also see it in the archives at a later date but I read it can take up to several weeks to get it reviewed and posted."

I have followed the instructions on Choice B: Step 1 and gotten all my computer things updated for a great event on the 10th.  I had to update my IOS and my Flash Player so I am very glad I followed the Family History Guide advice to the letter. ;->.

Before the day arrives (August 10th) for the seminar  go to this link:

https://sites.lib.byu.edu/familyhistory/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2016/02/Webinar-Guest-Login-Information-1.pdf

This page will take you to the schedule page for the upcoming Webinars.  If you want to receive this schedule all the time sign up to subscribe.  Then just follow the steps below to see how you will get on the streaming for the Webinar.  You should go early to the BYU Family History YouTube channel one the day of the Webinar to make sure it all works for you.  If you have problems they will take your questions to get you set up at that time.   If you have any of your own questions you can call the Library front desk and ask them.  

801-422-6200.

RootsTech 2018

Memories of Rootstech 2017 remain vivid in my mind and it is time to seriously consider if you plan to go in February 2018.  When those thousands of people converse on Salt Lake City every available hotel room will be spoken for in advance. I have already reserved two rooms.  It is not too early to get a hotel room right around the Salt Palace so you can enjoy this amazing event.


https://www.rootstech.org/blog/rootstech-day-in-review-connecting-families-across-generations

Family Tree Webinars by legacy.com

The software company Legacy.com hosts a series of Webinars at familytreewebinars.com.  These webinars are not free but they are very good.  They have 500 archived webinars and it cost around $35.00 for an annual membership. 

 A few times a year they have free weekends where you can watch as many webinars in their library as you wish.  I did that this weekend and watched a really cool one that was given my Thomas MacEntee.  It highlighted many of the sites that can be used effectively for genealogy.  Dropbox, Evernote, even Zillow.com which is a real estate site.  The good thing is it tells you what any home is worth today.  But in addition to that, it gives the year when it was built and sometimes even has photos of the interior.  Wouldn't that be fun to see inside a home your ancestors lived in during their life time?  

Another site he highlighted was one called easybib.com. With this site you can easily create a proper source/citation by just adding in the url and then following the directions for a perfect source to use on the tree.  This is a no brainer.  Who wants to create a new one for each reference if they don't have to do so? 

It reminds me of tinyurl.com.  Such a time saver and great resource for streamlining your work.  That is what these links and sites are designed for..making this work easier and less labor intensive at every turn.  This results in less "paper work" and more time for researching.