French Genealogy

French Genealogy Education Resources, Part 2: Legacy Family Tree Webinars

 

Legacy Family Tree Webinars is a fantastic educational resource!  There are two ways to access this resource.  First, you can register for upcoming webinars and view them for free on the day of the webinar and for seven days afterward.  Second, you can subscribe and view any webinars in the library, anytime.  An annual subscription is $49.95.  There are often coupon codes available like this one for 15% off a yearly membership.  Or this one for 50%, valid through February 28th!

The quality of instruction in these webinars is stellar.  I highly recommend subscribing if you can.

Within the Legacy Family Tree Webinars library, there are several excellent presentations about French Genealogy.  I have compiled a list below with webinars relevant for France and Québec.

 

France

 

Online Resources for French Genealogy part I: Compiled Records, Church Records and Civil Registration, by Paul Woodbury

  • Length: 1 hour 28 minutes
  • Presentation date: 20 February 2019
  • Handout available

Online Resources for French Genealogy Part II: Military conscription, Census, Maps, Photographs, by Paul Woodbury

  • Length: 59 minutes
  • Presentation date: 22 February 2019
  • Handout available

Online Resources for French Genealogy part III: Succession tables, Electoral lists, Notarial Records, Newspapers, by Paul Woodbury

  • Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
  • Presentation date: 1 March 2019
  • Handout available

 

Tracing Your European Ancestors by, Julie Goucher

  • Length: 1 hour 38 minutes
  • Presentation date: 16 December 2016
  • Handout available

 

Finding French Ancestors, by Luana Darby

  • Length: 1 hour 31 minutes
  • Presentation date: 26 August 2016
  • Handout available

 

The Germanic French – Researching Alsatian and Lorrainian Families, by John Philip Colletta

  • Length: 1 hour
  • Presentation date: 30 July 2016
  • Handout available

 

Québec

 

Quebec Civil and Parish Registers, by Michael J. Leclerc

  • Length: 1 hour 4 minutes
  • Presentation date: 26 October 2018
  • Handout available

 

Quebec Census Records, by Michael J. Leclerc

  • Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
  • Presentation date: 26 October 2018
  • Handout available

 

Introduction to French-Canadian Research, by Michael J. Leclerc

  • Length: 57 minutes
  • Presentation date: 26 October 2018
  • Handout available

 

Introduction to Notarial Records, by Michael J. Leclerc

  • Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
  • Presentation date: 26 October 2018
  • Handout available

 

Understanding the Seigneurial System of Land, by Michael J. Leclerc

  • Length: 50 minutes
  • Presentation date: 26 October 2018
  • Handout available

 

Civil Law Notaries – Using Notarial Records to Build a Family History, by Melanie D. Holtz

  • Length: 1 hour 11 minutes
  • Presentation date: 15 November 2016
  • Handout available

 

Researching your French and Indian War Ancestor, by Craig R. Scott

  • Length: 1 hour 15 minutes
  • Presentation date: 26 October 2018
  • Handout available

 

There are also a few webinars available in French.

 

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