VIDEOS & SPEAKER HANDOUTS FROM RCGS MEMBER MEETINGS

Links to viewable files from RCGS speakers' programs appear below.

WHAT'S A WEBINAR?
Web-based seminars - or webinars -  are broadcast "live" via the Internet and typically include an audio feed of the speaker's voice overlaid on a slideshow. People may watch these webinar presentations in one of three ways:

1. Live group presentation projected onto a large screen at an RCGS Membership meeting.
2. Live presentation from one's home PC, tablet or smartphone via the Internet using the seminar registration link from the RCGS's Speakers & Events web page.
3. Recorded presentation (a video file) here​.
   

Audience handouts for many of these presentations may be downloaded from the links below.

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
All recordings and handouts are copyright protected by their author/presenters, and their rebroadcast here is with the copyright holder's express permission. These video recordings and audience handouts may not be copied or used elsewhere.

BEGINNER GENEALOGY

• Genealogy 101 - Fundamentals of Family Research (video presentation plus handout) A presentation by David Bradford to Scholarship Conference June 26, 2021, free to public
• 50 Google Tips & Tricks for Online Family Researchers (video presentation plus handout) A presentation by David Bradford to the WBCGS on March 6, 2021, free to public
• How to use the Family Search.org Website (PowerPoint slideshow).  A presentation by Nancy Ritter of the Beloit Family History Center on September 18, 2018, members only
• Finding Genealogy Records Anywhere  - parts 1 & 2 (video presentation plus handout) A presentation by Lori Bessler, WHS to Scholarship Conference June 26, 2021, members only
• What did my Ancestors Die of? - Finding & Using Death Certificates (video presentation plus handout) A presentation by David Bradford to Scholarship Conference June 26, 2021, free to public
  
• Armchair Genealogy (video presentation plus handout) A presentation by David Bradford to the RCGS membership, January 17, 2023, free to public
  

LOCAL HISTORY

• The Story of the Great Peshtigo Fire (video webinar) A presentation by Kern Humiston, author and researcher, May 10, 2022, members only
• Milton House and the Underground Rail Road (video webinar) A presentation by Keighton Klos, Executive Director of the Milton House Museum, June 14, 2022, members only
• Finding my Family - A Story (video webinar) by Brian Richards, historian, researcher, and story-teller December, 2020, members only

ETHNIC GENEALOGY

• Navigating Norwegian Genealogy (video webinar) by Dana Kelly, Executive Director of the Norwegian American Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library, March 8, 2022, members onl
• Unique Aspects of Jewish Genealogy (video webinar) by Debbie Kroopkin, President of the Illinois State Jewish Genealogy Society, December 12, 2021, members only

MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGY SKILLS

• 15 Habits of Highly Frugal Genealogists (video webinar) A presentation by Thomas MacEntee on May 19, 2021, members only
• Using Census Data to Advance your Family Research, 1790-1850 (video webinar) A presentation by Lori Bessler, Genealogy and Local History Specialist in the Wisconsin Historical Society's Library, Archives and Museum Collections division, April 12, 2022, members only
• Can I use that in My Genealogy? What you should know about Copyright (video webinar) A presentation by Thomas MacEntee on January 18, 2017, members only
• Finding the Genealogy of a House and Those Who Lived There (video webinar) A presentation by Vicki Ruthe Hahn, July12, 2022, members only