Play Lists From Ancestry Academy

Five Minute Finds Videos on Ancestry.com YouTube Channel 

• Are You a Hints Power User : Overwhelmed by your Ancestry.com hints? Spend five minutes with Anne Gillespie Mitchell and you’ll learn how hints power users get the most of their hints.
• Hidden Treasures in Your State : Changing where you look for your ancestors can break through brick walls. Spend five minutes with Anne Gillespie Mitchell and learn how to find collections and records specific to the state where your ancestor lived.
• Nosy About the Neighbors : It is important to put your ancestors in context. Putting them in context of the people who lived nearby reveals the type of community they lived in. And these are the people they gossiped about! You have to know…
• Rich Man, Poor Man : Finding your ancestors in the US Federal Census records is the first step. Spend 5 minutes with Anne Gillespie Mitchell and learn about the personal wealth your ancestors had.
• Location, Location, Location : Genealogy is all about location. Start your searches in a limited location and then expand them slowly to find who you are looking for.
• Saving Fold3 Finds to Ancestry : Now when you make that great find on Fold3, a simple click of the button will save it to your Ancestry.com tree. Learn How.
• Wife Hunting
• Should I Check Exact When I Search?
• Find the Parents
• Social Security Death Index: Uncovering Hidden Clues: It’s easy to find an entry in the Social Security Death Index. But have you uncovered the “Last Benefit/Last Resident” clues?

Livestream presentations I’ve done for Ancestry.com

• Cousin Bait — Blogging to Find Your Family (January 8, 2013) PDF : Cousin Bait — Blogging to Find Your Family)
• CYA — Don’t Get Caught With Your Hands in the Genealogy Cookie Jar (November 29, 2012) (PDF File: CYA — Don’t Get Caught With Your Hands in the Genealogy Cookie Jar)
• Tombstone Photography: Dos and Don’ts (November 1, 2012) (PDF File: Tombstone Photography )
• Death Clues in the Census Records (October 30, 2012) (PDF File: Death Clues)
• Common Ground — Family Secrets that Can Be Uncovered in Cemeteries (October 25, 2012) (PDF File: Common Ground — Family Secrets in Cemeteries)
• How to Up Your Genealogy Game (October 11, 2012) (PDF File: How To Up Your Genealogy Game )
• Citing Your Sources Can Be Fun and Useful! Part 3: Vital Records (September 14, 2012) (PDF File:  Citing Your Sources, Part 3)
• How To Organize Your Family History (August 30, 2012)
• Citing Your Sources Can Be Fun and Useful! Part 2 (August 2, 2012) (PDF File:  Citing Your Sources, Part 2 )
• Citing Your Sources Can Be Fun and Useful! Part 1 (July 19, 2012) (PDF File: Citing Your Sources, Part 1 )
• What to Do If There Is No Index  (June 14, 2012)
• Creating Timelines to Better Understand Records and Families (June 7, 2012)
• Searching Successfully for your Ancestor’s Story on Ancestry.com: Part 1 and Part 2 (May 22, 2012 and May 29, 2012)
• How to Track Down Your Family’s Veterans (May 21, 2012)
• Entering Corrections and Comments on Ancestry.com (April 19, 2012)
• Solving Research Problems on Ancestry.com : Case Study Flurnoy Hill (March 27, 2012)
• Solving Research Problems on Ancestry.com : Case Study Albert Henry Hubbard (March 8, 2012)
• What Are Your New Year’s Resolutions for 2012 (Jan 3, 2012)
• Using online trees to help find Pre 1850 relatives (Dec 20, 2011)
• How to Control Your Results on Ancestry.com  (Dec 13, 2011)
• How to Dress Up Your Family Tree (Nov 17, 2011)
• Working with the 1790-1840 Census Records (Dec 1, 2011)
• How to Find Your Civil War Roots on Ancestry.com (Nov 10, 2011)

Classes

• How to Find Your Civil War Roots on Ancestry.com (live class) (Nov 5, 2011, Ancestry.com Ancestry Day, San Francisco)