During July, Family History Month, use live and prerecorded webinars from the Tulsa City-County Library’s Genealogy Center to examine free tools and resources that can help you explore your ancestry, whether you’re a new or seasoned genealogy researcher.

All prerecorded programs are available on the Genealogy Center’s webpage, https://www.tulsalibrary.org/genealogy-center.

Virtual workshops include:

  • A series of presentations by genealogist Mark Lowe, including “Expanding & Exploring Details from Published Resources,” “Finding Your Landless Ancestors,” “At the Big House” and “Gravestones, Coffins and Unmarked Cemeteries: Techniques to Identify and Locate.”
  • “Beginning Genealogy.” Learn to start your family research and discover the steps, strategies and records useful for beginning . Presented by TCCL Genealogy Center Manager Kathy Huber.
  • “Researching Genealogy.” Explore genealogy sources to enhance your research by looking at the Genealogy Center website and some free websites available for research. Presented by TCCL Genealogy Associate Lisa Hansen.
  • “Free Online Resources for Genealogists.” This program covers free genealogy-specific websites as well as a few general sites useful for family history research. Presented by TCCL Genealogy Associate Tessa Brawley-Barker.
  • “DIY Personal Digital Archiving.” Explore best practices for organizing and storing your digital assets, presented by former TCCL Digital Literacy Associate Katlin Seagraves.
  • “Online Legacies and Digital Estate Planning.” Learn the basics of digital estate planning, presented by former TCCL Digital Literacy Associate Katlin Seagraves.
  • A lecture series with the director of the Family History Library and chief genealogist officer of FamilySearch.org, David Rencher. Presentations include “FamilySearch Historical Collections – Tips and Tricks,” “Irish Emigration and Irish Immigration,” “Scots-Irish Workshop Part 1: Presbyterian Church Records,” “Scots-Irish Workshop Part 2: Plantation and Settlement of Ulster in the 17th Century” and a live Q&A with Rencher from June 2021.

Live virtual events from the Genealogy Center include:

  • A live Zoom Q&A with genealogist Mark Lowe on Aug. 3 at 10:30 a.m. Participants must register at www.tulsalibrary.org/events to get the Zoom link.

In addition to these virtual events, databases such as Ancestry.com can be used remotely for a limited time. Ancestry.com offers access to more than 1 billion names in primary-source document images, detailed color maps and other genealogical research resources. TCCL cardholders can log in to this database at https://www.tulsalibrary.org/research/databases/a with their last name and card number. For more details, go to https://tulsalibrary.org/genealogy-center or call 918-549-7691.