Virtual Genealogical Association 2020 Webinars

The Virtual Genealogical Association, a global (predominantly North American) organization founded in 2018, have announced an ambitious program of webinars for 2020. With annual dues of $20 USD this looks like quite a bargain.

January
Christine Woodcock – “Scots to Canada: Land and Opportunity”
Friday, January 3, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Rick Voight – “Introduction to Vivid-Pix Software”
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Ursula C. Krause – “Preparing Your Heritage Travel to Germany”
Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 11:00 am Eastern

February
Sara Cochran – “My DNA Brought Me to the Forest, But Where are the Trees?”
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Debra Dudek – “Pinning Together Your Genealogical Past on Pinterest”
Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern

Julie Szczepankiewicz – “FAN Out! Using Cluster Research to Break Through Brick Walls”
Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 11:00 am Eastern

March
Colleen Robledo Greene – “Streamlining Your Toolbox: Cloud Applications, Strategies, & Workflows”
Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Vincenzo Alfano – “Vittorio Emanuele & Giuseppe Garibaldi: Names in Post-1861 Italy”
Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern (note later start time)

Laura Hedgecock & Elizabeth O’Neal – “Social Media Strategies for Family Historians”
Friday, March 27, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Kate Eakman – “The Suicide of William A. James: More than Meets the Eye”
Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern

April
Cheri Hudson Passey – “Evidence: Direct, Indirect, or Negative? It Depends!”
Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 11:00 am Eastern

Michelle Chubenko – “Using the Resources of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum”
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Lisa Lisson – “Researching Genealogy the Frugal Way!”
Friday, April 17, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

May
Lisa Alzo – Finding Your Femme Fatales
Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 11:00 am Eastern

Megan Heyl – “Road Trip Tips: Don’t Forget To…”
Friday, May 15, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Renate Y. Sanders – “Researching Formerly-Enslaved Ancestors: It Takes a Village”
Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern

Alec Ferretti – “Strategies to Analyze Endogamous DNA”
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

June
Mary Hojnacki – “Beginning Italian Genealogy Research”
Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 11:00 am Eastern

Pam Vestal – “Finding What You Need and Using What You Find”
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Robert Parker – “U.K. Parish Registers”
Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern

Dan Earl – “Going Wayback: The Internet Archive and Your Research”
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

July
No VGA webinars scheduled for July 2020

August
Jessica Trotter – “Occupational Records: Finding Work-Related Paper Trails”
Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 11:00 am Eastern

Ute Brandenburg – “Research in East & West Prussia”
Friday, August 7, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Caroline Guntur – “Introduction to Swedish Genealogy”
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Julie Goucher – “Researching Displaced People”
Sunday, August 23, 2020 at 1 pm Eastern

September
Sara Campbell – “Using Historic Maps of New England and Beyond”
Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 11:00 am Eastern

Tammy Tipler-Priolo – “Simple Steps to Writing Your Ancestors’ Biographies”
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Tamara Hallo – “How to Get the Most Out of FamilySearch.org”
Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern

Annette Lyttle – “Finding & Using Digitized Manuscript Collections for Genealogical Research”
Friday, September 25, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

October
Patricia Coleman – “Beginning with DNA Painter: Chromosome Mapping”
Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 11:00 am Eastern

Kristin Brooks Barcomb – “Understanding & Correlating U.S. World War I Records & Resources”
Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern

Christine Johns Cohen – “Lineage & Hereditary Societies: Why, Where, When, What & How?”
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

November
VGA 2020 Virtual Conference (details will be announced in Spring 2020)
Fri, Nov 13 – Sun, Nov 15, 2020

Judy Nimer Muhn – “Researching French-Canadians in North America”
Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern

Marian B. Wood – “Curate Your Genealogy Collection – Before Joining Your Ancestors!”
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

December
Diane L. Richard – “The Organizational Power of Timelines”
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Nancy Loe – “Using Macs and iPads for Genealogy”
Friday, December 4, 2020 at 8:00 pm Eastern

Jean Wilcox Hibben – “Family History Can Heal Family Present”
Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 1:00 pm Eastern