Typically, a genealogy conference will take place in a building, hotel, or conference center that is large enough to accommodate the crowds. If you cannot travel out to where it is taking place, then you will miss it. It’s nice that Family Tree University is having a Virtual Genealogy Conference. This could make it much easier for people to check it out. Family Tree University is not an accredited college. It is the name of the “learning center” (for lack of a better term) for Family Tree Magazine. It is a great resource for genealogists who want to learn more … Continue reading →

Would you like to learn more about a particular aspect of genealogy? There is probably an online course that you can “attend” that will teach you what you want to know. Many of them do not require you to apply to a particular college or university in order to take the class, and some of them are offered for free. Family Tree University is not, technically, an accredited university. It is the name that Family Tree Magazine has given to its learning center. The online classes that genealogists take through FTU will enable them to learn a lot about a … Continue reading →

One of the difficulties that genealogists have when they consider attending the conference is the “attendance” part. Most people cannot simply dash off to the other side of the country to attend an interesting conference on a whim. Even nearby ones could be difficult to fit around your work schedule. An excellent solution to this problem is to attend a virtual genealogy conference. Family Tree Magazine has created a series of resources under the banner “Family Tree University”. They are doing something rather unique this summer. They will be holding the Family Tree University 2011 Virtual Conference from August 19, … Continue reading →

There is a lot that a genealogist can learn by attending a class, a conference, or a speaking event that focuses on genealogy. The topic might be something that you had been wondering about, or working on recently. Before you can attend a class or conference, however, you have to locate one. How can you find information about when, and where, these conferences will be taking place? The first thing to do is to figure out how much time you have that can be spent on learning more about genealogy. If you have limited free time, and can only work … Continue reading →