In researching your family history, you quickly become inundated with physical and digital materials: handwritten notes, photographs, research logs, email, scans, downloads from the internet, digital photos, and more. Or you may have inherited someone else's research and don't know where to begin. In this online lecture, Senior Genealogist Rhonda R. McClure will discuss various systems for organize your files, so you can easily return to your work, find what you need on a particular person or family, and not duplicate your efforts.
This 60-minute lecture will include three, 10-minute intervals for audience Q&A for a total of 90 minutes.
Registration includes access to:
- Live lecture presented on Zoom
- Lecture recording, available to review for the foreseeable future
- Seven-page syllabus
- PDF handouts of the lecture slides
Join the Live Broadcast
Tuesday, April 13, 2027, 2:00-3:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Click here to join the live broadcast: https://zoom.us/j/94082731120
If you are unable to attend the live session, you will be able to view a recording on this page.
Slides and Handout
To come.
Instructor
Rhonda R. McClure is a nationally recognized professional genealogist and lecturer. Before joining American Ancestors in 2006, she ran her own genealogical business for 18 years. She was a contributing editor for Heritage Quest Magazine, Biography magazine and was a contributor to The History Channel Magazine and American History Magazine. In addition to numerous articles, she is the author of twelve books including the award-winning The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Online Genealogy, Finding Your Famous and Infamous Ancestors, and Digitizing Your Family History. She is also the editor of the 6th edition of the Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research. Her areas of expertise include immigration and naturalization, late 19th and early 20th century urban research, State Department Federal records, New England, Mid-West, Southern, German, French, Italian, Scottish, Irish, French Canadian, and Atlantic Canadian research.