FamilySearch offers a variety of free online classes to help you search and compile your family tree. Whether you are just beginning your family history research or are an experienced genealogist, you can learn something new. These classes are taught by genealogy research consultants at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as experts from around the world.  Most classes include a PDF handout that you can down to read and print.

Go to FamilySearch.org and select the “Learn” option or click here to go directly to the Learning Center http://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html

You can view the list of classes or search for classes on a specific topic.  Classes are categorized by Places, Subjects, Skill Levels, and Subject Languages.

Places - Australia, Canada, Europe, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latin America, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Subjects – Birth, marriage and death, business records and occupations, census, taxation and voter lists, court, land and wills, directories, ethnic, political or religious groups, Family trees, Geographic aids,  Histories, memories, and stories, Institutions
and methodology, Migration and citizenship, Military, Newspapers and periodicals, Reference materials and finding aids, Repositories, Town records.

Skill Levels - Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced

Subject Languages – Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish