A list of the webinars and events I’ve attended in the lifelong pursuit of skill-building.
2025
Sep 12-14, 2025 – East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference, online Conference
22 Apr 2025 – Exploring Canadian Immigration’s Impact Through Time: A Digital Journey, webinar, Canadian eSIG, Al Turner
20 Mar 2025 – FSGS Poolside Chat with Mark Thompson – Use AI To Research Your Family Photos and Letters, Mark Thompson, webinar, Florida Genealogical Society
5 Feb 2025 – “The Other Half – finding our female ancestors and telling the stories of their lives,” Kelly Southworth, webinar, Manitoba Genealogy Society, South West Branch, Southeast and Winnipeg Branch
2024
21 Nov 2024 – “Restoring the Rights of “Lost Canadians,”‘ Don Chapman, webinar, University of Washington.
18 Nov 2024 – “Email archiving,” webinar, Backlog Archivists & Historians.
18 Sep 2024 – “Chinese Canadian Convos with Timothy Stanley,” lecture, Chinese Canadian Museum.
15 May 2024: “Chinese Canadian Genealogy Resources – Ressources généalogiques sur les Canadiens d’origine chinoise,” Library and Archives Canada. Webinar. Min Hanford and Valerie Casbourn.
17 Apr 2024: “My ancestors in the Hudson’s Bay Fur Trade,” Ontario Ancestors, Thunder Bay District Branch. Janice Nickerson.
2023
2 May 2023: “Chinese Canadian Genealogy Resources,” Vancouver Public Library and Library and Archives Canada. Webinar. Min Hanford and Valerie Casbourn.
19 Mar 2023: “Finding Treasures in Academic Libraries,” Seattle Genealogical Society. Webinar. Jill Morelli.
16 Mar 2023: “Family tree software,” Saskatoon Branch, Saskatchewan Genealogical Society. Linda Suveges.
26 Jan 2023: “The Canadian Northern Railway – Western Canada’s Pioneer Highway,” Edmonton Branch, Alberta Genealogical Society. Webinar. S.I. (Shawn) Smith, Volunteer Director of the Canadian Northern Society.
17 Jan 2023: “GBA Chat re Business,” Genealogy Business Alliance, Facebook group. Facebook Live event, 75 mins.
2022
20 Oct 2022: Google Translate and Genealogy: What You Should Be Using Instead. Florida State Genealogical Society Poolside Chats. Webinar. Katherine Schober.
13 Oct 2022: Diversifying Your Educational Offerings: Creating, Editing, and Publishing Online Instructional Videos. Association of Professional Genealogists. Webinar. Tamara Hallo.
Oct 5 – Nov 30, 2022: ICAPGEN Level 2 Study Group. International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists. Study Group.
14 Jul 2022: Submission of Level One Project. International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists.
9 Jul 2022: Creating a family tree with webtrees. Chinese Family History Group. Webinar. Doug Joe.
27 Apr 2022: Recovering Lytton: a Conversation with Lorna Fandrich, John Haugen and Heidi Swierenga. Chinese Canadian Historical Society. Webinar.
25 Apr 2022: Edvard August Schüth: An Accidental Biography. Toronto Branch, Ontario Ancestors. Webinar. Paul Jones.
Feb 9 – Apr 13 2022: Writing and Documenting for Peer Review. Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) Academy for Professionals 2022. Coordinated by Karen Mauer Jones, with Catherine Desmarais, Paul Graham, Thomas W. Jones, and Angela Packer McGhie. Ten weekly sessions, 9 Feb to 13 Apr, 11-3 pm, 40 hrs instruction plus 30 hrs homework.
24 Jan 2022: Distorted descent: white claims to Indigenous identity. Toronto Branch, Ontario Ancestors. Webinar. Dr. Darryl Leroux.
Jan 6 -Apr 28 2022: ICAPGen Study Group, International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists. Sessions 20 Jan, 10 Feb, 3 Mar, 24 Mar, 14 Apr, 28 Apr. Approximately 15-20 hrs/week (240-320 total hours).
2021
19 Oct 2021: The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics. American Ancestors. Webinar. Mae Ngai.
1 Oct 2021: The Six. Vancouver International Film Festival online. Documentary. Official website here.
16 Sep 2021: Genealogy in Canada’s western provinces. FamilySearch. Webinar. Racheal Minns Kay.
8 Sep 2021: Why-how-when do you resort to hiring a professional to conquer that brick wall? British Columbia Genealogy Society. Webinar. Presented by Eunice Robinson and co-created by Kim Kujawski and Linda Yip.
2 Sep 2021: Genealogy and the law (Canada). Ontario Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists. Webinar. Dr. Margaret Ann Wilson.
17 Aug 2021: Chinatown: Past and Present. Heritage Toronto. Virtual tour. Arlene Chan.
4 Jun 2021: Clarity in marketing for service-based entrepreneurs. The Resilient Entrepreneur. Webinar. Daria Malin.
29 May 2021: The Pender Guy Radio Collective, 1976-1981: The Reunion Show. LiterAsian. Webinar. Paul Yee, Ramona Mar, Tommy Tao, Jeannie Young, Christy Fong, Rachel Lau, June Chow. Moderated by Winnie L. Cheung
22 May 2021: Researching the world of Chinese documents. Chinese Family History Group of Southern California. Presenter: Tony King.
1 May 2021: Ancestors in our attics. Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration. Webinar. Presenter: Catherine Clement.
28 Apr 2021: Discovering my roots: A Chinese Canadian perspective. Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto Branch. Webinar. Presenter: Arlene Chan.
10 Apr 2021: “Saltwater City” The beginnings with Paul Yee. Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia. Featuring: Paul Yee.
20 Mar 2021: Who is Shee 氏? Chinese Family History Group of Southern California. Webinar. Presenters: Zack Wilske and Marisa Louie Lee.
9 Mar 2021: Learning to use foreign language newspapers without knowing Foreign Languages. Family History Library, Oakland, CA, USA. Virtual class. Presenter: Karina Robinson.
Feb 25-27, 2021: RootsTech. Some titles I’ll be watching out for are: Chinese genealogy research: reading and understanding jiapu (China); Documenting underrepresented family stories (Asia); Going back to Japan (basic family history for all Nikkeijin) (Japan); and Paula Madison’s story of Chinese diaspora finding her roots (China). FamilySearch.org.
6 Feb 2021: Importance of Past and Present for a Future. Saskatchewan Genealogical Society. Webinar. Presenter: Carol LaFayette-Boyd.
Jan 24-28 2021: Introduction to genetic genealogy. Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the Utah Genealogical Society. Virtual week long program. Coordinator: Paul Woodbury; with Angie Bush, Melissa Johnson, Gretchen Jorgensen, Leah Larkin, Dana Leeds, and Karen Stanbary.
21 Jan 2021: Get Your Life Back: Organizational Tools for the Professional Genealogist. Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the Utah Genealogical Society. Virtual workshop. Presenter: Jessica Taylor.
13 Jan 2021 – Where should I put my family history? Saskatoon Branch, Saskatchewan Genealogical Society. Saskatoon, SK. Webinar. Presenter: Eunice Robinson.
2020
8 Dec 2020. Speaking in a Post – COVID World. Grant Cardone. Webinar.
25 Nov 2020. The Phil Lind Initiative: Ibram X. Kendi and Jesmyn Ward In Conversation. UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Vancouver, BC, Canada. Webinar. Speakers: Ibram X. Kendi and Jesmyn Ward.
19 Nov 2020. What’s New at the Provincial Archives? Saskatoon Branch, Saskatchewan Genealogical Society. Saskatoon, SK. Webinar. Speakers: Jeremy Mohr & Teresa Redlick.
25 Oct 2020. Communication Training Program for Professionals & Students (CTPPS). The Speech Language Network, Saskatoon, SK. Presenter: One day workshop. Kara Broks, Founder.
26 Sep 2020: Chinese Diaspora: Chinese Immigration Records in Australia, Canada, The Kingdom of Hawaii. Chinese Family History Group of Southern California. Webinar. Presenter: Marisa Louie Lee.
31 Aug 2020: Ask an Expert: Library and Archives Canada. Ancestry Canada Live on Facebook. Presenter: Megan Butcher.
22 Aug 2020: Why can’t I understand Auntie? An Introductory Conversation on Navigating Chinese Dialects. California Genealogical Society and the Chinese Family History Group of Southern California. Webinar. Presenter: Patrick Chew.
20 Aug 2020: Recording oral histories, Densho. Webinar. Part of the Digital genealogy series with Linda Harms Okazaki and Densho. Presenter: Tom Ikeda.
25 Jul 2020: Family history from a distance. Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration Society in partnership with UBC ACAM and INSTRCC at UBC. Workshop. Presenter: Henry Yu. Follow up to webinar on 27 Jun to discuss results of family history interview projects. I made a movie!
6 Jul 2020: A seat at the table: Chinese Iimmigraiton and British Columbia. Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC. Annual general meeting and webinar. Presenter: Denise Fong.
30 Jul 2020: Oh Canadiana! Genealogy with a Canadian Twist. Webinar. Presenter: Kathryn Lake Hogan. Getting more from the free Héritage Canadiana site of 40M records.
27 Jul 2020: Family history from a distance. Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration Society in partnership with UBC ACAM and INSTRCC at UBC. Workshop. Presenter: Henry Yu. Interviewing techniques for interviewing family at a distance. Homework: do something creative with the results.
8 Jul 2020: On the clock: Demystifying the BCG portfolio process. The Certification Discussion Group (CDG) Series. Webinar. Presenter: Jill Morelli.
18 Jun 2020: Navigating websites, Densho. Webinar. Part of the Digital genealogy series with Linda Harms Okazaki and Densho. Presenter: Linda Harms Okazaki.
30 May 2020: Online – 20th Century Immigration and Naturalization Records. California Genealogical Society and the Chinese Family History Group of Southern California. Webinar. Presenter: Marisa Louie Lee.
28 May 2020: Chinese Exclusion Act Case files: a treasure trove of original documents. California Genealogical Society and the Chinese Family History Group of Southern California. Webinar. Presenter: Trish Hackett Nicola.
30 Apr 2020: Introduction to family genealogy, Densho. Webinar. Part of the Digital genealogy series with Linda Harms Okazaki and Densho. Presenters: Linda Harms Okazaki and Tom Ikeda.
28 Apr 2020: The Joys and Challenges of Chinese American Research. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Webinar. Presenter: Grant Din.
23 Apr 2020: A seat at the table: history as a forward-looking process. Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia. Online lecture. Presenter: Henry Yu.
16 Apr 2020: Uncovering your loyalist roots. Ancestry Extra. Webinar. Presenter: Lesley Anderson.
14 Apr 2020: Ontario ancestors. Ancestry Extra. Webinar. Presenters: Lesley Anderson and Steve Fulton.
Jan 12-17, 2020: Chinese ancestry: Research methods and sources. Week long program. Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the Utah Genealogical Society. Salt Lake City, UT. Instructors: Kelly Summers, Eric Leach, Marisa Louie Lee, Anthony King, and Melvin P. Thatcher.