In an effort to provide fun this holiday season, regardless of whether you're locking down again, or traveling. From 26 November to 25 December, the Family History Fanatics are releasing their second annual video countdown before Christmas
What is Genealogy Vlogmas?
In December 2011, YouTuber Ingrid Nilsen, began the Vlogmas tradition. A vlog is a video version of a blog. Combine that with Christmas and you have a daily video blog series before Christmas called vlogmas. Throw in genealogy education, and you have Genealogy Vlogmas.
This is the second year of the Family History Fanatics counting down to Christmas. Sadly, fan favorites Phil and Bambi are suffering from virtual covid and won't be joining us this season.
Instead, you get videos to help you understand DNA, learn how to climb your family tree, and make sure you capture your memories along the way.
Genealogy Vlogmas Schedule
The countdown begins on Thanksgiving with all videos premiering at 2 PM Eastern, except on Sundays.
If you've signed up for the Family History Fanatics newsletter, you'll get a reminder at the beginning of the week about the videos. Or, you can opt into the daily reminders for Genealogy Vlogmas Only.
Thu, 11 /26 - Dog DNA: Will AncestryDNA Process Fido's Results?
Fri, 11 /27 - How to Add Stillborn Children to FamilySearch & Ancestry Family Trees
Sat, 11 /28- How to Write a Source-Based Family History Book - Adding Citations
Sun, 11 /29 - FamilySearch Memories: How to Link Videos to Your Tree
Mon, 11 /30 - Use Findmypast to Research US Newspapers and Attach to Your Family Tree
Tue, 12 /1 - Evaluating Evidence While Researching Your Family Tree
Wed, 12 /2 - CRI Genetics Review: Should Genetic Genealogists Take This Test?
Thu, 12 /3 - Google Docs: How to mark up genealogy reports and family histories
Fri, 12 /4 - FHF Live: How to handle genealogy records with scanty information
Sat, 12/5 - Family History Videos that Pack a Punch (FHF Xtra Members Only
BONUS: Sat, 12/5 12 Essential Genealogy Clues in Land Records
Sun, 12/6 - What is Mitochondrial DNA? Should you take the test?
Mon, 12 /7 - How to Research Land Records on FamilySearch
Tue, 12 /8 - How Land Records Helped Me Chip Away at My Genealogy Brick Walls
Wed, 12 /9 - Is DNA testing safe?
Thu, 12 /10 - Using Newspapers to Tackle Genealogy Brick Walls
Fri, 12 /11 - Researching Same Named Individuals to Solve Genealogy Brick Walls
Sat, 12 /12 - Writing Conclusions After Busting a Genealogy Brick Wall
Sun, 12 /13 - Finding Free Map Collections for Genealogy Research
Mon, 12 /14 - Using Ancestry ThruLines to Test a Genealogy Brick Wall Theory
Tue, 12 /15 - MyHeritage Basics: 5 Ways to Build Your Family Tree
Wed, 12 /16 - Will AncestryDNA show I'm related to famous relatives?
Thu, 12 /17 - Should You Take a DNA Test if Your Tree is Full?
Fri, 12 /18 - Genealogy Myth Busting: End the Ellis Island Myth
Sat, 12 /18 - FHF Xtra: Premium Live Stream: Genealogy Research Deep Dive
Sun, 12 /20 - 15 Best Tips for Interviewing Family - Beginning Genealogy
Mon, 12 /21 - Searching the 1939 British Register on FindMyPast
Tues, 12/22 - Easily Merge Duplicates on the FamilySearch Family Tree
Wed, 12 /23 - Convincingly Ask a Relative to Take a DNA Test
Thurs, 12 /24 - Finding Elusive Records in FamilySearch Through Browsing
Fri, 12 /25 - Genealogy Basics: The Genealogy Records You Should Search First
If you miss a video, you can catch up here on YouTube. (Private videos are those that will soon go live.)