50 Websites To Find Vital Records

Gena Philibert-Ortega
Aug 9, 2018
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About this webinar

Where do you find vital records? That simple question doesn't always have an easy answer. In this presentation, we will explore online finding aids, indexes, vital record alternatives and digitized copies of vital records. This information is a must for anyone researching US ancestors.

About the speaker

Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher, and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social and women's history. She holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women's St...
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  1. LT
    Legacy Family Tree
    7 years ago

    A great webinar, thanks\n\nA lot of information and places to search presented in a logical, engaging way. Thank you!\n\nAlthough I have used several of the sites she mentioned, there were many "gems" in the presentation. Thanks for all the new places to search.\n\nAlways good to review, and happy to learn new things too. Thanks\n\nAlways great presentations by Gena. Look forward to her next webinar. Thanks.\n\nAn excellent webinar, very well presented and with "tons" of valuable hints and links. Thanks so much for this one.\n\nAnother fantastic webinar!! Great information and fabulous handout. I'll be busy for weeks to come. :)\n\nAwesome list of resources finding aids especially for those of us just starting our research.\n\nAwesome!\n\nAWESOME...so much wonderful information...can't wait to dig in!\n\nCan't wait to listen to this again (& most likely again). Great presenter! Thank you.\n\nChalked FULL of great information. Gina was easy to follow and very knowledgable.\n\nDon't bother me. I'm searching. ;-)\n\nEXCELLENT So much information - so little time!!\n\nexcellent !\n\nexcellent as always for Gena and the others!\n\nExcellent presentation\n\nExcellent presentation! A great resource for sure!\n\nExcellent presentation, New information as well as a refresher on websites forgotten.\n\nExcellent resource. Presented a bit fast to keep up, but no harm done since it's recorded. Many thanks.\n\nExcellent webinar. All of Gena's webinars and talks are great. Thanks so much.\n\nExcellent webinar. Excellent presenter who really knew her subject.\n\nExcellent website summary\n\nExcellent!!\n\nExcellent, well organized and presented, she is very knowledgeable and I am previledged to be able to learn from her\n\nExcellent. I will use this information a lot. Thanks.\n\nFabulous - another wonderful webinar.\n\nFantastic!!!\n\nFantastic....she covered so many sources!\n\nGena had a whole lot of sites that I didn't know about or had forgotten about, and has re-energized my search. Geoff did an amazing job of trying to keep up with her and answering some of the simple questions about sites. This was one of the best overall, general researching webinars I've attended.\n\nGena is always a good presenter, and we learn a lot.\n\nGena is always such an excellent speaker! Wonder how many websites will crash today because of this webinar??? haha\n\nGena is amazing, what a great webinar...full of websites for researching our ancestors!\n\nGood info\n\nGood speaker and good presentation - thank you!\n\ngreat\n\nGreat information well presented\n\nGreat information! Glad to have the syllabus as I couldn't keep up writing all the great sites! :)\n\nGreat list of websites and information\n\nGreat presenter & very helpful syllabus & webinar content!!!\n\nGreat presenter and Love all the links.\n\nGreat presenter!!\n\nGreat resource! \n\nGreat resources and excellent webinar! Thanks!\n\ngreat speaker, good sources\n\ngreat tips for searching the websites in the syllabus and as a newbie lots of good information about alternative ways and sites to find the so necessary Vital Records. Gena's presentation was clear, and easy to follow. Thank you\n\nGreat topic and presenter! I learned some new tricks to search for ancestors online. Gena is one of my favorite presenters, thanks for a great webinar.\n\nGreat webinar -- worthy of a repeat!!\n\nGreat webinar and handout. Had trouble getting some of the things she mentioned about the websites, but hope I can fill them in from the Chat Log. Thank you, again!\n\nGreat webinar speaker. Thanks Gena. \n\nGreat webinar that gave some really good information about sites I didn't even know existed. Especially liked the Finding Aids part which gave places to find the records you are missing. Ms. Ortega is a great presenter!\n\nGreat webinar with many ideas for research.\n\nGreat webinar! I learned a lot and want to watch it again to pick up more tips. Gena is so knowledgeable and such a great presenter! She speaks very clearly and sets a good pace.\n\nGreat webinar! I've being doing genealogy for over 10 years, but I always learn something from Gena's talks. Thanks to Gena, Geoff & Legacy for these great webinars.\n\nGreat webinar! I learned so many new sites to go to\n\nGreat. I discovered some Web sites that I didn't know about and learned about content on some Web sites that I currently use. This was well worth our time.\n\nHeard many sites that I wasn't aware of, such as vitalrec.com, deathindexes.com, and rootsweb wiki. Some webinars I fall asleep, but during this one I stayed awake the whole time.\n\nHer webinars are always so full of information with extra gems. Delightful\n\nHigh quality webinar. Information was thorough and helpful. Thanks!\n\nI am afraid I was pulled away from the webinar several times at work today. I hope that this will be archived so I can come back and fill in the blanks. This was the first time I have done a family tree webinar.

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