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How to find free genealogy records with Lisa Louise Cooke — plus a lot more videos to watch

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Gail Dever

If you haven’t been watching Lisa Louise Cooke’s free video series, Elevenses with Lisa, I recommend starting with last week’s episode, How to Find Free Genealogy Records. It’s an excellent presentation for new genealogists and a good refresher for intermediate … Continue reading →

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Lisa Louise Cooke explains how to use Google Chrome to identify old photos

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Gail Dever

If you own unidentified old photos, missed Lisa Louise Cooke’s video, How to Use Google Chrome to Identify Old Photos for Genealogy and Family History, when it first appeared a couple of years ago, and have four minutes to spare, you … Continue reading →

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Two new Genealogy Gems YouTube videos –‘Organizing your online life for genealogy’ and ‘Finding German villages’

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Gail Dever

If you missed attending the RootsTech 2018 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah earlier this year, there are still more presentations to watch online. Lisa Louise Cooke has published two free 25-minute videos of presentations delivered at her Genealogy Gems … Continue reading →

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Still more online presentations from RootsTech

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Gail Dever

The learning opportunities from RootsTech continue to appear online, with a few new presentations added here and there. RootsTech has bundled together several presentations about DNA, including at least one, A DNA Match with No Tree? No Problem!, with the … Continue reading →

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Lisa Louise Cooke shares historical newspaper gem

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Gail Dever

American genealogist Lisa Louise Cooke discovered an interesting newspaper website and shares how to use it on her YouTube channel. In her Genealogy Gems eNewsletter, she writes, “I’ve found a genealogy gem that I have to tell you about. It’s … Continue reading →

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Lisa Louise Cooke demonstrates how to use new Google Earth Chrome

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Gail Dever

On Earth Day 2017, Google launched Google Earth Chrome, and Lisa Louise Cooke gives a tour of the new product in her seven-and-a-half-minute YouTube video, How to Use Google Earth Chrome – Google Earth Tutorial. It’s incredible to look at … Continue reading →

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Lisa Louise Cooke interviews LAC’s Claire Banton

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Gail Dever

In this week’s Genealogy Gems podcast, Lisa Louise Cooke speaks to Claire Banton, chief of Orientation Services at Library and Archives Canada (LAC), and you can listen to the interview for free. Ms. Banton is a good spokesperson. She speaks … Continue reading →

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Free webinar with Lisa Louise Cooke about genealogy on iPads and tablets

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Gail Dever

Lisa Louise Cooke is my kind of speaker — no matter what the topic. She could talk about building a barn, and I would enjoy the presentation and learn from her. The good news (for us) is she is talking … Continue reading →

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Two free webinars with Lisa Louise Cooke

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Gail Dever

If you have not attended a presentation by Lisa Louise Cooke or watched one of her webinars, you are missing out. But don’t despair. There are two opportunities next week to watch free webinars with Ms. Cooke. Tuesday, November 18, … Continue reading →

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