We are happy to celebrate Family History Month in October with webinar/training opportunities with ProQuest trainers on HeritageQuest Online. Your local genealogy society members are also welcome to attend. Teachers will be interested in using HeritageQuest for classroom Family History assignments! One of the Introduction and Beyond the Basics webinars will be recorded. Please see below for content and registration information and share widely! Kind regards, Deb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction to HeritageQuest Did you know that HeritageQuest Online is now powered by Ancestry.com? Join us for this course which will cover tips for using HeritageQuest for family history projects, new search pages for the U.S. Federal Census records from 1790-1940, more than 28,000 family and local history books, Revolutionary War and Freedman's Bank collections, and the U.S Serial Set of action of the U.S Congress. Join a ProQuest Training & Consulting Partner to walk you through all of the exciting features. October 13, 2015 @ 9:30 am Eastern https://proquestmeetings.webex.com/proquestmeetings/onstage/g.php?d=715183770&t=a October 22, 2015 @ 3:30 pm Eastern https://proquestmeetings.webex.com/proquestmeetings/onstage/g.php?d=710620213&t=a HeritageQuest: Beyond the Basics Join a ProQuest Training & Consulting Partner to learn specific search strategies for many of the major collections in HeritageQuest, especially the Census, the Books, the Revolutionary War records and the Freedman's Bank Records. This 60-minute session is packed with information about each of these collections and tips for searching them. Other collections will be explored if time allows. Thursday, October 15, 2015 9:30am Eastern https://proquestmeetings.webex.com/proquestmeetings/onstage/g.php?d=717832528&t=a Tuesday, October 20, 2015 3:30pm Eastern https://proquestmeetings.webex.com/proquestmeetings/onstage/g.php?d=714438160&t=a Also, the page you access when visiting this link is our standard registration page. On the top left side of the page (next to Event Status), you will find the registration link for each webinar. After registering, participants will receive an email with meeting access information and the meeting password. Registrants will also receive two additional reminders - one two days before the webinar and one two hours before the webinar. Deb Biggs Thomas, MA AMLS Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-373-4466 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit MeL at: http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> and on Facebook at: http://facebook.com/mel.org The Library of Michigan is pleased to share a new video series highlighting Michigan libraries and how they are making a difference in their communities. To experience Michigan libraries in a new light, visit http://brightside.cedam.info/ and watch the 21st Century Libraries episode.