Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library
The public library is a "part of our lives," argues a new book on the history of American libraries as told through the testimonies of those who use them. Library ...
Library of Congress
Back to Basics | Ancestry Extra | Ancestry®
You don't need a history degree or genealogy experience to get started on your family tree–all you need is a desire to learn and a healthy helping of curiosity!
Ancestry
Genealogy Source Checklists | Ancestry
You get those shaky leaf hints and then you do a few searches. But, with more than 15 billion records now available online at Ancestry.com and billions more ...
Ancestry
September 2018 Edition | What's New at Ancestry | Ancestry
Join Crista Cowan for the monthly episode of “What's New at Ancestry.” She will give a quick review of the upcoming genealogy events Ancestry will be ...
Ancestry
Reading History and Writing Fiction
Penelope Lively, winner of the Booker Prize, describes how the study and appreciation of history influences the writer of fiction. David McCullough, winner of the ...
YaleUniversity
Wiki Tips and Tricks (Amber Larsen Live)
Join FamilySearch employees Amber Larsen and Wendy Smedley as they discuss tips and tricks for the FamilySearch Wiki. Amber introduces different aspects ...
FamilySearch
American Landscape Painting: Albert Bierstadt and the American Land
Karen Quinn, Kristin and Roger Servison Curator of Paintings, Art of the Americas Bierstadt became one of the most popular American landscape painters in the ...
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Explorers Emigrants Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience
Linda Barrett Osborne and Paolo Battaglia discuss their new book comprising a visual history of the Italian American experience from the collections of the ...
Library of Congress
How to Make a Homemade Gun (Full Length)
Watch Next: Inside America's Largest Right Wing Militia - http://bit.ly/2glqlan According to state and federal law, something is either a firearm or it isn't.
VICE
Speed, Style, & the English Country House
Live Broadcast: August 14, 2020 Presented by: Curt DiCamillo During the Interwar Years—between 1919 and 1939—much of England's upper-class lifestyle ...
AmericanAncestors
Finding Elusive Records in FamilySearch
70% of the free historic records on FamilySearch.org can't be found with a basic search. This video presentation explains how to navigate unindexed image sets ...
FamilySearch
FamilySearch Q&A (Product Manager Live)
A Panel of FamilySearch Product Managers, including John Alexander, Ron Tanner, and Todd Powell, discuss frequently asked FamilySearch Questions.
FamilySearch
September 2017 Edition | What's New at Ancestry | Ancestry
Join Crista Cowan for a quick look at the upcoming genealogy events Ancestry will be attending. Then she will review the databases full of new content released ...
Ancestry
Vatican presents catalogue of ancient Hebrew manuscripts
(30 Jan 2009) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of street leading to Vatican 2. Long shot of Saint Peter's Basilica 3. Entrance to conference 4. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts in ...
AP Archive
Genealogical Research in Maryland
Presented by the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library As one of the original thirteen colonies, Maryland is a pivotal state for exploring ancestors ...
Allen County Public Library
Adler, History of Herpetology
Explorers, academics, physicians, zookeepers and amateur naturalists have studied reptiles and amphibians for centuries and together have developed the ...
Albert R. Mann Library
Exhibition Opening Conversation | George Shaw: A Corner of a Foreign Field
Mark Hallett, the exhibition curator and Director of Studies at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, converses with the artist George Shaw. Location: ...
YaleBritishArt
Curator's introduction | Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light
Join Chris Riopelle, The Neil Westreich Curator of Post 1800 Paintings and curator of 'Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light' to find out more about the exhibition.
The National Gallery
Ask a Family History Librarian Webinar
Follow National Library family history librarians as they solve mysteries sent to us by inquisitive genealogists from all over the world. Learn effective search skills ...
National Library of Australia
What do the Bodleian Libraries mean to you?
"The most efficient way of getting access to whatever knowledge and information I need": Academics, students and visitors to the Bodleian Libraries share their ...
Bodleian Libraries
Parish Chest Records | Findmypast
Join Jen Baldwin and special guest, expert genealogist Paul Milner, for a chat about parish chest records, what they are and how they can be useful for your ...
Findmypast
How to Apply to Lineage Societies: Tips from NEHGS
Recorded Webinar: How to Apply to Lineage Societies: Tips from NEHGS Presented Live: September 30, 2014 Description:Want to join a hereditary society, ...
AmericanAncestors
Oxford University surgical lectures: William Osler and his Legacy to Medicine
Professor David Cranston (Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford) tells the story of William Osler's life and career. Sir William Osler was a ...
surgicalsciences
Nun resists Vatican attempt to shut German abbey
(26 Dec 2016) Sister Apollonia Buchinger has walked the labyrinthine halls of Altomuenster Abbey in Germany for two and a half decades and is now the last ...
AP Archive
2. FamilySearch Tree Overview - Judy Sharp
This video is very useful for Family History Consultants. It teaches new feature for helping others in FamilySearch. Updated July 2019. The handout for this video ...
BYU Family History Library
You Need a Search Strategy: Maximizing Your Results with Online Genealogical Databases
In the past 20 years, online search systems, databases, and image collections have revolutionized family history and genealogical research making our work ...
MyHeritage
Witches Casting Spells on Politicians: A Curse on Corruption
Romania has a thriving witch community that goes back centuries. It's also one of the most corrupt countries in Europe. Public outrage against the Romanian ...
VICE
Segna di Bonaventura’s 'Crucifix' | A History of the National Gallery in Six Paintings
Senior Research Curator Susanna Avery-Quash talks us through the history of taste and collecting at the Gallery, focusing on her personal hero, Sir Charles ...
The National Gallery
In Search of the City on a Hill: The Making and Unmaking of an American Myth (Walter McDougall)
http://www.cato.org/multimedia/events/search-city-hill-making-unmaking-american-myth Richard Gamble's book, In Search of the City on a Hill: the Making and ...
The Cato Institute
Newton on the Beach: Principia Mathematica
Historian Simon Schaffer, the 2008 Harry Camp Memorial Lecturer, spoke on Newton's fascination with discoveries about ancient Indian philosophy and ...
Stanford
Beginning Tennessee Research
Presented by the Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library The sixteenth state admitted to the Union, Tennessee's rich history is one of contrasts as ...
Allen County Public Library
In Sargent's Footsteps: A Conversation
Richard Ormond, grandnephew of John Singer Sargent and one of the foremost authorities on the painter and the man, joins Erica Hirshler, co-curator of "John ...
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Why We Protest: France
George Floyd's murder ignited massive protests in France and renewed anger over the death of 24-year-old Adama Traoré, who also died by the hands of ...
VICE
Money and Power: The Bank of England and London in the 18th Century with Anne Murphy
28 September 2016: In the final History of Capitalism lecture, Anne Murphy, Reader in History and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Humanities at ...
Legatum Institute
How to Use FamilySearch.org Hints to Easily Do Genealogy - Beginner Basics
Learn how to use FamilySearch hints to easily climb your family tree. Let FamilySearch record hints do the hard work of finding records for your ancestors.
Family History Fanatics
German Almanacs in 18th-Century North America
Alexander Knirim discussed his research of German-American almanacs of the 18th century in the rare book collections. He showed a number of 18th-century ...
Library of Congress
Vikings: Live from the British Museum
The Vikings are coming... again! In 2014 we followed on from the success of Pompeii Live with another live broadcast- this time from the exhibition Vikings: life ...
The British Museum
Genealogy Gems Podcast Episode 237 - The Family History Show that grows your Family Tree
(Audio show only) The Genealogy Gems Podcast is the leading genealogy and family history show. Launched in 2007, the show is hosted by genealogy author, ...
Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems
Fernando Pessoa: An Englishly Portuguese, Endlessly Multiple Poet
Richard Zenith presented a lecture on Fernando Pessoa, one of Portugal's most important literary figures of the 20th century and a towering figure in modernism.
Library of Congress
Paul Revere's Sons of Liberty Bowl: An American Icon
American patriot Paul Revere is wrapped in the swirling mixture of myth and poetry through which history often descends, but as a craftsman he left behind more ...
GBH Forum Network
Echoes of Anatolia: An Armenian-American Novelist Discovers his Literary DNA at Mid-Life
Best-selling Armenian-American author Chris Bohjalian discusses the influence of ethnic identity on literary creativity in the 21st Vardanants Day Armenian ...
Library of Congress
Part of Our Lives - Wayne A. Wiegand, September 22, 2015
In a discussion of his new book, Florida State University's Wayne A. Wiegand – widely considered the “dean of American library historians” – explains why ...
The Kansas City Public Library
