Larimer County Genealogical Society

Introductory Videos on YouTube

Did you ever consider YouTube as a resource for genealogy? No, it won’t show you the names of great-great-grandpa and of great-great-grandma. However, the online video site has dozens of introductory “how to” videos showing how to use some of the better genealogy resources (as well as about thousands of other topics).

After all,  youTube is the second most visited website in the world, after Google Search. 

Here are a few videos that genealogists, especially newcomers to genealogy, will find useful (and so will a lot of genealogy old-timers). This is a list I found on the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration’s web site. 

Introduction to Census Records

videos on Military Records: Pension RecordsRegular Service, and Volunteer Service

videos on “Introduction to Immigration Records” and “Immigrant Records: More than just Ship Passenger Arrival Lists

View our video, “Early Naturalization Records at the National Archives

The Homestead Act: Land Records of your Ancestors

You can find dozens more excellent introductions to most popular genealogical records at NARA at: https://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/start-research.