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The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society is offering a number of free, online classes related to New York research. Click on the link to read more and to register: New York State and New York City Birth, Marriage, and Death Records -- March 16, 7 p.m.   Making the Most of FamilySearch for New York Research -- April 13, 6 p.m.   Searching New York Records on Ancestry -- July 20, 6 p.m.   Preserving Your New York Story: New York City Municipal Archives Collections -- Dec. 8, 6 p.m.

Good news! Access to the recent release of George G. Morgan's webinar "Genealogy Orienteering: Using Maps to Find the RIGHT Place" remains free thru Feb. 27. Webinars by George and Drew Smith — the Genealogy Guys — are now housed at Legacy Family Tree Webinars, with new content being released every month. If you want to take advantage of their previous -- and future -- webinars, including those from other experts, membership is $49.95 for a year. You can join here .

Added to the Members Only Research Resources is a link to a blog with a list of more than 100 important databases for Russian and Ukrainian genealogy, including searchable databases. The blog is listed under "Russian and Ukranian websites".