Leaping the Pond: Online Research in Great Britain

October 22, 2022

Did you miss the seminar? You can still register and watch the recordings until November 5, 2023. You will receive an email on Sunday, October 23, 2022 with viewing details.

Paul Milner, a native of northern England, is a professional genealogist and internationally known lecturer with 30 years’ experience, specializing in British Isles research.

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Paul was raised on the West Coast of northern England. A mining engineer with a degree from the Cambourne School of Mines in Cornwall, England, he came to the U.S. in 1975 to get his graduate degree at the University of Wisconsin. He has been in the U.S. ever since, and in 2008 he became a dual citizen of both countries. In the intervening years, Paul received two graduate degrees and traveled widely throughout the world.

Paul has been designing genealogy workshops, writing books,  and lecturing for over 35 years. He holds an advanced degree in Theology and is particularly knowledgeable about the church and its role in record keeping. As a genealogist he speaks on a variety of topics relating to research in the British Isles, migration to North America and research methodology.

He is the 2018 recipient of the Utah Genealogical Society Fellow Award.

He is currently the book review editor of the British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois Newsletter (BIGWILL) and is the former book review editor of the FGS FORUM.

Paul is a past board member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the Genealogical Speakers Guild, and the British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois.

Leaping the Pond: Online Research in Great Britain

• Are you Lost? Using Maps, Gazetteers and Directories for British Research – Brief Summary: Learn what maps, gazetteers and directories are available for researching your ancestors in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Learn from examples how to make good use of these tools to find where your ancestors are, what they did, when, where, and why they may have moved.
• Effective Use of England’s National Archives Website – Brief Summary: Learn how to effectively use the research tools, indexes and catalogs on this large website to find your ancestors and to put them into their correct historical context.  
• Effective Use of GENUKI: England’s Largest Free Genealogy website – Brief Summary: Learn how to effectively use the largest free website for British Isles research. Understand how the site is organized and to find it’s many resources tools on the site. Plus see how to find its gems for specific local research. 
• Using FindMyPast for British Isles Research – Brief Summary: FindMyPast is the premiere commercial genealogical website for British Isles research. Learn what is on the site, and the navigational options to find what you need. Identify the free instructional materials that are available to you, with case studies. Learn what is unique here, and what may be found on other sites. 

Recordings of each Seminar session will be available to registered attendees from Sunday October 22nd through Sunday November 6th.