Get step-by-step guidance to track your ancestors in the US census—without leaving home!

Census records are the #1 resource for US genealogy: You can use them to trace your ancestral families back in time decade by decade, and even discover new branches of your family tree.

Even better, all US census records are online, allowing you to find your family faster than ever. But as genealogy buffs know, it's usually not as easy as just typing in a name. To successfully trace your ancestors, you need to know where to look and how to make the most of census Web sites.

In this hourlong recorded workshop, you will learn:

• key facts about US censuses and census Web sites
• how to access online census records for free
• how to use the major online census collections at Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest Online and other sites
• how different sites' records and indexes compare
• search strategies for finding elusive ancestors