View our Videos on Vimeo!

BucksGen now has its own video channel on Vimeo! Videos include slideshows, Bucksgen website tours, and several genealogy and technology tutorials - with more to come!  To view them for free, click on this link: https://www.vimeo.com/bucksgen

Note: If you access the link from your cell phone, the mobile site goes automatically to the about section and looks like you have to log in or pay to join. You have to actually click "videos" tab to see the videos, and do not need to log in.

Videos include:

  • Introduction to Genealogy - A tutorial on beginning your family history research, filmed at a program presented in April 2023 at Bristol Twp Senior Center. Handout available.
  • Accessing Ancestry.com Library Edition - Learn how to access it free at our Bucks County Free Libraries. Watch step by step how to log on to the library computer or use your own device there (on the library's wifi), open Ancestry, and access the 11K record collections, public family trees there, and MORE.
  • Using Power Library - A screencast video showing you how to access Heritage Quest and MyHeritage for free research of their records using your library card!
  • Gmail labels - Organize your inbox with labels, making it easier to search for important emails by your own categories.
  • Snap / Split Screen - Learn how to "snap" browser or application windows in a split screen to work side-by-side. This is helpful when using just one monitor!
  • Zoom Virtual Background - Learn how to set up a virtual background or use filters on Zoom. BCGS members can download virtual backgrounds in our Members Only section.
  • Creating Virtual Cemeteries on FindAGrave - Learn how to bookmark specific groups of FindAGrave Memorials by creating a virtual cemetery, whether grouped by branch of family, high school class, military unit, favorite memorials, or otherwise, regardless of where they are physically buried.
  • Bookmark Folders - Organize your favorite browser bookmarks in folders on your bookmark bar.
  • Bucksgen Tour - Take a tour of our www.bucksgen.org website.
  • Bucks County Cemeteries - Slideshow of Bucks County cemeteries featuring "You Raise Me Up" by the Bucks County Women's Chorus.
  • WWI Honor Wall - Slideshow of World War I Heroes submitted by BCGS Members