Climbing your family tree: Getting started in genealogy

Climbing your family tree: Getting started in genealogy, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 3.95, with 21 lectures, 8 quizzes, based on 17 reviews, and has 102 subscribers.

You will learn about Start their journey on creating their family tree Understand different resources that can help them locate relatives Understand value of different forms of documents and evidence when adding people to the family tree Get beyond the date to understand the heart of the family story and the triumps and struggles that the family came through to get here Effecetivly use technology when searching to genealogy resources Get their family involved to get new stories as well a pass on the family history to a new generation See the significants of going to gravesites and battlefield to get a glimpse of what those who came beofre us saw This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone with a interest in finding out about past relatives and learning more about their origins. or Amateur genealogists who want to learn more about incorporating technology into their searches to find new branches of the family tree or Anyone with an interest in genealogy but didn't know where to start their search It is particularly useful for Anyone with a interest in finding out about past relatives and learning more about their origins. or Amateur genealogists who want to learn more about incorporating technology into their searches to find new branches of the family tree or Anyone with an interest in genealogy but didn't know where to start their search.

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Summary

Title: Climbing your family tree: Getting started in genealogy

Price: $44.99

Average Rating: 3.95

Number of Lectures: 21

Number of Quizzes: 8

Number of Published Lectures: 21

Number of Published Quizzes: 8

Number of Curriculum Items: 29

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 29

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Start their journey on creating their family tree
Understand different resources that can help them locate relatives
Understand value of different forms of documents and evidence when adding people to the family tree
Get beyond the date to understand the heart of the family story and the triumps and struggles that the family came through to get here
Effecetivly use technology when searching to genealogy resources
Get their family involved to get new stories as well a pass on the family history to a new generation
See the significants of going to gravesites and battlefield to get a glimpse of what those who came beofre us saw

Who Should Attend

Anyone with a interest in finding out about past relatives and learning more about their origins.
Amateur genealogists who want to learn more about incorporating technology into their searches to find new branches of the family tree
Anyone with an interest in genealogy but didn't know where to start their search

Target Audiences

Anyone with a interest in finding out about past relatives and learning more about their origins.
Amateur genealogists who want to learn more about incorporating technology into their searches to find new branches of the family tree
Anyone with an interest in genealogy but didn't know where to start their search

A course for those who are interesting in beginning the search of there roots and looking into their family tree. Perhaps you have thought it would be nice to know more about your family lineage but don't know where to start. Or you are thinking about taking genealogy us as a hobby. Or your kids are asking you questions about family history that you can't answer. Knowing how to search for your family tree can be rewarding and fulfilling. Everyone ponders where they came from and finding out is only the tip of the iceberg. Seeing how and where you family came from and why they moved to a particular location can be enlightening.

This course will help you get started climbing your family tree. From starting out with drawing a simple ascendant chart, to building up you database of names, to visiting places to verify your dates. Knowing proper genealogy techniques can get your a fuller richer family story that can be passed on from generation to generation.

This course will lead you up your tree and help you to get the most out of your genealogy.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction to this course and what we hope to learn from taking the course

Chapter 2: Starting the tree

Lecture 1: Starting with you and moving back. Starting small will lead to bigger things

Lecture 2: Going from notebook to computer. Expanding beyond the pen and paper as you go.

Lecture 3: Different types of charts. How to read them and which are best of each purpose.

Lecture 4: Pedegree chart

Chapter 3: Getting the family involved

Lecture 1: Holiday Stories. Getting the most out of the holidays by remembering the past.

Lecture 2: Family member interviews. Everyone has a story they are just waiting to be asked

Lecture 3: Writing letters (both snail mail and e-mail). Old and new school correspondence

Chapter 4: Field Trip

Lecture 1: Cemetery hopping. Written in stone: getting the most out of the cemetary trip

Lecture 2: Battlefields: Blood shed for a cause. Seeing it with your own eyes to find dates

Lecture 3: The archives. All the state has to offer in one place, but know what you want

Chapter 5: Getting your man (or woman)

Lecture 1: Make sure you have the right person. Common names make searching more difficult

Lecture 2: Backing up with documents. Knowing you have the right person by having documents

Chapter 6: Using Technology

Lecture 1: Internet research: It can be a great resource and it is getting better everyday.

Lecture 2: Genealogy apps and websites. Can be spotty on data but they serve a purpose

Chapter 7: Digging deeper and branching off

Lecture 1: Hidden Gems. Metadate that is more than BMD and can be a facinating story

Lecture 2: Collaborating and linking. Hey were cousins maybe we can help each other out.

Chapter 8: Going beyond the date

Lecture 1: Getting the story. More than BMD but real people with real lives in the past

Lecture 2: What’s important to YOU. Focusing on whats important for you and the furture

Chapter 9: Passing it on

Lecture 1: Getting others interested. Passing on a legacy to others so that it doesn't end

Lecture 2: Summary of where we have been and how you can carry it on into your own research

Instructors

John Boyle
IT and Business Professional, Database Developer, ACE, ENCE

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