Family Tree Searchers

Education and Continued learning are very important to me.

Courses:

Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies

Higher Certificate in Genealogy

Latin – Keele University

Irish Genealogy Essentials – Ulster Historical Foundation

Pharos Tutors

Family History Skills & Strategies (Intermediate) Certificate 

Comprising of the following 10 compulsory modules;

Your Military Ancestors

Searching for Wills and Administrations in England and Wales

 Migration in the British Isles

 Apprenticeship Records

 Before the Modern Census – Name-rich sources from 1690 to 1837

 Nonconformity – Its Records and History 1600 – 1950

 17th Century Sources

 Employment Records

Victorian Crime and Punishment- Courts, police and prisons

 Recording the Poor – From Parish to Workhouse and beyond

Individual Courses:

Professional Genealogist – Become one, become a better one

Tracing Beneficiaries

Ireland – A Practical Approach to Family History

Ireland- Further Steps in Family History

Dead and Buried, Not Forgotten – Churchyards, Cemeteries and Their Records

Fixed in Time and Place- Using Directories and Gazetteers in Genealogy

The Parish Chest -There was more to life than baptism, marriage and burial

Organizing Your Genealogy

So You Think You Know FamilySearch – A Guided Tour

In Sickness and in Death – Researching the ill-health and death of your ancestors

Demystifying DNA for Family Historians

Advanced Methods and Reports

Church and Community, Selected Records 1540 – 1800

Introduction to One-Name Studies

I am continually taking courses and lectures in all areas of Genealogy and Heraldic studies to enhance my knowledge.