If you're inspired to improve your genealogy game consider online courses from The National Institute for Genealogical Studies or Pharos Tutors.
Pharos lists five courses starting in September:
| Course | Instructor | Start Date |
|---|---|---|
| Organizing Your Genealogy | Barbara H. Baker | 04 Sep 2017 |
| Nonconformity: it's records and history | Alec Tritton | 07 Sep 2017 |
| Scottish Research Online | Chris Paton | 11 Sep 2017 |
| The National Archives Website and Catalogue: Finding People | Guy Grannum | 15 Sep 2017 |
| Victorian Crime and Punishment: Courts, Police and Prisons | Antony Marr | 19 Sep 2017 |
The National Institute for Genealogical Studies has many courses, all starting on 4 September.
Analysis and Skills Mentoring Program-Part 3
|
ADVANCED
|
|---|---|
| Australian: Education Records | ADVANCED |
| Canadian: Geography and Maps | ADVANCED |
| Canadian: Immigration Records | ADVANCED |
| Canadian: Local History and Special Collections | ADVANCED |
| Canadian: Migration Patterns | ADVANCED |
| English: Court Records-Criminal, Civil & Ecclesiastical | ADVANCED |
| English: Land and Property Records Including Manorial Documents and Maps | ADVANCED |
| Genealogy and Copyright Guidelines | ADVANCED |
| Genetics & Medical Family History | ADVANCED |
| German: Germans Outside of Germany***NEW*** | ADVANCED |
| Irish: Electoral and Taxation Records | ADVANCED |
| Irish: Estate, Plantation and Settlement Records | ADVANCED |
| Librarianship: Developing a Genealogy Website | ADVANCED |
| Methodology - Part 6: Professional Preparation and Practice | ADVANCED |
| Palaeography: Reading & Understanding Historical Documents | ADVANCED |
| US: Institutional Records | ADVANCED |
| US: Military Records | ADVANCED |
| Analysis and Skills Mentoring Program-Part 2 | INTERMEDIATE |
| Australian: Church Records | INTERMEDIATE |
| Canadian: Land Records-Part 2 | INTERMEDIATE |
| Canadian: Vital Statistics Records-Part 2 | INTERMEDIATE |
| Connecting Family: Online and Virtually | INTERMEDIATE |
| Creating Genealogy Programs for Adults & the Younger Generation | INTERMEDIATE |
| Electronic Resources: Organize & Publish a Family Tree | INTERMEDIATE |
| English: Occupations - Professions and Trades | INTERMEDIATE |
| English: Understanding Names in Genealogy | INTERMEDIATE |
| German: Civil Registration Records | INTERMEDIATE |
| German: Reading the Records | INTERMEDIATE |
| Google for the Wise Genealogist | INTERMEDIATE |
| Heraldry for the Family Historian | INTERMEDIATE |
| Irish: Civil Registration | INTERMEDIATE |
| Irish: Major Printed Sources | INTERMEDIATE |
| Irish: Monumental Gravestone) Inscriptions | INTERMEDIATE |
| Lecturing Skills Including Preparation | INTERMEDIATE |
| Librarianship: Handouts, Brochures and Online/Multi-Media Reference Tools | INTERMEDIATE |
| Librarianship: Programming and Marketing Your Services | INTERMEDIATE |
| Methodology - Part 3: More Strategies | INTERMEDIATE |
| Methodology - Part 4: Effective Searching and Recording | INTERMEDIATE |
| Methodology - Part 5: How To Prove It | INTERMEDIATE |
| Personal Historian: Telling the Stories | INTERMEDIATE |
| Personal Historian: Video Techniques | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: Alberta Ancestors | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: British India Ancestors | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: German Ancestors | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: Manitoba Ancestors | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: New Brunswick Ancestors | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: Ontario Ancestors | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: Quebec Non-Francophone Ancestors | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: Scandinavian Ancestors | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: South Africa Ancestors Including Military Records | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: U.S. Midwestern States Ancestors | INTERMEDIATE |
| Research: Ukrainian Ancestors | INTERMEDIATE |
| Skill-Building: Nuts & Bolts of Reporting Research | INTERMEDIATE |
| Social Media Tools for the Wise Genealogist | INTERMEDIATE |
| US: Cemetery and Mortuary Records | INTERMEDIATE |
| US: Migration Patterns | INTERMEDIATE |
| US: Religious Records-Part 2 | INTERMEDIATE |
| Writing for Genealogy: Articles, Blogs, Research Reports and so much more | INTERMEDIATE |
| Writing the Genealogist's Memoir | INTERMEDIATE |
| Business Skills: Career Development: Choosing a Niche-Part 1 | BASIC |
| Business Skills: Career Development: Choosing a Niche-Part 2 | BASIC |
| Business Skills: Creating a Business | BASIC |
| Business Skills: Establishing & Promoting Your Website | BASIC |
| DNA: Introduction to Genetic Genealogy | BASIC |
| Eastern European: Introduction to Research for North Americans | BASIC |
| Italian: Civil Registration Records-Part 1 | BASIC |
| Italian: Introduction to Research Outside of Italy | BASIC |
| Italian: Language and Location | BASIC |
| Personal Historian: Beginning Genealogy | BASIC |
| Scottish: Census Records | BASIC |
| Skill-Building: Breaking Down Brick Walls | BASIC |
| Skills: Transcribing, Abstracting & Extracting | BASIC |
| Business Skills: Business Administration | BASIC |
In addition don't overlook educational opportunities locally such as those offered by the Toronto Branch of OGS - see the flyer here (pdf).
I'm dying to take the Pharos Tutors' Nonconformist course, but will have to wait for a better time. I've taken both Chris Paton's courses, and Guy Grannum's course, and can highly recommend them, not only for content, but for Chris's and Guy's class management skills, and their willingness to go out of the way to help.
ReplyDeleteI also fully intend to take a crack at one of the NIGS's courses in German genealogy in the future.