Student, Judith Tracey, found the help she needed from both her course and a mentoring professor appointment. Here’s her thoughts about what it’s like to attend the International Institute of Genealogical Studies and work with a mentoring professor. “Just a quick note to tell you that I am delighted with my tutorial withLaurie James. She was well prepared, thorough and very personable. I am sograteful for IIGS support with my Irish studies. They are outside of myAmerican Records courses and my lack of familiarity with things Irish makessome aspects of some of the courses quite challenging. I knew from thebeginning that navigating the Irish Registry of Deeds can be difficult, butI was not prepared for the complexities which I experienced. However,Laurie walked me through and we did an example together, and she helped memake sense of it. I was able to return to the collection today (five dayslater) and was able to work my way through, from the index to the memorialbooks, which was the objective. You can only imagine how good that makes mefeel. There is so much information in those documents that I need toretrieve, it would be a pity to be unable to access and explore them. I amrelieved. In closing, I would like to share my positive IIGS ‘Irish experience’, bothwith Claire and Laurie with other students and those considering enrolment.Please let me know where I should post my positive remarks.” Your happy student/client,Judith Tracey International Institute of Genealogical Studies Research With Confidence ~ Study at…
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