The Professions
By Shannon Bennett, Student Modules 4-8 of English: Occupations–Professions and Trades covers a wide variety of different occupations, laws and rules associated with them, plus lots of little bits of…
An Apprentice in the Family
By Shannon Bennett, Student In English: Occupations – Professions and Trades, Module 2 we jumped right in and learned quite a bit about the apprentice system in England. Wow, that…
Learning More About English Occupations
By Shannon Bennett, Student Many of my and my husband’s family come from England. Lots. Lots and lots. Did I say quite a few? Well, needless to say I am…
Finishing Up: The US Census Course
By Shannon Bennett, Student What a wonderful course! Really, once again I am surprised by exactly how much I didn’t know about a simple, basic topic. The U.S. Federal Census…
Introduction to German Research for North Americans
By Michele Simmons Lewis, Student So why would a native German take the German Records courses offered at the National Institute for Genealogical Studies? Most of the research I have…