Conquer your fear of public speaking while building a strong tool kit to create informative and engaging presentations. You’ll learn valuable skills that include marketing your presentation, writing a syllabus, & creating exciting slide shows. Lecturing Skills Including Preparation is an integral component of our Professional Development Certificate. This is a time sensitive hands-on course only offered 3 times a year, January, April, and September.…
An examination of the history, structure and genealogical research possibilities of the 1801-1911 censuses, as well as the 1939 National Register of England and Wales.…
The pursuit of genealogical evidence requires a combination of researching original records and other methodologies, including incorporating DNA to connect families and uncover ancestral lines. Genealogists interested in DNA, and what it offers need to be prepared to understand what DNA can reveal and how to interpret DNA test results. In addition, they need to be able to find and understand relevant matches. The DNA and Genetic Genealogy Certificate will help genealogists better understand genetic genealogy, but also prepare them to successfully interpret results, and continue learning about this field as new discoveries are made. To receive your Certificate in DNA & Genetic Genealogy you must successfully complete 15 Compulsory credits including the 4 that cross over from our Methodology Certificate. DNA & Genetic Genealogy Basic Courses: Methodology Part 1 – Getting Started Methodology Part 2 – Organizing and Skill Building DNA: Introduction to Genetic Genealogy DNA: Autosomal DNA – Testing for Everyone DNA: Tracing Maternal and Paternal Lines DNA & Genetic Genealogy Intermediate Courses: Methodology Part 3 – More Strategies Organising a One-Name Study Organising a One-Place Study Forensic Genealogy DNA & Genetic Genealogy Advanced Courses: Genealogy Ethical Guidelines and Standards Genetics and Medical Family History DNA: Special Circumstances – Adoptees and Unknown Parentage DNA: Methodology and Analysis DNA: Reading and Understanding Articles for Genetic Genealogy DNA: Historical Studies Note: this is a certificate program, meaning you will not receive the post nominal of PLCGS. Many students use the DNA & Genetic Genealogy certificate courses as electives for other certificate programs giving them both the post…
Professional Genealogists with a specialty as Personal Historians preserve the stories and lives of their clients. If you love the story side of genealogy, this certificate program is for you.
Your Personal Historian Certificate will give you the skills to research and record the meaningful stories of past generations.Learn to use interview, photography, video, research, writing, heirloom preservation, storytelling techniques, and additional specialties. In the lucrative career as a professional personal historian, you work with individuals, families, organizations, businesses, historical places to tell their story.
You have 2 options, a personal certification for family historians or a post nominal award. To complete the family historian certificate you need to successfully complete 25 courses. These include 8 basic level courses, 10 intermediate level courses, 4 advanced level courses, and 3 elective courses.
To complete the post nominal award, you will choose to complete the full 40-course program. If credentials are important to your career, GenealogicalStudies.com can help you become a credentialed Professional Personal Historian!…
Wills and estate files are a useful tool in genealogical research. Not only are they excellent original sources filled with information, but they are also remarkable historical documents offering insight into the world as experienced by ancestors.…