Join Us at RootsTech 2026: Books, Bytes, and More!
We are thrilled to announce that we will be heading to Salt Lake City for RootsTech 2026, and we’re looking forward to meeting you there.…
What is a Genealogy Trade School?
First, let’s clarify what makes something a “trade school.” A trade or vocational school is an educational institution, operating post high school or college, that provides specialized instruction to prepare students for a specific job or profession.…
Updated Canadian Wills Course
Ancestor’s wills and estate records aren’t always easy to find. We’re here to help you stop the endless searching so you can find these important documents with confidence!…
The Benefits of being an IIGS Student
Sometimes it takes a huge leap of faith to jump off the proverbial fence and dive into something new. You begin to wonder if it would be worth your time and money. You think about it again and ask yourself, “What’s in it for me? What would I gain from this?” IIGS is not just another site offering online courses – we have a heartfelt desire to help you achieve your dreams of becoming a genealogist. You can contact us via email, our website chat app, and by phone. You’ll talk with a real person, we don’t use bots or those endless phone menus that keep you pushing numbers to actually reach someone. Our student advisors are available to help you decide on what courses and certificate programs best fit your needs. We have student mentors who can help you navigate your course work, an educational YouTube channel with over 100 different videos, and a private student-only Facebook group to keep you up to date on our Virtual Meetings, course updates, and our special speaker events. Our students benefit from monthly Virtual Meetings with our instructors. These meetings give them a chance to ask questions, clarify course work, and learn new skills. Our new website is user friendly to make learning fun and easy! It includes downloadable PDFs of our course content for you to print at home, or, if you prefer, you can order it already printed from our store. Some of our courses have required reading, so to…
How Can A Mentoring Appointment Help?
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…