MyHeritage Announcement!
MyHeritage has added 1.2 Billion Records to their Database!…
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…
New Scottish Records Course
Scottish: Emigration and Immigration Records is the latest course in our Scottish Records Certificate. Written by our Director of Scottish Studies, Morag Peers MSc, this advanced level course explores the records along with the ‘how and why’ of the movement of the Scottish population. What You Will Learn: The course begins with an overview of the laws concerning both emigration and immigration, naturalization, nationality, and where to find the records. You will explore emigration from Scotland pre and post 1850. Discussions will include the Jacobite Rebellions, Highland and Lowland Clearances, the transportation of criminals, and indentured servitude. You will look at passenger lists, crew lists, shipbuilding records, Canada’s Home Children as well opportunities for women who wished to emigrate. The course includes in depth discussions of immigration to Scotland focussing on Irish Immigration, Italian Immigration, and Jewish Immigration. Irish immigration discussions include the Great Famine, seasonal migration, and the Post Famine Emigration both to and from Scotland. Common names, name variations, and how to locate Irish Immigrants on the census is looked at in depth. The module which focusses on Italian Immigration to Scotland includes the history of their immigration. You will discuss Roman Catholic Records as well as the roles Italian Scots played in both WWI and WWII. WWII interment records are included in the discussion as well as where and why people were sent there. Jewish immigration into Scotland explores the history of their immigration in the late 19th Century. You will learn about the growth of the Jewish…
So, You Want to be a Genealogist
Whether your dream is to become a professional genealogist or research your own family, IIGS is here to help you achieve your goal! …
Find Your Scottish Ancestors
Morag is a Professional Genealogist with whose research focusses on Scottish Ancestry.…