Learning more
There are many ways in which a dedicated family historian can increase his or her knowledge and skills.
We certainly hope you learn new things from every meeting of our Group and every visit to this website, but there are more formal opportunities to extend your genealogical education.
We certainly hope you learn new things from every meeting of our Group and every visit to this website, but there are more formal opportunities to extend your genealogical education.
Ancestry Academy
https://www.ancestryacademy.com/browse Ancestry Academy is a genealogy education website with self-paced multi-class courses on specific topics. Courses are taught by expert instructors, including some employed by Ancestry. At the end of each course, you can take a test, and if you pass, receive a course completion certificate. There will be free courses, and fee-based courses. My Heritage Education
https://education.myheritage.com/ This site is described as a Knowledge Base of educational content to master your skills and help you make the most of your research. It includes sections on Family Tree, Research and DNA. BBC Family History
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/23493076 This site offers both introductory and intermediate level advice and some very useful tools that could be useful for all family historians. |
Ancestry Research Guides
http://www.ancestry.com/cs/Satellite?childpagename=USLearningCenter%2FLearning_C%2FPageDefault&pagename=LearningWrapper&cid=1265125565120 Everyone can use a little guidance from time to time, especially when your family history leads you to unfamiliar records, and to research in new places and eras. Ancestry has created a series of research guides to help you through these new experiences and alert you to collections on Ancestry.com that can help. Family Tree Training Lessons and Videos
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/family-tree-training-lessons-and-videos/818 This is a set of individualized lessons designed to give the user an extensive understanding of Family Tree. Level One has 28 short lessons done on your own account and 21 short lessons that are done on a fake or sandbox account. Level Two is an intermediate course with 35 lessons that are done in your own account and 57 lessons that are done in a sandbox. Level Three is an advanced problem-solving curriculum designed for those who need to understand how to fix the big problems encountered in the tree. Level three has 30 lessons done in a sandbox. |
Family Search Learning Center
https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html Browse hundreds of online genealogy courses to help you discover your family history. Check the 5 Minute Genealogy set of 21 short videos for a review of some basic principles. Family History Research Wiki https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page In the FamilySearch Research Wiki, you can learn how to do genealogical research or share your knowledge with others. Brigham Young University Independent Study
http://is.byu.edu/site/courses/free.cfm This Utah-based university offers a number of free self-paced genealogy related courses (coded FH). These include some region specific programs such as Huguenot Research and Scandinavia Research |
YouTube
www.youtube.com/ A simple search for “genealogy how-to” offers thousands of results and includes offerings from top experts, genealogy research sites and government repositories–including videos from the US National Archives. |