Expand+Introduction to Genealogy
Many of us are now interested in starting our own family tree / genealogical research. There is nothing more rewarding than finally stumbling upon those elusive ancestors, or discovering you have additional branches to you...

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Many of us are now interested in starting our own family tree / genealogical research. There is nothing more rewarding than finally stumbling upon those elusive ancestors, or discovering you have additional branches to your family that you did not know existed. There is a sense of excitement attached to this ever increasing interest and hobby. It is almost a compulsion of sorts to want to continue on your quest to find more and more family relatives. This course in genealogy is aimed at the beginner in family history research and will introduce the fundamental steps you need to undertake your family tree. It will guide you to sources that you will need to research to start your own tree. It begins by defining primary and secondary sources and explains the administrative divisions used in the past the most primary sources were based upon. The different primary genealogical sources are then examined: Census Records, Church Records, Civil Records, Land Records, Folklore/Oral History and Newspapers. The course will also include information on researching online and the sources contained in the local and national repositories.