Climbing your family tree: Getting started in genealogy
Getting started in genealogy can be intimidating, but knowing how to start can make it more fun than scary.
Description
A course for those who are interesting in beginning the search of there roots and looking into their family tree. Perhaps you have thought it would be nice to know more about your family lineage but don't know where to start. Or you are thinking about taking genealogy us as a hobby. Or your kids are asking you questions about family history that you can't answer. Knowing how to search for your family tree can be rewarding and fulfilling. Everyone ponders where they came from and finding out is only the tip of the iceberg. Seeing how and where you family came from and why they moved to a particular location can be enlightening.
This course will help you get started climbing your family tree. From starting out with drawing a simple ascendant chart, to building up you database of names, to visiting places to verify your dates. Knowing proper genealogy techniques can get your a fuller richer family story that can be passed on from generation to generation.
This course will lead you up your tree and help you to get the most out of your genealogy.
What You Will Learn!
- Start their journey on creating their family tree
- Understand different resources that can help them locate relatives
- Understand value of different forms of documents and evidence when adding people to the family tree
- Get beyond the date to understand the heart of the family story and the triumps and struggles that the family came through to get here
- Effecetivly use technology when searching to genealogy resources
- Get their family involved to get new stories as well a pass on the family history to a new generation
- See the significants of going to gravesites and battlefield to get a glimpse of what those who came beofre us saw
Who Should Attend!
- Anyone with a interest in finding out about past relatives and learning more about their origins.
- Amateur genealogists who want to learn more about incorporating technology into their searches to find new branches of the family tree
- Anyone with an interest in genealogy but didn't know where to start their search