Courses            

Various types of courses are available at the Institute. Single courses are available to enhance your knowledge, or a formal education program can be registered. Some courses are credit courses towards Certificate Programs, whereas others are non-credit courses. Some courses have required assignments and exams, others don't. Lots of choice...

To help you meet your objectives, we have prepared several viewing methods. To see a complete list of all our courses, select Alphabetical View. Select Intensive Short Term courses to view courses that are usually 4 weeks in length, Instructor involvement by e-mail and where submitting assignments is optional. To view Certificate Compulsory Courses select the stream of interest.

To see the scheduled commencement date for individual courses, or a detailed description of the content of a specific course, click on the name of the course. You can also view the Course Calendar. And finally, you may wish to check our Packages for reduced pricing.
 
Alphabetical Course Listing A-C ] D-F ] G-I ] J-L ] M-O ] P-R ] S-U ] V-Z ]

 Analysis and Skills Mentoring Program-Part 1    (BASIC)
 Analysis and Skills Mentoring Program-Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Analysis and Skills Mentoring Program-Part 3    (ADVANCED)
 Australia: Births, Deaths & Marriages    (BASIC)
 Australia: Church Records    (ADVANCED)
 Australia: Colonial Government Administration    (ADVANCED)
 Australia: Convict Records    (BASIC)
 Australia: Government and the Individual    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Australia: Health & Education Records    (ADVANCED)
 Australia: Immigration Records-Free Settlers    (BASIC)
 Australia: Land Records    (ADVANCED)
 Australia: Local Sources    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Australia: Military Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Australia: Newspapers and Biographies    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Australia: Occupational Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Australia: Other Sources for Births, Deaths & Marriages    (BASIC)
 Canadian: Archival Centres    (ADVANCED)
 Canadian: Census Records - Part 1    (BASIC)
 Canadian: Census Records - Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Canadian: Geography and Maps    (ADVANCED)
 Canadian: Immigration Records    (ADVANCED)
 Canadian: Land Records - Part 1    (BASIC)
 Canadian: Land Records - Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Canadian: Local History & Special Collections    (ADVANCED)
 Canadian: Migration Patterns    (ADVANCED)
 Canadian: Military Records    (ADVANCED)
 Canadian: Newspaper Records    (ADVANCED)
 Canadian: Religious Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Canadian: Vital Statistics - Part 1    (BASIC)
 Canadian: Vital Statistics - Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Canadian: Wills and Estate Records - Part 1    (BASIC)
 Canadian: Wills and Estate Records - Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)

 Electronic Resources: Creating Your Family Web Site    (BASIC)
 Electronic Resources: Family Tree Maker - v2005-v16    (BASIC)
 Electronic Resources: Family Tree Maker - v2011    (BASIC)
 Electronic Resources: RootsMagic    (BASIC)
 Electronic Resources: Using The Internet    (BASIC)
 English: Census Records including Wales    (BASIC)
 English: Civil Registration Records including Wales    (BASIC)
 English: Court Records-Criminal, Civil & Ecclesiastical    (ADVANCED)
 English: Education, Health & Contemporary Documents    (ADVANCED)
 English: Land & Property Records Including Manorial Documents & Maps    (ADVANCED)
 English: Non-Anglican Church Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 English: Occupations - Professions and Trades    (INTERMEDIATE)
 English: Occupations - The Services    (INTERMEDIATE)
 English: Parish Registers    (BASIC)
 English: Poor Law & Parish Chest Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 English: Probate Records    (BASIC)
 English: Taxes, Lists, Business, Electoral & Insurance Records    (ADVANCED)
 English: Understanding Names in Genealogy    (INTERMEDIATE)

 Genealogy and Copyright Guidelines    (ADVANCED)
 Genetics and Genealogy    (ADVANCED)
 German: Church Records    (BASIC)
 German: Civil Registration Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 German: Emigration Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 German: Introduction to German Research for North Americans    (BASIC)
 German: Locating Places in Germany    (BASIC)
 German: Reading the Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 German: Record Repositories    (INTERMEDIATE)
 German: The Language    (BASIC)
 Google for the Wise Genealogist    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Heraldry for the Family Historian    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Investigate: Adoption Records    (BASIC)
 Investigate: Lost Friends and Family Records    (BASIC)
 Irish: Archival Repositories    (BASIC)
 Irish: Census & Census Substitute Records    (BASIC)
 Irish: Civil Registration in Ireland    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Conformist & Non-Conformist Church Records    (BASIC)
 Irish: Court Records, State Papers, Parliamentary Documents    (ADVANCED)
 Irish: Electoral & Taxation Records    (ADVANCED)
 Irish: Estate, Plantation & Settlement Records    (ADVANCED)
 Irish: Immigration, Naturalization & Emigration Records    (ADVANCED)
 Irish: Land Administration Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Major Printed Sources    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Military, Naval & Pension Records    (ADVANCED)
 Irish: Monumental (Gravestone) Inscriptions    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Testamentary Source Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Understanding Ireland, History & Source Records    (BASIC)

 Librarianship: Cooperative Ventures and Referrals    (ADVANCED)
 Librarianship: Developing a Genealogy Website    (ADVANCED)
 Librarianship: Developing Successful Genealogy Collections    (BASIC)
 Librarianship: Genealogy Record Types    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Librarianship: Genealogy Reference Interview    (BASIC)
 Librarianship: Handouts, Brochures & Online/Multi-Media Reference Tools    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Librarianship: Internet Genealogy Searches    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Librarianship: Programming and Marketing Your Services    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Librarianship: Specialized Genealogy Sources    (BASIC)
 Librarianship: Twenty-First Century Genealogy Services    (BASIC)

 Methodology - Part 1: Getting Started    (BASIC)
 Methodology - Part 2: Organizing and Skillbuilding    (BASIC)
 Methodology - Part 3: More Strategies    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Methodology - Part 4: Effective Searching and Recording    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Methodology - Part 5: How To Prove It    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Methodology - Part 6: Professional Preparation and Practice    (ADVANCED)

 Palaeography: Reading & Understanding Historical Documents    (ADVANCED)
 Planning a Fabulous Family Reunion    (BASIC)
 Planning a Research Trip Including Preparing for Salt Lake City    (BASIC)
 Planning a Research Trip to Ireland    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Producing Your Family Video    (BASIC)
 Protect Your Precious Documents    (BASIC)
 Research from Family History Centers to New FamilySearch    (BASIC)
 Research: Acadian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: African-American Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Alberta Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: American Records Using Ancestry.com    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: British Columbia Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Canadian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Dutch Ancestors in the Netherlands    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Eastern European Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: English & Welsh Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: French Canadian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: German Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Grandmothers, Mothers & Daughters-Tracing Women    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Irish Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Manitoba Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Mayflower Ancestry    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Native American Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: New Brunswick Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Newfoundland and Labrador    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Ontario Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Polish Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Quebec Non-Francophone Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Saskatchewan Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Scandinavian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Scottish Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Slovak Ancestors-Part 1    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Slovak Ancestors-Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Ukrainian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: United Empire Loyalist Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Researching French Forts of New France    (INTERMEDIATE)

 Scottish: Basic Sources (From 2012 - Scottish: Statutory Registration )    (BASIC)
 Scottish: Beyond the OPRs-More Church Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Scottish: Court and Government Records    (ADVANCED)
 Scottish: Criminals & Criminal Courts    (ADVANCED)
 Scottish: Education, Occupations and Business Records    (ADVANCED)
 Scottish: Emigration and Immigration    (ADVANCED)
 Scottish: Land and Property    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Scottish: Old Parish Registers    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Scottish: Special Aspects of Scottish Research    (BASIC)
 Scottish: Tax Records, Oaths and Rolls    (ADVANCED)
 Scottish: The Poor and Poor Relief    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Scottish: Understanding Scotland (From 2012 - Scottish: Census Records)    (BASIC)
 Scottish: Wills and Testaments    (BASIC)
 Social Media for the Wise Genealogist    (INTERMEDIATE)
 US: Cemetery and Mortuary Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 US: Census Records    (BASIC)
 US: Court Records    (ADVANCED)
 US: Immigration & Naturalization Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 US: Institutional Records    (ADVANCED)
 US: Land Records    (BASIC)
 US: Migration Patterns    (INTERMEDIATE)
 US: Military Records    (ADVANCED)
 US: Newspaper Records    (ADVANCED)
 US: Occupational Records    (ADVANCED)
 US: Probate Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 US: Religious Records - Part 1    (BASIC)
 US: Religious Records - Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 US: Vital Records, Understanding & Using The Records    (BASIC)

 Writing Your Family History Book    (BASIC)

 
 

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