Scottish Research Online course returns August 30th

The next five week long Scottish Research Online course from Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd kicks off on August 30th 2021. Originally written by Canadian based Sherry Irvine, but regularly updated and taught now by yours truly for the last ten years, it shows how to get the very best out of various online resources for Scottish ancestral research. Here's the full blurb!

Scottish Research Online (102)
Tutor: Chris Paton

Scotland was one of the first countries to digitise its major family history records collections for accessibility online, and continues to this day to use such resources to promote a worldwide interest in family history for those with Caledonian connections. This course, originally created by genealogist Sherry Irvine, and now taught and regularly updated by Scottish based genealogist Chris Paton, describes the major sites and record types that you will encounter in your research, and how to analyse the results. Most importantly it will inspire you to actively pursue your interest in Scottish genealogy and take it to the next level.

Lesson Headings:

• Understanding Scotlands People, FindmyPast, Family Search, Ancestry, and FreeCen
• Essential Maps and Gazetteers
• Civil Registration and Census Research
• Searching in Church of Scotland Registers
• Scottish Wills and Inventories
• Bonus lesson - Take It From Here

Note: it is recommended but not required that students in this course sign up for the basic search option, 30 units/seven days, at ScotlandsPeople (cost is £7.50 for 30 credits)

Each lesson includes exercises and activities; a minimum of 1 one-hour chat - See How the Courses Work.

STUDENTS SAID: "I particularly liked the fact that the course didn't just focus on the well-known BMD resources available, but on a much wider range of websites, including many which give extremely useful background information on the geography and history of the localities where our ancestors lived."

"a very knowledgeable Instructor"

Relevant Countries: Scotland

Course Length: 5 Weeks
Start Date: 30 Aug 2021
Cost: £49.99

For a wee video introduction to the course, see below or visit https://youtu.be/ssdYLlGtoHw

To sign up, please visit https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102

I'll hopefully see you there!

And don't forget that the follow-up course Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the Old Parish Registers kicks off again for a five week run on 1 NOV 2021 (see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302), whilst my new Irish course, entitled Progressing Your Irish Research Online, returns again also on 15 NOV 2021 (see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=260)

As my mother used to say - we'll soon get ye learnt! :)

Chris 

Just out, Sharing Your Family History Online is on sale at https://bit.ly/SharingFamHist. Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is also out, as are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.