Availability on PharosTutors courses in July and August

In addition to my Scottish courses (see https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/06/scotland-1750-1850-beyond-old-parish.html), the following courses are also running on Pharos Tutors in July and August, and still have availability:

Before the Modern Census - Name-rich sources from 1690 to 1837 (381)
Tutor: Else Churchill
Course Length: 4 weeks
Start Date: 28 Jul 2020
Unassessed Cost: £45.99
Assessed Cost: £61.00

What do you do when the nominal census records that you have used so much are no longer there, when you cannot obtain names, ages, birthplaces and the household address of a family? And how do you supplement the deficiencies of parish registers?

Your attention should turn to a variety of lists which at least reveal where someone lived at a particular time. Though this seems scant information, such facts can be vitally important especially in those years when children were not born and christened.

Over four lessons you will learn about the introduction of newspapers, the earliest efforts at census taking, and what other records are considered to be useful census substitutes. Census substitutes are often quite local in scope and purpose. Many will be explained and advice will be given on how to search for local lists. You will come away with an understanding of how to make the most of census substitutes, some new online search skills, and an ability to assess and access these sources.

Lesson Headings:

Different world, different sources
The first enumerations, 1801 - 1831
Landowners, Traders and Freemen
Census substitutes and name-rich lists

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

Relevant Countries: England & Wales


In Sickness and in Death - researching the ill-health and death of your ancestors (240)
Tutor: Janet Few
Course Length: 5 weeks
Start Date: 12 Aug 2020
Cost: £49.99

One thing that all but our most recent ancestors have in common is that they are dead. The health problems and deaths of our ancestors are an integral part of our family’s history. This five week course will help you to set your ancestors’ lives in context by looking at the illnesses, disabilities and diseases that brought about their deaths or had an effect on their well-being. We shall discover a variety of records that might provide information about ill-health or causes of death for specific ancestors, or about prevalent threats to health in the past. The causes, symptoms and treatment of various illnesses will be investigated and significant medical developments of the last 400 years will be explored.

Lesson Headings:

Lesson One - Records for finding causes of death and instances of ill-health
Lesson Two - Epidemics and Infectious Diseases
Lesson Three - Treatments and Cures
Lesson Four - Effects of Industrialisation and Working Conditions on Health
Lesson Five - Deaths by Other Means

Relevant Countries: England

Further details at https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=240

Chris

My next 5 week Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the Old Parish Registers course starts July 6th - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. My next book, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is now out, also available 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.