Skill-Building: Breaking Down Brick Walls

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NOTE: This course is classified as Basic Level in the Professional Development Certificate Program. 

Developed for individuals who are at or working in the Intermediate to Advanced Levels in our other certificate programs, we advise you complete the Analysis and Skills Mentoring-Part 1 course or have a working knowledge of the topics taught in that course prior to completing this one. 

Brick walls are a reality in genealogy research, but fortunately there's hope. In this course, we look at a variety of strategies you can implement to help turn your research roadblocks into breakthroughs. We begin with a quick refresher of some key research concepts to help focus your research and prepare you for success. Next, we'll walk through some simple steps to get you prepared for the journey. Finally, we'll investigate four different approaches to do some brick wall busting. By the end of this course, you'll have some new ideas for researching brick walls and the inspiration to forge ahead. 

Course Length: 7 weeks