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Course image Canadian: Vital Statistics Records-Part 2
Intermediate Canadian Records
Course Summary:

Optional Print Course Material: Canadian: Vital Statistics Records - Part 2

*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.

You were probably surprised by the amount of information included in the Canadian: Vital Statistics Records - Part 1 Course. You will recognize that some material in Part 2 was included in the basic course. It is being repeated in order for the student to focus on this particular facet of present day documents. The Canadian: Vital Statistics Records - Part 2 course will continue to describe the whereabouts of the records that are available at government archives as well as government offices and court houses records, i.e.: government present day registrations for births, marriages and deaths; adoption records from government offices and divorce records from both. The other area we will cover is that of adoption records and their accessibility. An adoption search is quite different from any other search you will ever undertake and should be done with great care. It affects the lives of the living more profoundly than you would ever imagine. We will also be examining the procedure for finding and using divorce records in genealogy.

Course Length: 7 weeks
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 7 weeks
Course Content

MODULE 1
VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS — A REVIEW
Vital Statistics: Births, Marriages & Deaths

CASE STUDIES
Case Study Outline
Case Study Information
Case Study #1a
Case Study #2

MODULE 2
ADOPTION RECORDS
Post Adoption Search
Independent Adoption Search
Adoption Registries in Canada
Parent Finders of Canada
Adoption Council of Canada
TRIAD (Truth in Adoption)
Other Agencies

CASE STUDIES
Case Study Information
Case Study #1a
Case Study #2

MODULE 3
DIVORCE RECORDS IN CANADA
Legal Terminology
Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings
CASE STUDIES
Case Study Information
Case Study #1b
Case Study #3a
Case Study #4

MODULE 4
ALTERNATE SOURCES FOR VITAL STATISTICS
Religious Records
Cemeteries
Other Sources Created at Time of Death
Newspapers
Family Bibles, Papers & Hearsay
Published Genealogies & Family Histories

CASE STUDIES
Case Study Information
Case Study #1b
Case Study #3a
Case Study #4

MODULE 5
CASE STUDIES
Case Study #1c
Case Study #3b
Case Study #5

MODULE 6
CASE STUDIES
Case Study #1c
Case Study #3b
Case Study #5

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