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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)
 Analysis and Skills Mentoring-Part 1    (BASIC)
 Analysis and Skills Mentoring-Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Analysis and Skills Mentoring-Part 3    (ADVANCED)
 Australian: Births, Deaths & Marriages    (BASIC)
 Australian: Church Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Australian: Convict Records    (BASIC)
 Australian: Education Records    (ADVANCED)
 Australian: Health Records    (ADVANCED)
 Australian: Immigration Records-Free Settlers    (BASIC)
 Australian: Local History and Regional Sources    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Australian: Military Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Australian: Newspapers and Biographies    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Australian: Occupational Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Australian: Other Sources for Births, Deaths & Marriages    (BASIC)
 Business Skills: Business Administration    (BASIC)
 Business Skills: Career Development: Choosing a Niche-Part 1    (BASIC)
 Business Skills: Career Development: Choosing a Niche-Part 2    (BASIC)
 Business Skills: Creating a Business    (BASIC)
 Business Skills: Establishing & Promoting Your Website    (BASIC)
 Business Skills: Marketing Your Services & Products    (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 Records-Part 1    (BASIC)
 Canadian: Vital Statistics Records-Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Canadian: Wills and Estate Records-Part 1    (BASIC)
 Canadian: Wills and Estate Records-Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Connecting Family: Online and Virtually    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Creating Genealogy Programs for Adults & the Younger Generation    (INTERMEDIATE)

 Demystifying Culture & Folklore    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Discover Your Family History    (BASIC)
 DNA: Autosomal DNA - Testing For Everyone    (BASIC)
 DNA: Historical Studies    (ADVANCED)
 DNA: Introduction to Genetic Genealogy    (BASIC)
 DNA: Methodology and Analysis    (ADVANCED)
 DNA: Reading & Understanding Articles for Genetic Genealogy    (ADVANCED)
 DNA: Special Circumstances-Adoptees & Unknown Parentage    (ADVANCED)
 DNA: Tracing Maternal & Paternal Lines    (BASIC)
 Eastern European: Austrian-Hungarian, German & Russian Empires: Chronology    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Eastern European: Church Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Eastern European: Civil Registration Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Eastern European: Introduction to Research for North Americans    (BASIC)
 Eastern European: Languages & Alphabets    (BASIC)
 Eastern European: Locating Places    (BASIC)
 Eastern European: Onsite Research in the Ancestral Homeland    (ADVANCED)
 Eastern European: Other Records...Including Census, Land, Military & Tax    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Eastern European: Problem Solving    (ADVANCED)
 Eastern European: Record Repositories    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Eastern European: Understanding Migration Patterns    (BASIC)
 Electronic Resources: Organize & Publish a Family Tree    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Electronic Resources: Using The Internet    (BASIC)
 English/Scottish: Occupations - Military and Services    (INTERMEDIATE)
 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 and Property Records Including Manorial Documents and Maps    (ADVANCED)
 English: Non-Anglican Church Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 English: Occupations - Professions and Trades    (INTERMEDIATE)
 English: Parish Registers    (BASIC)
 English: Poor Law and Parish Chest Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 English: Probate Records    (BASIC)
 English: Taxes, Lists, Business, Electoral and Insurance Records    (ADVANCED)
 English: Understanding Names in Genealogy    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Forensic Genealogy    (INTERMEDIATE)

 Genealogy and Copyright Guidelines    (ADVANCED)
 Genealogy Ethical Guidelines & Standards    (ADVANCED)
 Genealogy Society Creation & Management    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Genetics & Medical Family History    (ADVANCED)
 German: Chronological Considerations    (INTERMEDIATE)
 German: Church Records    (BASIC)
 German: Civil Registration Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 German: Compiled Sources    (ADVANCED)
 German: Emigration Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 German: Germans Outside of Germany    (ADVANCED)
 German: Introduction to German Research    (BASIC)
 German: Locating Places in Germany    (BASIC)
 German: Naming Practices    (ADVANCED)
 German: Reading the Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 German: Record Repositories    (INTERMEDIATE)
 German: The Language    (BASIC)
 Google for the Wise Genealogist    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Heraldry: Understanding the Art & Science    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Archival Repositories    (BASIC)
 Irish: Census and Census Substitute Records    (BASIC)
 Irish: Civil Registration    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Conformist and Non-Conformist Church Records    (BASIC)
 Irish: Court Records, State Papers, Parliamentary Documents    (ADVANCED)
 Irish: Electoral & Taxation Records    (ADVANCED)
 Irish: Estate, Plantation and Settlement Records    (ADVANCED)
 Irish: Immigration, Naturalization and Emigration Records    (ADVANCED)
 Irish: Land Administration Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Major Printed Sources    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Military, Naval and Pension Records    (ADVANCED)
 Irish: Monumental (Gravestone) Inscriptions    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Testamentary Source Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Irish: Understanding Ireland, History and Source Records    (BASIC)
 Italian: Catholic Church Records-Part 1    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Italian: Catholic Church Records-Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Italian: Census & Tax Records-Not Scheduled    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Italian: Civil Registration Records-Part 1    (BASIC)
 Italian: Civil Registration Records-Part 2    (BASIC)
 Italian: History, Geography...-Not Scheduled    (ADVANCED)
 Italian: Introduction to Research Outside of Italy    (BASIC)
 Italian: Language and Location    (BASIC)
 Italian: Military & Conscription Records-Not Scheduled    (ADVANCED)
 Italian: Notarial & Land Records-Not Scheduled    (ADVANCED)
 Italian: Researching Ancestors Online-Not Scheduled    (INTERMEDIATE)

 Lecturing Skills Including Preparation    (INTERMEDIATE)
 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 and 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)
 Life of Our Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)

 Methodology - Part 1: Getting Started    (BASIC)
 Methodology - Part 2: Organizing and Skill-Building    (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)
 Organising a One-Name Study    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Organising a One-Place Study    (INTERMEDIATE)

 Palaeography: Reading & Understanding Historical Documents    (ADVANCED)
 Personal Historian: Beginning Genealogy    (BASIC)
 Personal Historian: Oral History & Interviewing Techniques    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Personal Historian: Telling the Stories    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Personal Historian: Video Techniques    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Photography: Clues Pictures Hold, Editing, Digitizing and Various Projects    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Planning a Fabulous Family Reunion    (BASIC)
 Planning a Research Trip Including SLC -Updating    (BASIC)
 Planning a Research Trip to Ireland    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Planning a Research Trip to Scotland    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Preserve Your Family History Documents & Heirlooms    (BASIC)
 Producing Your Family Video    (BASIC)
 Research: Acadian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Alberta Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Australian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Austro-Hungarian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: British Columbia Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: British India Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Canadian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Child Migration from Britain    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Danish Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Dutch Ancestors in the Netherlands    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: English & Welsh Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: FamilySearch Resources - In Person and Online    (BASIC)
 Research: French-Canadian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: German Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Grandmothers, Mothers & Daughters-Tracing Women    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: House & Farm Histories    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Irish Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Italian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Jewish Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Manitoba Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Mayflower Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: New Brunswick Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: New Zealand Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Newfoundland & Labrador-Updating    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Nova Scotia Ancestors    (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-Updating    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Slovak Ancestors--Updating    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Social History    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: South African Ancestors Including Military Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: The National Archives of England    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: U.S. 20th Century Records, Including Adoption Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: U.S. African American Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: U.S. Colonial New England Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: U.S. Fraternal Organizations    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: U.S. Great Lakes Area Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: U.S. Midwestern States Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: U.S. Records Using Ancestry including DNA Strategies    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: U.S. Western States Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: U.S. World War II Ancestors-Part 1    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: U.S. World War II Ancestors-Part 2    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: Ukrainian Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Research: United Empire Loyalist Ancestors    (INTERMEDIATE)

 Scottish/English: Occupations - Military and Services    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Scottish: Beyond the OPRs-Not Scheduled    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Scottish: Census Records    (BASIC)
 Scottish: Court & Government Records-Not Scheduled    (ADVANCED)
 Scottish: Criminals & Criminal Courts-Not Scheduled    (ADVANCED)
 Scottish: Education, Occupations...-Not Scheduled    (ADVANCED)
 Scottish: Emigration & Immigration-Not Scheduled    (ADVANCED)
 Scottish: Land & Property Records    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Scottish: Old Parish Registers    (BASIC)
 Scottish: Special Aspects of Scottish Research    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Scottish: Statutory Registration    (BASIC)
 Scottish: Tax Records, Oaths & Rolls-Not Scheduled    (ADVANCED)
 Scottish: The Poor & Poor Relief-Not Scheduled    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Scottish: Wills and Testaments    (BASIC)
 Skill-Building: Breaking Down Brick Walls    (BASIC)
 Skill-Building: Evidence Analysis and Evaluation Using Case Studies    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Skill-Building: Nuts & Bolts of Reporting Research    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Skills: Transcribing, Abstracting & Extracting    (BASIC)
 Social Media Tools 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 and Using The Records    (BASIC)

 Writing for Genealogy: Articles, Blogs, Research Reports and so much more    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Writing the Genealogist’s Memoir    (INTERMEDIATE)
 Writing Your Family History Book    (BASIC)
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