| Basic Personal Historian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # Courses | Base Price | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: EL-101 - Personal Historian: Beginning Genealogy | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: ME-101 - Methodology - Part 1: Getting Started | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: ME-102 - Methodology - Part 2: Organizing and Skill-Building | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: EL-107 - Preserve Your Family History Documents and Heirlooms | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: DG-101-2024-11-07 - DNA: Introduction to Genetic Genealogy | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: DG-102 - DNA: Autosomal DNA - Testing for Everyone | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: PD-101 - Business Skills: Creating a Business | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: PD-102 - Business Skills: Business Administration | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Package total: | 8 | $952.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal Historian Basic Level includes 8 courses. Professional Genealogists with a specialty as Personal Historians preserve the stories and lives of their clients. If you love the story side of genealogy, this certificate program is for you. Wisdom, life and business experience, family traditions, and more are told through the eyes of the person with the help of a professional genealogist. Learn to use interview, photography, video, research, writing, heirloom preservation, storytelling techniques, and additional specialties. In the lucrative career as a professional personal historian, you work with individuals, families, organizations, businesses, historical places to tell their story.
This full credential includes 25 courses (22 compulsory and 3 electives chosen from a suggested list or any other) to graduate as a credentialed Personal Historian. Program includes reading, videos, live meetings to meet with instructors, written and personal interview assignments, and final exams in each course. Each course runs an average of 18-20 hours student contact hours, taken at your own pace, with usually 6-9 weeks per course time frame. Full length of program can be completed in your own timing, but is able to be completed in as little as 9-12 months or you can spread it out to meet your current life needs. Flexible to meet your schedule. Finish faster or take your time, it's up to you.
If you love the story side of genealogy, this certificate
program earning your professional Personal Historian credentials
is for you.
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