Professional Development/PLCGS Certificate
# Courses Base Price
METHODOLOGY-100 - Basic Methodology 5 $636.00
Course: ME-101 - Methodology - Part 1: Getting Started $119.00
Course: ME-102 - Methodology - Part 2: Organizing and Skill-Building $119.00
Course: ME-103 - Electronic Resources: Using The Internet $119.00
Course: ME-104 - Skills: Transcribing, Abstracting and Extracting $119.00
Course: ME-105-2023 - Analysis and Skills Mentoring-Part 1 $160.00
PRO-100 - Basic Professional Development 7 $833.00
Course: PD-101 - Business Skills: Creating a Business $119.00
Course: PD-102 - Business Skills: Business Administration $119.00
Course: PD-103 - Business Skills: Career Development: Choosing a Niche-Part 1 $119.00
Course: PD-104 - Business Skills: Career Development: Choosing a Niche-Part 2 $119.00
Course: PD-105 - Business Skills: Marketing Your Services and Products $119.00
Course: PD-106 - Business Skills: Establishing and Promoting Your Website $119.00
Course: PD-107 - Skill-Building: Breaking Down Brick Walls $119.00
METHODOLOGY-200 - Intermediate Methodology 5 $646.00
Course: ME-201 - Methodology - Part 3: More Strategies $119.00
Course: ME-202 - Methodology - Part 4: Effective Searching and Recording $119.00
Course: ME-203 - Methodology - Part 5: How To Prove It $119.00
Course: ME-204-2023 - Analysis and Skills Mentoring-Part 2 $160.00
Course: ME-205 - Latin for Genealogists $129.00
PRO-200 - Intermediate Professional Development 13 $1,557.00
Course: DG-201 - Organising a One-Name Study $119.00
Course: DG-202 - Organising a One-Place Study $119.00
Course: DG-203 - Forensic Genealogy $119.00
Course: PD-201 - Demystifying Culture and Folklore $119.00
Course: PD-202 - Research: House and Farm Histories $119.00
Course: PD-203 - Personal Historian: Telling the Stories $119.00
Course: PD-204 - Photography: Clues Pictures Hold, Editing, Digitizing and Various Projects $119.00
Course: PD-205 - Writing for Genealogy: Articles, Blogs, Research Reports and so much more $119.00
Course: PD-206 - Creating Genealogy Programs for Adults and the Younger Generation $119.00
Course: PD-207 - Genealogy Society Creation and Management $119.00
Course: PD-208 - Skill-Building: Nuts and Bolts of Reporting Research $119.00
Course: PD-209 - Skill-Building: Evidence Analysis and Evaluation Using Case Studies $119.00
Course: PD-210 - Lecturing Skills Including Preparation $129.00
METHODOLOGY-300 - Advanced Methodology 5 $636.00
Course: ME-301 - Methodology - Part 6: Professional Preparation and Practice $119.00
Course: ME-302 - Palaeography: Reading and Understanding Historical Documents $119.00
Course: ME-303 - Genealogy and Copyright Guidelines $119.00
Course: ME-304 - Genetics and Medical Family History $119.00
Course: ME-305-2023 - Analysis and Skills Mentoring-Part 3 $160.00
PRO-300 - Advanced Professional Development 1 $119.00
Course: DG-301 - Genealogy Ethical Guidelines and Standards $119.00
Electives 4 $476.00
Package total: 40 $4,903.00

For the genealogist who loves the business side of the industry, wants to build their own business, or build skills to work at a larger company, these courses are in Professional Development. The 40-course Professional Development Credential Program awards the PLCGS (Professional Learning Certificate Genealogical Studies) post nominal credentials. The general Professional Development Certificate program is 32 courses. You choose the program that fits your career goals.

Under the direction of Angela Breidenbach, PLCGS and Exec. Director, this program also offers regular monthly video meetings that can be taken live or viewed as recordings after the event, some courses have specific meetings built into them, and some courses have mentoring built into the courses.

Professional Development is an excellent choice for any genealogists, but also for continuing education needs.

**Printed course materials are only available to students who are registered in the course.


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