Description
Start your family history today with confidence. No more blindly accepting ‘hints’ and hoping for the best. From interviewing relatives to ordering your first certificates, navigating census records, and finding parish records.
This course will teach you how to get started with researching genealogy in England and Wales.
By the end of this module you will understand:
- how to use birth, marriage, and death (BMD) indexes to order certificates
- the clues contained in BMD indexes and certificates
- how to cross-reference information across census years to discover essential clues
- how to evaluate evidence and gain greater confidence in adding to your family tree
- common genealogy gaps and brickwalls and how to start tackling them
- what parish registers are and how to start using them
You’ll also have practiced:
- searching real indexes for real people from the past
- solving genealogy problems in interactive tasks with immediate feedback
- testing your knowledge with fun quizes