GENEALOGY CLASSES :: Optin Learning Center

GENEALOGY CLASSES

These classes will be taught online.

WRITING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY

If you want to learn how to write an in depth family history or a series of interesting family memoirs of yourself, Parents, Grandparents or other family members than this class and book is for you! Four week free online class is included with book purchase!

Creating your story timeline
Creating a sense of place and time
Identifying family photographs
Developing your family stories
Writing styles

Buying the book does not obligate you to take the course.

WRITING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY (WATCH THIS SHORT DESCRIPTIVEVIDEO)

YOU DO NOT NEED ANY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. YOU WILL BE SENT AN E MAIL WITH A LINK TO THE CLASSROOM YOU CLICK ON THE LINK AND YOU ARE IN THE CLASS.

Class 1 Four Mondays 6-7 pm MST starting August. 9 2010 finishing August 30, 2010

Class 2 Four Tuesdays 6-7 pm MST starting August 10, 2010 finishing August 31 2010

Class 3 Four Wed. 6-7 pm MST starting August 11, 2010 finishing September1, 2010

Class 4 Four Fridays 6-7 pm MST starting August 13, 2010 finishing September3, 2010

terry@optinlearningcenter.com

COST OF CLASS: $14.95

Buying the book does not obligate you to take the course

Class 1 Four Mondays 6-7 pm MST starting August. 9 2010 finishing August 30, 2010

Class 2 Four Tuesdays 6-7 pm MST starting August 10, 2010 finishing August 31 2010
Class 3 Four Wed. 6-7 pm MST starting August 11, 2010 finishing September1, 2010
Class 4 Four Fridays 6-7 pm MST starting August 13, 2010 finishing September3, 2010

DIFFICULT GENEALOGY PROBLEM

This 4 week class begins by an analysis of each student’s present level of research. Students send this information to the teacher prior to the start of class. This allows the teacher to analyze the research and be able to instruct the student on research sources to look at during the course.
THE COURSE TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:
Why a well thought out Genealogy research plan helps you find difficult ancestors.
Single document analysis.
Using less known databases
Finding missing ancestors by using multi document analysis techniques.
How to use advanced methods of photo analysis to find an ancestor.
Advanced Internet Genealogy research methods
Understanding record depositories.
Using advanced record finding techniques on the Internet.
At the end of the class each student will receive an evaluation of what resources they should use for their specific project

YOU DO NOT NEED ANY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. YOU WILL BE SENT AN E MAIL WITH A LINK TO THE CLASSROOM YOU CLICK ON THE LINK AND YOU ARE IN THE CLASS.

Class 1 Four Mondays 6-7 pm MST starting August. 9 2010 finishing August 30, 2010

terry@optinlearningcenter.com

COST OF CLASS: $15

Instructor

Terry Houghland has an M.A in Historical Museum Management and has taught this class and other Genealogy classes
at Scottsdale and Mesa Community Colleges since 1990. Terry has been involved in Genealogy since 1970.

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INTRODUCTION TO GENEALOGY RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET

This 4 week course is an introduction to doing research on the Internet. Some topics will include:

Separating fact from fiction when visiting Genealogy websites.
The major Genealogy portals and communities
Understanding the Internet Culture for Genealogy
Understanding the Internet Blogsphere for Genealogy
Using Ning, Facebook and Twitter to find family.

SECOND SUMMER SESSION

Class 1 Four Mondays 6-7 pm MST starting August. 9 2010 finishing August 30, 2010

class $19

INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY

Charlotte Marie Bocage is a full-time professional genealogist with more than four decades of experience. The 1977 the TV series Roots inspired her to put a name to what she had been doing for so long and to formally continue her genealogical search. She is the Bocage Family genealogist and historian tracing her paternal family back to 19^th century Louisiana. The names in her family database were published in two Bocage family history books and one Bloom Family History book. Her Louisiana Research book is in development.

Professional Affiliations: The Algiers (Louisiana) Historical Society, California African American Genealogical Society, California State Genealogical Alliance, Creole Heritage Center, The Genealogical Speakers Guild, Le Comite des Archives de la Louisiane, Louisiana Creole Research Association, the National Genealogical Society, Pasadena Area African American Genealogical Society, Southern California Genealogical Society, and the Terrebonne (Parish Louisiana) Genealogical Society.

Lecture Resume:

California African American Genealogical Society, Los Angeles, CA
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society National Annual Conference, Washington D.C.,

This is an introductory course that will be part of an in depth course of study on doing African American Genealogy. Students will receive free access to our new “former slave” database.:
questions?
terry@optinlearningcenter.com

Introduction
1. What do I need to prove?
2. Who keeps the records?
My Oral History
Why Genealogy?
Start with you
1. Pedigree chart
2. Family Group sheets
  1. Name
    1. Variations
    2. Nicknames
  2. Dates
  3. Places
The details you need to find
1. Who – Names of individuals
2. What did they do? Born, baptised, married, or died.
3. Where – Where did they accomplish what they did?
4. When did they accomplish what they did?
5. How are they related to you?
Home Search
1. Find family bibles; birth, marriage, and death certificates; military records; diaries; letters; newspaper clippings; photographs, scrapbooks and baby books.

YOU DO NOT NEED ANY SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. YOU WILL BE SENT AN E MAIL WITH A LINK TO THE CLASSROOM YOU CLICK ON THE LINK AND YOU ARE IN THE CLASS.

Class 1 Four Mondays 6-7 pm MST starting August. 9 2010 finishing August 30, 2010

COST OF CLASS $19

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