Family History – Introduction
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* Fee remission may be available for this course, visit Fees and Funding for further information
* Only free for North Yorkshire addresses/Postcodes – there would be a fee for anyone in the West Yorkshire/Lancashire addresses/Postcodes – please enquire
Do you want to learn more about tracing your family history? This short course will equip you with the skills you need.
Following on from the Introduction to Family History, you will learn how to continue researching your family history.
Topics you will explore include:
- Differing approaches – a simple ancestral line or including the lives of ancestors in the community and place
- Understanding parish registers and locating baptism, marriage and burial records
- Exploring the census returns and how to construct a family from these records
- Family history websites and resources
Information
A subscription to a family history database would be useful, some can be accessed for a free 14-day trial. This will be discussed during the course.
Further Study
Family History – Part 1
Part-time courses are term-time only.
See our term dates for further information.
Did you know that some of our courses are free if you earn less than £25,000 living in West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire & Lancashire?
Distance Learning call 01756 693 800 or email distancelearning@craven-college.ac.uk
Courses in the community call 01756 693 800 or email communitylearning@craven-college.ac.uk
All other Part-time courses call 01756 693 309 or email parttime@craven-college.ac.uk
