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The Society of Genealogists & Pharos Teaching & Tutoring today announced a new joint programme, the distance learning Certificate of Family History Skills and Strategies (Intermediate).

The Society of Genealogists, in conjunction with Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd is now bringing its popular classroom programme to the Web. Following successful pilot courses last year, the Society and Pharos have teamed up to make available a full course of instruction, with assessment, to any interested genealogist anywhere in the world. First modules in the Skills and Strategies programme will be offered in September 2010. It will be possible to complete all 10 modules in an 18 month period. 

The modules are listed here in alphabetical order: I teach two of these - The Poor. the Parish & Workhouse and Wills & Administrations

Apprenticeships & Guilds
Employment Records
Lists & Sources from Georgian England
Migration in the British Isles
Military Ancestors
Nonconformity in England and Wales
The Poor, the Parish and the Workhouse
Victorian Crime & Punishment
Wills and Administrations
17th Century Sources

Tutors include the well-known authors and genealogists, Gill Blanchard, Liz Carter, Else Churchill, Simon Fowler, Sherry Irvine, Michael Isherwood and Stuart Raymond. All have made significant contributions to the world of family history and bring a wide array of records knowledge and teaching experience to the online classroom.

The Skills and Strategies course is suitable for genealogists who have had at least two years experience in family history research in England & Wales and have mastered the fundamentals of census, civil registrations and parish registers but who now wish to move on to new records and a greater understanding of research methods and skills.

Students choosing to take all ten modules as a full programme with assessments leading to the Intermediate Certificate can sign up now at an introductory price of £450. This represents a saving of £42.90 on the full listed price.  Each module is monitored by the Society to ensure excellent standards of content and teaching.

Students may, alternatively, choose not have work assessed and to take any arrangement of individual topics. Courses taken individually without assessment cost less.
 
To find out more or sign up for this great learning opportunity, visit www.pharostutors.com

Information abut the course and a link for bookings can also be found on the Society of Genealogists’ website at www.sog.org.uk


Helen Osborn, Managing Director of Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd, said today

“We are very pleased to continue and build on our collaboration with the Society of Genealogists. We know that many Pharos students are interested in working towards a certificate that acknowledges their achievements and that others are looking for a wider range of choice in online programmes. The Skills and Strategies course meets those needs, offered by organizations and teachers with shared standards of excellence.”
                                                         

Else Churchill, Genealogist at the Society & tutor on the new programme, said today

“The Society of Genealogists is delighted join forces with Pharos to offer the highly regarded SoG courses and education programme to a wider audience than can attend the Society’s classes in London. The Skills and Strategies course will offer a practical opportunity for family historians to take their research further and to develop their own expertise and understanding of genealogical sources and techniques.

Contacts:

Pharos Tutors:     Helen Osborn
Telephone:      020 8542 6552
Email:         helen@pharostutors.com
Website:      http://www.pharostutors.com



Society of Genealogists:  Else Churchill
Telephone:               020 7702 5488
Email:               genealogy@sog.org.uk
Website:              www.sog.org.uk



Notes for Editors:

The Society of Genealogists is the National Family History Library and Education Centre.  The Society of Genealogists offers a unique combination of research material, guidance and support for those interested in family history and the lives of earlier generations. It is a charity whose objects are to "promote, encourage and foster the study, science and knowledge of genealogy".
Founded in 1911 the Society now has over 12,000 members spread across the world.

More information about the Society can be found at www.sog.org.uk

Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd was the first British organisation to provide online courses for genealogists.  The Company is run by two professional genealogists, Helen Osborn and Sherry Irvine.  Pharos exists to teach the best and most rewarding ways to search for ancestors in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and to help others discover as much as possible about the lives of their ancestors.
More information about Pharos and their courses can be found at www.pharostutors.com


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Norfolk Resources & Offers / Re: Tracing your East Anglian Ancestors
« on: Friday 12 June 09 21:43 BST (UK)  »
Thanks I received my copy today - a very wierd experience

I'm having a book launch at Jarrold's in Norwich at 6.15 for 6.30 on 30th July where I will be giving a presentation

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Norfolk Resources & Offers / Re: Tracing your East Anglian Ancestors
« on: Friday 12 June 09 20:35 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for the plug Pat - I'm sure we must have crossed paths at Ipswich at some point

Gill - and yes I am the author

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Clare / Re: Guerin
« on: Friday 02 January 09 21:43 GMT (UK)  »
I've sent several files as attachments to your private email. I've also got photos of the gravestone inscriptions sent which I took when we last visited relatives in the area.

If you have any information to share on your family I'd be very grateful as one day we may find a link.

I do have lots of info on related family members as well.

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Clare / Re: Guerin
« on: Friday 02 January 09 13:40 GMT (UK)  »
Hi - I searched all the Catholic parish registers for Moynoe and Feakle in 2000 following on from information sent me by someone else and have details of Robert and Margarets marriage in1867 and their 11  children plus all the other GUERIN entries from these registers. I haven't found a direct connection between this family and mine, but it seems

I'm also in touch with other GUERIN descendants.

If you would like copies of this information let me know and I will forward it via email attachment to you direct (and anyone else who is interested).

I also have a lot of info from census returns and birth, marriage and death indexes and certificates

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The Lighter Side / Re: WDYTYA. The Missing Episode: Alexander Armstrong.
« on: Tuesday 30 September 08 20:37 BST (UK)  »
Brilliant - i'm going to recommend the students on my FH course watch it

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Clare / Re: Guerin
« on: Saturday 30 August 08 20:21 BST (UK)  »
My grandmother was Nora GUERIN before she married. She was born in Moynoe near Scariff in County Clare in the 1880s. She had a brother Denis and several sisters. Their parents were Peter GUERIN and Bridget HART. It was a second marriage for Peter. his father was called Martin and I believe but don't know for sure that he is connected to Cornelius GUERIN who appears on Griffiths Valuation in that area

if you thnk they might be connected get in touch and I'll send further details. I'm also in touch with some other GUERIN descendants around the world

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The Common Room / Re: The Last Will and Testiment
« on: Friday 29 August 08 21:34 BST (UK)  »
You don't need to pay a solicitor

There are indexes to all wills proved after 1858 which are free to use. The originals are at the principal probate registry in Holborn London.

But there are lots of local copies around the country and abroad. Usually in record offices or a main library going up to the 1960.

If the will was proved locally you can often find copies in local record offices. If not you can order a will for £5 from the postal division in York(just put principal probate registry in your search engine and you will find it). They will also conduct a 3 year search and supply a copy of a will if found for the same price

If you can't find it email me and I'll send you the address and link

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The Lighter Side / Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #3: Jerry Springer
« on: Thursday 28 August 08 22:49 BST (UK)  »
I didn't know my living grandparents first names until I was in my teens, probably because they were a far more formal generation. The were simply grandma and grandpa. Even when I did know I would never have dreamt of calling them by name.

I still didn't know the first name of my maternal grandfather until I started family history in my 30s as he died before I was born


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