I've found the same, Gill. On other courses I've done, such as "Life on Hadrian's Wall", and "England in the time of Richard III" there have been a lot of references to follow up and I've often spent a long time looking at different resources, or reading comments made by others. A lot of the comments on this one, by the very nature of the topic, are anecdotes. It would be nice if there were a few exercises eg to trace someone back to grandparents, but then I suppose that is what a lot of us do daily here.
It must have been quite a difficult course to plan, with students of such varying experiences and expectations. As said previously, a lot of people went into it with the hope of finding someone, which unless they learn of a resource they haven't heard of, is probably not going to happen. Perhaps it would have been better if they had two courses, one for beginners and one for those of us with more experience.
I hope it doesn't put people off doing other courses, as FL have some brilliant ones - apart from the two I mentioned above, I've also done a couple about WW1 and one on Agincourt, all good. I've just spotted one about The History of Royal Food and Feasting, so I've signed up for that as it looks interesting.
