Skillbuilding: Educational Opportunities

From OnBoard - Newsletter of the BCG
Printer Friendly

Kathleen W. Hinckley, "Educational Opportunities," OnBoard 6 (January 2000): 6-7.

NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

The National Genealogical Society offers two courses, both approved by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council:

Introduction to Genealogy: An Online Course began in 1999 as an online course for beginners. “Lesson One: Genealogical Basics” is free to everyone. It teaches how to number ancestors, how to record names, dates, and places in a standard format, and definitions for terms of relationship. After completing lesson one, you can take a twenty-question quiz and decide if you want to continue the course. Tuition is $35 for members; $50 for non-members.

American Genealogy: A Basic Course has been available to genealogists since 1981. This sixteen-lesson home study course introduces each major record group used in American research. The assignments are graded and require students to visit local record repositories for “hands on” experience. Tuition is $295 for NGS members; $375 for nonmembers. Individual membership is $40; therefore it pays to join if you plan to take the course.

NGS recommends that beginners take the online course before enrolling in the home study course. Upon successful completion of the online course, you will receive a $25 discount coupon that can be applied toward the home study course tuition. Contact NGS at 3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22204-4304 or visit its Web site at <http://www.ngsgenealogy.org>

This article was originally published in OnBoard, BCG's educational newsletter and is protected by copyright. Individuals may download and print copies for their personal study. Educators are granted permission to provide copies to their students as long as BCG, OnBoard, and the appropriate author are credited as the source of the material. Republication elsewhere is not permitted.