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• COURSE: Digital Skills for Family History (Part 1)

  • Start
    07 October 2025
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  • End
    21 October 2025
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    9

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  Digital Skills for Family History

  Three Part Online Course

  Are you looking to develop your technology skills around family history? This three-part course is designed to build upon key understandings and principles of family history research and show you how to interact with various platforms, websites and software to ensure you make the most of the tools available to you.

  In this hands-on course, you'll learn to:

  • Set Up Your Computer for Research: Learn how to organise your digital workspace for efficient and effective genealogical research.
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  • Access Key Repositories and Record Sets: Discover where to find vital records and how to remotely access many of these resources.

  • Search Indexes Effectively: Master the art of navigating indexes to uncover the hidden details of your ancestors' lives.

  • Employ a Variety of Software: Gain skills in a variety of software packages, many of which you already have access to, in order to organise and manage your findings.

  Using a case study approach, each session will demonstrate key skills in real-time, ensuring you gain practical experience. Our expert instructor will guide you through the process, providing ample time to address your own questions and work through any trouble spots.

  By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the foundational digital skills needed to conduct thorough and organised family history research.  The course is aimed at foundation level, for those starting their research or those who perhaps feel overwhelmed with the amount of information available. 

  
  

  

  
  

  Presenter: Andrew Redfern

  Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
  

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• COURSE: Digital Skills for Family History (Part 2)

  • Start
    22 October 2025
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  • End
    05 November 2025
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    2

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  Digital Skills for Family History - Part 2

  Three Part Online Course

  Have you completed the foundation course and are ready to grow your confidence using digital tools for family history?

  This three-part follow-up course builds on the skills introduced in Part 1, offering new techniques and practical activities to help you organise, analyse, and present your research more effectively.

  In this hands-on course, you’ll explore:

  • Working Across Key Software: Build your digital fluency by creating and formatting tables in word processors, charts in presentation software, and structured data in spreadsheets.

  • Visualising Your Research: Learn to construct simple timelines, and design ancestor profiles to bring your stories to life.

  • Handling Digital Files with Confidence: Improve your skills in basic image editing and identifying how to keep your data safe with backup strategies.

  As in Part 1, each session uses real-time demonstrations and practical examples, with opportunities to complete guided activities during the workshop. You’ll also receive a companion workbook filled with exercises, tips, and reference material.
  
  By the end of this course, you’ll have a deeper understanding of how to manage, enhance, and share your family history using everyday digital tools.

  Prerequisites

  This course is ideal for those who have completed Part 1 or who already have a basic level of digital literacy.

  

  
  

  Presenter: Andrew Redfern

  Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
  

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• WEBINAR: First Look at AncestryDNA

  • When
    29 November 2025
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    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Via Zoom
  • Spaces left
    22

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  Registration includes access to 3 hours of pre-recorded lectures + a 2.5 hour live online session.

  
  

  This practical session is designed for those who are just beginning to explore their AncestryDNA test results. We’ll walk through what you can access without an Ancestry subscription, then delve into the additional tools and features available to subscribers.

  Christine will share her personal tips and strategies for making the most of your results. The session includes demonstrations and real-life case studies, with plenty of time set aside for questions and discussion.

  Participants will also receive reference materials after the session, along with access to two pre-recorded one-hour webinars that reinforce the content covered.

  To get the most out of the session, it helps to have a basic understanding of the different types of DNA tests and their uses. After registering, you’ll receive a link to a one-hour pre-recorded webinar introducing these concepts.

  This session is limited to 25 participants to allow for interaction and support.

  
  

  Skill level: Beginner

  Presenter: Christine Woodlands

   

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