As I do each year, I have heard from prospective students for the GRIP Genealogy Institute course “Digging Deeper: Records, Tools, and Skills. No, it’s not a basic level course. Yes, even novice genealogists can learn a lot, but if you have a bit more experience, you will become a better researcher and have a boatload […]
Syllabus sections all turned in and from what I have seen, there are a lot of reminders, tips, images, charts, websites, and published material. My PowerPoint presentations are in the fine tuning stage. Still time to join us June 23-28, 2024 for some amazing education, sharing, networking, and some laughter, too. Weeklong Virtual Courses. GRIP Genealogy Institute. I will […]
Why join us before the seats are filled? This long-standing course speaks for itself and the evaluations from past students in this “beyond the basics course tell the story.” GRIP Genealogy Institute is the place to register. https://grip.ngsgenealogy.org/courses/digging-deeper-records-tools-and-skills/ Don’t forget! https://grip.ngsgenealogy.org/courses/digging-deeper-records-tools-and-skills/
GRIP offers many courses to take you further in your family history research. It’s easy to register at https://grip.ngsgenealogy.org/. If you have a National Genealogical Society member log-in, use that. Otherwise, you can create a free log-in so you can register. There are still some seats in most courses. Generally there are 25-40 “seats” available […]
I’m excited. Only 2 more days until the first day of registration opens. It’s an online registration process. A few more reasons to register for the Digging Deeper: Records, Tools, and Skills course for which I am the Coordinator and one of the instructors. It will be taking place online from 23-28 June in the […]
Only 3 more days till registration opens for the virtual Digging Deeper: Records, Tools, and Skills course and the other 19 courses of GRIP Genealogy Institute for 2024. June and July will be busy education months. I’ve already blogged about the Monday through Friday sessions in Digging Deeper, and the Friday sessions are below. Still […]
Syllabus. That’s a positive word for any institute student. Think 150-250 pages of links, book citations and annotations, reminders of session discussions, maps, diagrams, charts, examples, and records you should be checking, and more info than can be covered in each 75-minute session. Whew. That’s a lot of detail. If a course has been previously […]
One oft-repeated idea is that this Digging Deeper course is a perfect early step before taking some very advanced courses. We each judge our own ability and experience level. Digging Deeper is not a beginning level course, it’s more on the immediate level, but parts have some more advanced methodology and record background. We pride […]
Four Tuesday sessions, June 24, 2024 Virtual GRIP Institute PERSI: Using the Periodical Source Index (Cari Taplin)In this session, we will take a look at Allen County Public Library’s Periodical Source Index (PERSI). We will examine its history and purpose, and its new interface at the ACPL website. Participants will also gain valuable tips and […]
This is the first post about the actual sessions. Next up will be Tuesday’s sessions. Amazingly, that’s the day that follows Monday on my calendar! If I hadn’t been busy meeting an extra details research case deadline this weekend, I should have posted this Monday lineup on Monday! Monday Student and instructor introductions and tweaking […]