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Thursday, May 7, 2026

Educational Opportunities - Miscellaneous Courses and Study Groups

 This is the fourth post about Educational Opportunities.  We will be discussing ad-hoc courses. These are those courses that are offered as one off courses, that are not associated with a week long institute.

Study groups and Misc. courses











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You can find these programs on several type of websites. Some may be free, while others may have a cost.            

Search for courses on the below websites 

  • Individual Websites 
    • Level-Up Genealogy (Kimberly Powell)
    • The Family History AI Academy (Steve Little and Mark Thompson)
    • Family History Academy (Cathie Sherwood runs, various speakers) 
    • Family Locket (Diana Elder)

    • Society Websites
      • National Genealogical Society
        • GenTech Toolbox
        • Self paced programs
      • American Ancestors
      • Association of Professional Genealogists
      • Board for Certified Genealogists
    • Study Groups
      • GenProof Study Groups (Study Tom Jones' book Mastering Genealogical Proof)
      • ProGen Study Groups (one year intensive program with monthly meetings and homework) 
      • ProGen Practicum (must take ProGen first)
      • Certification Study Group (Jill Morelli)
      • ICAPGen Study Groups (Level 1, 2, and 3)
      • NGSQ Study Groups (reads articles from the NGS Quarterly and discusses them)
      • Evidence Explained Study Group (Cari Taplin and Cyndi Ingle)
      • Mastering Genealogical Proof (Cari Taplin and Cyndi Ingle)
      • Mastering Genealogical Documentation (Cari Taplin and Cyndi Ingle)
    • Educational organizations - Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
      • Pharoah's Tutors (more than Genealogy)
      • Ed2Go  (more than Genealogy)
      • The Great Courses  (more than Genealogy)  Dr. John Colletta has a series here
      • Coursera (more than Genealogy)
      • EdX (more than Genealogy)
      • FutureLearn (more than Genealogy)
      • UdaCity (more than Genealogy)
      • Udemy (more than Genealogy)

    • Archive Websites
      • National Archives
      • Library of Congress
      • State Archives
      • Local Libraries
      • State Libraries
      • The UK National Archives
      • RootsMOOC NC - DNCR

    • Genealogy Database Websites
      • Ancestry Academy
      • Family Search Learning Center
      • My Heritage Knowledge Base


    Linda

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