September 2013 Class
Need to grow your research skills this summer? Consider taking our homework-optional class! If you have registered you should have received your welcome message--email me at mjnrootdig@gmail.com if you did not. Previous registrants for other sections who need to enroll in this section should email me for login information. Register via this link
Organizing Genealogical Information:
A Short
Course
With
Michael John Neill
(scroll
down for specific schedule)
Organizing information is an important part of
genealogical research—perhaps more important than the actual research. This
short course (only 4 sessions) is intended to provide the students with exposure
to a variety of ways to organize information with an emphasis on
problem-solving. The course will consist of four lectures (topics and schedule
below), problem assignments, virtual follow-up discussions, group discussion
board interaction, and student submission of work (optional). There is no
assigned grade—you get from this what you put into it. Students will also be
able to share their work and ideas with other students.
Citation of sources is important, but presentations will
not focus on citation theory.
This time the course will be presented a little bit
differently. Students will be able to download the lecture and view it at their
convenience--ideally all on the same day that the download link is sent to
registered students.
Course registration is only $30 for this run of the
course. Class size is limited to 30 to encourage group interaction. Attendees
will need to register 24 hours before the class starts. If you
registered for a previous session and were not able to actively
participate--email me to be put in this series at no charge.
- Assignment/Study 1—Charts, Charts, and More Charts (we will discuss a variety of charts and table to organize your information and your searches—all students work on same problem
- Assignment/Study 2—4 Step Research Process (we will discuss a four-step process to research organization)—pick your own problem
- Assignment/Study 3— Constructing Families from pre-1850 Census (discuss of how to ascertain family structure from pre-1850 US census records)---all work on same problem
- Assignment/Study 4— Problem Solving Chart (problem-solving techniques not discussed in previous lectures)– pick your own problem
Lecture downloads:
- 16 September
- 23 September
- 30 September
- 6 October
Discussions:
- 19September 4 PM Central
- 26 September 4 PM Central
- 3 October 4 PM Central
- 10 October 4 PM Central
Lectures and discussions will be via GotoMeeting.
Register via this link
Or use this webpage:
http://rootdig.blogspot.com/2013/09/dont-miss-out-on-our-september-few.html
Register via this link
Or use this webpage:
http://rootdig.blogspot.com/2013/09/dont-miss-out-on-our-september-few.html
