Family ancestry
Aims of the course
Know how to order and record information from birth, death and marriage certificates
- Identify information available in civil records
- Complete and submit the required documentation to acquire a certificate
- Record primary and secondary information into main records from the certificate
- Reference the information used and archive certificate
Know how to recover information from census returns in any medium
- Identify information available in census returns
- Search the census for specific information
- Record primary and secondary information in the main record
- Reference the information used and archive
Know how to use primary sources of Information in any medium from 1837 onwards
- Identify key items of information required about selected individual
- Select sources where the information may be held
- Access the information source
- Recover the selected information in a suitable format
- Transcribe primary and secondary information in to the main record
- Reference and store information
Know how to use secondary sources of Information in any medium from 1837 onwards
- Identify key items of information required about selected individual
- Select sources where the information may be held
- Access the information source
- Recover the selected information in a suitable format
- Transcribe primary and secondary information in to the main record
- Reference and store information
Know how to Identify family history societies holding relevant civil records
Identify:
- An appropriate family history society
- How to become a member of the Society
- Resources available through a chosen society
Assessment
Ongoing assessment with evidence of achieving the aims of the course.
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