Finding Your Female Ancestors - March 2023
In this 4-week course, take your female ancestors from unknown to known by learning research techniques that will help you find records in which women are often mentioned.
About Your Instructor: Gena Philibert-Ortega
Course Access: March 14 - April 10, 2023
Course Outline
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Before we begin ...
Start with What You Know
Planning for Successful Research
Creating Timelines
Keeping Research Logs
More Tips for Researching Female Ancestors
Lesson 1 Quiz
Skill-Building Exercise & Discussion
Using Finding Aids
What Records To Search
Censuses
Vital Records
End of Life Records
Other Commonly Used Records
Her Life in the Newspaper
Less Common and Harder to Find Records
Female Ancestors in the Records
Lesson 2 Quiz
Skill-Building Exercise & Discussion
Finding Her Online
Using the FamilySearch Catalog
Using Ancestry.com to its Fullest Potential
Better Searching on Ancestry
Give Google a Try
Searching Digitized Books
Lesson 3 Quiz
Skill-Building Exercise & Discussion
What is an Archive?
Searching Archival Collections
What Are Archival Records?
Examples of Archival Records
Sources Specific to Women
Next Steps
Lesson 4 Quiz
Skill-Building Exercise & Discussion
Not All Research Is The Same
Learning About Her
Researching Your African American Female Ancestor
Researching Her Life Before 1850
Conclusion
Lesson 5 Quiz
Skill-Building Exercise & Discussion
Instructor
Our courses consist of four or more written lessons that may also contain videos, slide shows, and other elements. There are self-directed quizzes and/or exercises to help you apply your knowledge. In addition, you'll have access to discussion boards where you can ask your instructor, questions about the materials during the course dates.
Instructor access for the duration of the four weeks, so you can ask questions about what you've learned.
Our courses are designed to be easily accessible! Once you've registered for the course, you'll be able to log in on the start date to see all the lessons. Each lesson is available within your browser. You can work at your own pace.
All the materials will be available for download, and you'll have access to the course materials online for about a year after the start date. After the course end date, it will go into read-only mode, so you'll still be able to reach the materials, but you'll no longer have access to the instructor or message boards.
Please ensure that you have internet access and that your browsers and computer system are fairly up-to-date. The course materials are designed to be compatible with most devices.