Research Your Scots-Irish Family History - July 2022
If you have Scots-Irish ancestry, this online genealogy research course is for you! Learn all the valuable tips and tools for tracing your family history back to Ulster.
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Course Access: July 11 - August 7, 2022
Course Outline
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Before we begin ...
An Introduction to Ulster
Settlement of Ulster
Discuss: The History of Ulster Scots
Lesson 1: Gaining a Foundation Review Exercise
Are Your Ancestors Scots-Irish
Steps to Prove Your Scots-Irish Ancestry
Review for Lesson 2: Begin Your Research and Discussion
Lesson 2: Being Your Research Review Exercise
Researching in Ulster and Northern Ireland
Records for Ulster and Northern Ireland
Where to Find the Records
Give it a Try: Digging Deeper Review and Discussion
Lesson 3: Digging Deeper Review Exercise
Challenges to Your Research
Taking the Search to Scotland
No Connections?
Re-Evaluate
Lesson 4: Challenges to Your Research Exercise
Give it a Try: Challenges to Your Scots-Irish Research and Discussion
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Answers to the Exercises
Before you leave ...
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 / one week, 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.
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