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Course Access: May 28 - June 24, 2024
What You'll Learn
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Introduction
Confessions of a Courthouse Newbie: Let’s Start by Laughing
What is a County? The Obvious and the Not-So-Obvious
Which County? Are Your Sure?
Finding Your Ancestors’ County—or Counties
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Tutorial
Keys to Success and Skill-Building Exercise
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Introduction
Marriage Records
Types of Marriage Documents
Birth and Death Records
Keys to Success and Skill-Building Exercise
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Introduction
Land and Other Property Records
Deeds
Taxes: Not as Boring as They Sound
Estate Records
Probate Document Examples
Court Records
Using Criminal Court Records
Other County Records
Courthouse Records: 6 Genealogy Finds You Can Make in Person
Keys to Success and Skill-Building Exercise
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Introduction
Get Organized and Get Set
Use Published Guides
Start Your Search Online
Where to Search Online: County Offices
Where to Search: FamilySearch Catalog
Where to Search: FamilySearch Wiki
Where to Search: Ancestry
More Places to Search Online
Ordering Records
Going to the Courthouse: Advantages to Visiting in Person
Prepare Ahead of Time
Plan for Success
Document Your Visit
Are You Researching in a Burned County?
Keys to Success and Skill-Building Exercise
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Formulate a Research Plan
Consider the Source
Fully Document Your Sources
Extract and Organize the Data
Evaluate Your Findings
Keys to Success and Skill-Building Exercise
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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.
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