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 		Course 2 Schedule

Hoyt and John Walter Kelley, circa WWII Course 2:
Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies


This course is designed for students who have mastered basic record-keeping skills, can properly complete a pedigree, and have conducted extensive research in courthouses and genealogical and historical libraries. This course explores naturalization and immigration research, and court, military, pension and church records.


Faculty:


Textbooks: None required, however, the following is recommended: The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy. 3rd edition. Edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking.


What's an "Intermediate"? Or should I take Course 1 or Course 2?
  1. An intermediate is familiar with at least one basic how-to guide, i.e., Morgan's How to Do Everything with Your Genealogy, Porter and Crow's Online Roots, or Renick's Genealogy 101.
  2. An intermediate has mastered basic record keeping skills: can properly complete a pedigree and family group sheet, and research log; can maintain and organize the genealogical data they have collected; knows a numbering system; and knows how to link entries to properly cited sources.
  3. An intermediate has researched in at least one line, four generations, including themselves, or back to 1880, using all records described in IGHR-Course I and citing them properly.
  4. An intermediate has conducted 20 or more hours research in a genealogical or historical library AND 20 or more hours research at The Family History Library or a Center. An intermediate has conducted 20 or more hours research in a courthouse.
  5. An intermediate has written an appropriate letter of inquiry or placed a coherent query online or in a periodical.
  6. An intermediate has properly abstracted and cited an original will or deed, and extracted a census entry accurately, and understands the difference between an original and derivative source.
  7. An intermediate has become reasonably proficient in the use of the more common 20th century county sources, i.e., vitals, newspapers, cemeteries, probate, and land records, as well as post-1880 federal censuses.
  8. An intermediate belongs to one or more genealogical societies and is aware of the national-level groups.
Prepared by Sandra H. Luebking
Course Schedule:

Monday
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Introduction to Genealogy II (Bockstruck)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Pitfalls in Genealogical Research (Bockstruck)
  • 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Federal Land Records (Bettag)
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Advanced Bibliography (Bockstruck)
Tuesday
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Court Records (Session 1) (Rose)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Court Records (Session 2) (Rose)
  • 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Military and Pension Records (Session 1) (Bockstruck)
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Military and Pension Records (Session 2) (Bockstruck)
Wednesday
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Analysis and Correlation of Information (Rose)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Onomatology (Bockstruck)
  • 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Passenger Arrival Records (Colletta)
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Naturalization Records (Colletta)
Thursday
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Lineage Societies (Bockstruck)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Westward Expansion (Session 1) (Bockstruck)
  • 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Westward Expansion (Session 2) (Bockstruck)
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Guides to Manuscript Collections (Bockstruck)
Friday
  • 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Church Records (Bockstruck)
  • 9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.: Newspapers as a Research Source (Colletta)
  • 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.: Summation and Distribution of Certificates (Bockstruck)


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