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Course 6:
Advanced Library Research: Law Libraries & Government Documents
This course emphasizes advanced research methods for genealogists in law libraries and government documents.
Faculty:
Textbook: TBD
Requisites: Any one of the following: completion of course 2,
Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies; or certification from BCG; or accreditation from ICAPgen; or current or past
experience as a Librarian; or other significant experience doing research in a library. If you do not meet one of the
prerequisites, but would like to enroll in course 6, please submit a request to Ann Fleming by clicking
here.
Course Schedule:
Monday
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Course Introduction (Fleming/Spratling)
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Introduction to Government Documents (Fleming)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: What is the Serial Set? (Fleming)
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: The American State Papers 1789-1838 (Sayre)
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Onsite Research in Government Documents (Fleming/Freilich)
Tuesday
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Government Documents Research Process (Fleming)
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Court & Legal Records: An Overview for Genealogists (Spratling)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Introduction to Law Libraries (Spratling)
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Genealogy of a Law (Freilich)
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Onsite Introduction to a Law Library (Powell/Spratling)
Wednesday
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Mining the Court Reporters (Jones)
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Law in Print (Jones)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Onsite Law Library Research (Jones/Spratling)
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Identifying and Evaluating Resources on the Web (Spratling)
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Onsite Computer Legal research (Spratling)
Thursday
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Legal Records Research Process (Freilich)
- 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Territorial Papers 1797-1912 (Sayre)
- 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Morning Break
- 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: State & Local Government Documents (Freilich)
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.: Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Government Documents, Etcetera (Fleming)
- 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Onsite Research in Government Documents (Fleming/Freilich)
Friday
- 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Civil Law Concepts & Genealogy (Bettag)
- 9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Finding Records of Military Services in Published U.S. Documents, 1776-1945 (Sayre)
- 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.: Review and Certificates (Fleming/Spratling)
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