{"id":198700,"date":"2010-01-19T12:12:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T17:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=7876"},"modified":"2010-01-19T12:12:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T17:12:27","slug":"online-courses-for-british-genealogists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/198700","title":{"rendered":"Online Courses for British Genealogists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following news release was received from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pharostutors.com\/\">Pharos<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>19 January 2010 \u2013 For Immediate Release<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get the children involved!  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pharostutors.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/pharos-logo.jpg\" alt=\"pharos-logo\" title=\"pharos-logo\" width=\"130\" height=\"132\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7878\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPharos provides unique help for family historians with innovatory new courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pharostutors.com\/instructors.php#17\">Hannah Baker, B.A.<\/a> (Hons) History, PGCE, has joined the Pharos teaching team. With many years of teaching experience and a degree in Medieval History, Hannah brings a lot of experience to Pharos Tutors. Hannah will be teaching a brand new course, entitled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pharostutors.com\/coursedescriptions.php#820\">Climbing Trees: How to get children interested in family history<\/a>\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Most people with a love of family history know how exciting discovering the lives of their ancestors is. Bringing this to life for children is a great way to share it. The course explains how to get young minds past the pages of records and data, and into a living, breathing world of the past.<\/p>\n<p>The course includes many cheap \u201cmake and do\u201d activities and shows how to tie family history research into enhancing children\u2019s scholastic skills. The course starts April 19, 2010 and lasts for four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Pharos Teaching &#038; Tutoring started only 4 years ago with just five courses and three teachers and is pleased to announce that 2010 will see a programme of over 30 courses with even more in the process of development.   There is something for everyone, with an expanded list of subjects and time periods.  All Pharos courses are short, reasonably priced and designed to fit in with busy lifestyles.  Full information is on the Pharos website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pharostutors.com\">http:\/\/www.pharostutors.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated Course list February \u2013 August 2010  <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>25 February \u2013 The National Archives Catalogue \u2013 Finding People \u2013 3 weeks \u00a332.99<\/li>\n<li>8 March \u2013 Migration in the British Isles \u2013 3 weeks \u00a332.99 <\/li>\n<li>11 March \u2013 Developing and Writing Your Family History \u2013 3 weeks \u00a332.99<\/li>\n<li>31 March \u2013 The Poor, the Parish and The Workhouse: Records in the 18th and 19th centuries \u2013 5 weeks \u00a342.99<\/li>\n<li>6 April \u2013 Discover Your Devon Ancestors  \u2013 4 weeks \u00a337.99<\/li>\n<li>14 April \u2013 Scottish Research Online \u2013 5 weeks \u00a342.99<\/li>\n<li>19 April \u2013 Climbing Trees: How to get children interested in family history \u2013 4 weeks \u00a337.99<\/li>\n<li>13 May \u2013 20th century Surveys for Family and Local History \u2013 4 weeks \u00a337.99<\/li>\n<li>14 May \u2013 Organizing Your Genealogy \u2013 3 weeks \u00a332.99<\/li>\n<li>18 May \u2013 Tying the knot: Marriage and its records \u2013 3 weeks \u00a332.99<\/li>\n<li>23 June \u2013 Enclosure Maps and Records for Family Historians \u2013 4 weeks \u00a337.99<\/li>\n<li>6 July \u2013 Scotland 1750 \u2013 1850: Beyond the OPRs \u2013 5 weeks \u00a342.99<\/li>\n<li>14 July \u2013 The Parish Chest: There was more to life than baptism, marriage and burial \u2013 4 weeks \u00a337.99<\/li>\n<li>2 August \u2013 Professional Genealogist: Become One, Become a Better One \u2013 4 weeks \u00a337.99<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pharos is the only British provider of online classes aimed specifically at helping researchers with British and Irish ancestry.  Arrangements for courses are simple and flexible making it easy to get started, study in your own time without having to travel, get help from experienced teachers, and chat about family history with other students. Courses are aimed at beginners and experienced researchers alike.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on courses at Pharos, email &#8211;  info@pharostutors.com <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following news release was received from Pharos: 19 January 2010 \u2013 For Immediate Release Get the children involved! Pharos provides unique help for family historians with innovatory new courses Hannah Baker, B.A. (Hons) History, PGCE, has joined the Pharos teaching team. 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