Three day Intensive Family History/Genealogy Training Course

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Los Angeles Family
History Library
Alan D. Hackney, Director
Address and Contact info
1591 East Temple Way,
Los Angeles, California 90024
Location
310-474-9990
Email: lafhlcontact@gmail.com
Website
lafsl.org
Hours
Monday - Saturday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Building Temporarily Closed

  



































Advanced Three-Day Intensive Family History/Genealogy Training Course    -     


OCTOBER 2011

Enrollment is limited to the first 24 to register.

Course Dates:   October 18,  19,  20         Tue,  Wed,  Thu

Course Description

The Advanced Three-Day Intensive course is offered at the Los Angeles Family History Library. It provides both the advanced training to use the resources and the instructions to do Family History/Genealogy Research. It is a follow up on the Basic Three-Day Intensive training course.

This course is useful for new Family History Consultants, volunteers who work at family history centers, members of the church and the general public who wish to improve their family history/genealogical research skills

Prerequisites 

Participants should be computer literate and know the information in the Basic Three-Day Intensive training course 

If you have any questions about the prerequisites, please contact Richard D. McBride, Director, LAFHL, 310-474-9990.

Course Schedule

The classes will be from 8 AM to 5 PM each of the three days. Each class will usually last two hours. Each will involve classroom instruction followed by an assignment to be completed on the computers. Help is provided with assignments.

The order the classes are taught is subject to change.

Oct 18

  8 am  U.S. Census Records
10 am  Death Records: Cemetery, Obituary, Death Certificates, etc. 
  1 pm  Wills and Probates 
  3 pm  Google is more than a Search Engine


Oct 19

  8 am  Passenger lists / Naturalization Records 
10 am  Advanced PAF / Ancestral Quest 1  - includes notes, sources and attaching images 
  1 pm  Advanced PAF / Ancestral Quest 2  - Sahring, GEDCOM files and merging

  3 pm  Land, Property and Deeds

Oct 20

  8 am  Church Records: Non LDS

 10 am  the Family History Library and beyond  - Courthouses, Libraries, and Archives...

   1 pm  Brick Wall?  Ways Over, Around, or Through.  Applies to U.S. and foreign research.

   3 pm  Military Records

Course Registration

You must register for this course, since we only have space for 24 students.  Click here to register now, online.  If you have any questions please call us at 310-474-9990.

You will receive an email within 2 weekdays confirming your registration. If you don't receive the email, email the LAFHL at lafamhist@lafhl.org

Fees

Your pre-registration will be finalized by paying a $20 fee after receiving the confirming email. This fee is used to cover handout costs. If a person cannot afford the $20 registration fee, it will be waived. The class order is subject to change. Make your check out to LAFHL and the subject "Basic Three-Day Intensive Course" and send it to:


   LAFHL
   10741 Santa Monica Blvd.
   West Los Angeles, CA 90025



Basic Three-Day Intensive Family History/Genealogy Training Course    -     


NOVEMBER 2011

Enrollment is limited to the first 24 to register.

Course Dates:   November 15,  16,  17         Tue,  Wed,  Thu

Course Description

The Basic Three-Day Intensive course is offered at the Los Angeles Family History Library. It provides both the basic training to use the resources and the instructions to do Family History/Genealogy Research. It is complemented with a follow on advanced training course.

This course is useful for new Family History Consultants, volunteers who work at family history centers, members of the church and the general public who wish to improve their family history/genealogical research skills

Prerequisites 

None. 

However, the free Preliminary Computer Classes given the day before may be of help:

Nov 14

1 PM   Introduction to Computers and File Management
2 PM   USB/flash drives and Windows operations
3 PM   Introduction to the Internet

If you have any questions about the prerequisites, please contact Richard D. McBride, Director, LAFHL, 310-474-9990.

Course Schedule

The classes will be from 8 AM to 5 PM each of the three days. Each class will usually last two hours. Each will involve classroom instruction followed by an assignment to be completed on the computers. Help is provided with assignments.

The order the classes are taught is subject to change.

Nov 15

  8 AM Beginning Research/Organizing Family History
10 AM Family History Library Catalog on www.familysearch.org
 1 PM Finding Birth, Death and Marriage Records
 3 PM Introduction to PAF\Ancestral Quest


Nov 16

8 AM Searching by Surname
10 AM Overview of Ancestry.com
1 PM Advanced PAF 1 - includes notes, sources and attaching images
3 PM PAF Sharing: GEDCOM files and merging

Nov 17

8 AM Wills and Probates
10 AM Death Records: Cemetery, Obituary, Death Cert., etc.
1 PM Church Records: Non-LDS
3 PM US Census Records - Computer Searches

Course Registration

You must register for this course, since we only have space for 24 students.  Click here to register now, online.  If you have any questions please call us at 310-474-9990.

You will receive an email within 2 weekdays confirming your registration. If you don't receive the email, email the LAFHL at lafamhist@lafhl.org

Fees

Your pre-registration will be finalized by paying a $20 fee after receiving the confirming email. This fee is used to cover handout costs. If a person cannot afford the $20 registration fee, it will be waived. The class order is subject to change. Make your check out to LAFHL and the subject "Basic Three-Day Intensive Course" and send it to:


   LAFHL
   10741 Santa Monica Blvd.
   West Los Angeles, CA 90025