The Postgraduate Certificate addresses the need for an intensive, practitioner-led, University-level qualification in Genealogical Studies. It is intended for those with an existing interest in Genealogy and related subjects, or those who wish to study the area in detail and possibly use it in their careers. It deals mainly, but not exclusively, with British subject matter.

The Postgraduate Diploma takes these subjects further and addresses overseas records in more detail. Entry to the Postgraduate Diploma is by successful completion of the Postgraduate Certificate, and by invitation. The course is aimed at existing or intending professional genealogists and those who wish to be recognised as such.

You can apply now for entry to their October 2011 intake.

For more details visit their website:
http://www.strath.ac.uk/genealogy/

http://www.caithnessfhs.org.uk/

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• paintings and photos
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Well, the Internet being what it is, it should come as no surprise that someone’s already taken the initiative to come up with one!

GENEVA, the Calendar of GENealogical EVents and Activities, is a joint project between GENUKI (the virtual reference library of genealogical information for the UK and Ireland) and the Federation of Family History Societies (an association for genealogical societies with a  interest in England, Wales and Ireland). It lists dozens of special events, fairs, talks and other activities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with a link to each event’s website or web page.

The list’s compiled by Malcolm Austen for GENUKI and the FFHS. At present the focus is heavily on England and Wales, but the calendar’s open to events all over the world – “just as long as they pertain to UK & Irish ancestry”, as Malcolm says.

So if you’re gripped by genealogical Wanderlust, or if your local society has an event that you’d like to publicise – or even if you’re planning an event and are keen to avoid clashes with other events nearby – why not visit the GENEVA website?

GENEVA – online calendar of GENealogical EVents and Activities

ScotlandsPeople, the official online source of data from civil registers, parish records, censuses and wills and testaments  for Scotland, is a partnership between the General Register Office for Scotland, the National Archives of Scotland, The Court of the Lord Lyon (responsible for coats of arms and heraldry in Scotland) and Internet service providers brightsolid. You can access over 50 million records dating back to 1855 for deaths, 1553 in the case of births and marriages, and 1513 for wills and testaments.

Registration at ScotlandsPeople is free. So are detailed searches of the indexes, although you’ll have to pay to view or download census or register entries and document images; it costs £6 to view 30 entries in the statutory registers, the old parish records or the censuses (these credits last for 90 days), £5 to view one will or testament, and £10 to view a coat of arms.

You can find out more from the ScotlandsPeople website:
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

The collections offer a rich research resource for scholars, researchers and genealogists and include a virtual online library.

http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/specialcollections/collections/methodist/

You can browse six journals online:

• Gentleman’s Magazine
• The Annual Register
• Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
• Notes and Queries
• The Builder
• Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine

Visit their website for more information:
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/

Founded in 1885 as the Huguenot Society of London, the Society changed its name in 1986 to reflect its wider membership. It seeks to promote the publication and interchange of knowledge about the Protestant Christians who fled France to avoid religious persecution in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, many of whose descendants are largely unaware of their ancestors.

The Society has published a large number of PDF guidesto help those researching their Huguenot ancestry – starting with a basic guide on how to proceed with research, and giving all kinds of more specific pointers such as a French glossary, a guide to Huguenot settlers outside London, and how to search in France for ancestors who arrived in Great Britain and Ireland after 1710.

Sadly the Society’s journal, Huguenot Families, ceased publication in 2008, but back copies are still available from the Society’s website.

For more information, visit the Huguenot Society of Great Britain & Ireland’s website:

http://www.huguenotsociety.org.uk/family/

Olympia, London

If you have ever wondered what your ancestors were like, where they lived or what they did for a living, Who Do You Think You Are? Live: the National History Show is an event where you can make incredible discoveries about the story of your family.

Following on from two successful events in 2006 and 2007, this is a great chance to take forward your research into your family history, to get a taste for what’s involved if you’re starting out in genealogy, or even to just find out what it’s all about!

With the largest gathering of TV historians, family history experts and nearly 200 exhibitors from Ancestors Magazine to Your Family Tree, this three-day event is a unique opportunity to fill in the gaps in your family tree and make your connection to events in history. There’s plenty of support from major exhibitors such as the Society of Genealogists (over 80 seminars!), and you can hear from celebrities such as Ainsley Harriott and Matthew Pinsent about what they’ve unearthed in their own family research. And if you’re stuck in your research and need advice on how to take it forward, then you can get a 20-minute one-to-one session with an expert.

There’s far too much to mention here! But you can find out more on the Who Do You Think You Are? Live website

It’s funded and maintained by a bewildering range of government departments and public sector bodies – the register offices and public records offices for all parts of the United Kingdom, plus the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the network of academic archives throughout Britain, the Imperial War Museum and even the old records from the pre-1947 India Office.

There’s a whole section full of topics of interest to family history researchers, with useful information about civil births, marriages and deaths registration, religious records (parish registers), censuses, wills, immigration and emigration records, military records, and adoptions. They’ve also got several guides on how to get started in the whole field of family research using original records, genealogy software and records on the Internet. Reviews of useful books and a handy reading list round off this excellent resource for the novice genealogist.

FamilyRecords.gov.uk