Your favorite course?

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Eklund, PLCGS on August 13, 2009 at 9:58am

My favorite courses were the methodology courses. Understanding how to research has helped me research the various genealogical sources that exist, along with taking a more methodical approach to other aspects of my life as well. The courses really broke down for me not only the how to do genealogical research, but why genealogical research should be methodical. These courses helped turn my office from a disaster area into a well organized genealogical fortress.

Permalink Reply by Brenda Wheeler, PLCGS on August 17, 2009 at 12:26am

My favorite would be the Analysis and Skills Mentoring; you actually get to phone and chat to someone. I loved the chats I had with the mentors, wish more of the courses did this.

Permalink Reply by Deborah Dale on March 13, 2010 at 9:11am

Although I highly enjoyed the 'United States: Census Records' course (my favorite for course content), I am pleased to report that completing the assignment 'Message Boards' in week 3 of the course 'Electronic Resources: Using the Internet,' led to a possible and promising U.S to Ireland connection that I was not previously aware of. The assignment required posting a surname query to a surname message board or forum. Granted I could have posted the query on my own, but I would not have done so at that particular time--having almost lost confidence in surname message boards due to a perceived 'needle in haystack' scenario, while having to work with a common Irish surname.

There is much work to be done yet, but I am further than I was before, and I'm so grateful I took the 'Electronic Resources' course.

Permalink Reply by Liz Loveland on March 13, 2010 at 9:50am

So far I think my favorite courses have been the US Migration course, the Maps course, and the English courses I've taken (especially the names course, which I think would be more broadly applicable than just to English research, and the apprenticeship course). My choices are mostly for the course's written content and/or the projects. I haven't been studying for a particular certificate so far, just taking the courses that interest me.

I've signed up for the next term of Boston University's online genealogical certificate and am planning to not do much in the way of NIfGS courses while it's going on. I'm scheduled to take one NIfGS course that starts in April and then to take a break until late summer, as the other course runs from early May to early August. Perhaps others of you who take NIfGS courses might be interested in the BU one as well.

Permalink Reply by Sandy Fackler on March 26, 2011 at 12:36pm

My favorite course so far is US: Land Records, but then I'm just finishing the first eight courses in the American Basic. I've always loved land records, particularly when I get to draw surveys in metes and bounds. Being able to do the maps really comes in handy when you find a partition suit.