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This group is for students taking courses or working on the Certificate for American Records from the International Institute of Genealogical Studies.
Website: https://www.genealogicalstudies.com/eng/courses.asp?certificateID=10
Location: The International Institute of Genealogical Studies
Members: 172
Latest Activity: Oct 19, 2023
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Keeping in Touch
Started by Cheryl Levy PLCGS Jan 12, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Do you have a question about your courses or your research? Communication is so important in genealogy. At the Institute, there are various ways you can communicate with us. For more details:…Continue
Foundations: American Certificate Course Order
Started by Cheryl Levy PLCGS Jan 7, 2023. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Many new students are unsure of where to begin. Which courses should you take first? It is recommended for all students to begin with understanding the methodology guidelines and standards used in…Continue
Introducing myself
Started by Laurel Page Brown. Last reply by Gaynol Fales PLCGS Sep 30, 2021. 4 Replies 0 Likes
My name is Laurel Brown and I live in Indian Trail, NC just outside of Charlotte. I started doing genealogy over 40 years ago, but have had many starts and stops along the way. Over the last few…Continue
Thank you for adding me.
Started by Mary Jane Mitchell. Last reply by Sara N Martin Apr 13, 2021. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Thank you for adding me. I am just learning about Genealogy Wise in the social media class. I am Mary Mitchell. I am 41. Between my husband and I we have eight girls. They are ages 21 to 10. I will…Continue
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Comment by Gaynol Fales PLCGS on May 6, 2020 at 6:22am
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Tamara, I'd try emailing admin@GenealogicalStudies.com or calling 1-800-580-0165. They could connect you with the person who can help you start one. They've always been super helpful to me no matter the question. If you email it may take a day or so for them to reply depending on what event's going on in the genealogy world.
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Comment by Tamara A Henschel on May 5, 2020 at 3:02pm
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Hi, I'm Tamara Henschel and I'm just working on completing my advanced courses for the American certificate as well as my German certificate. I started taking courses with NIGS in 2019 and will hopefully be finished with both certificates by spring of 2021. Once I save up some money, I want to continue classes on my Professional certificate. In addition to American genealogy research, I am planning on specializing in German research with a sub-specialty in the former Pommern region. I am glad to meet all of you and enrich my knowledge with another group of people. I wish there was a German records group on here as well!!!
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Comment by Jessica Burleson on May 2, 2020 at 9:50am
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Thanks Angela. Sounds great!
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Comment by Angela Harris on May 2, 2020 at 9:45am
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Jessica, ProGen is a program for genealogists to hone their work product by going through the book Professional Genealogy chapter by chapter and doing assignments. It's geared toward those who are interested in professional credentials (BCG, ICAPGen, etc), but can be taken by anybody seeking to produce professional-quality work. It involves a yearlong time commitment and group feedback. It was a great experience, but could be quite intense!
https://progenstudy.org/
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Comment by Melissa Michele Edwards on May 2, 2020 at 9:29am
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Hello Gaynol! I know you will love browsing through them. The photos are amazing and reading all of the details about why they were arrested and their sentences really fascinates me. Many of them were just for petty larceny...likely just trying to survive. You can see the desperation in some of their eyes....
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What is ProGen?
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Wasn't aware. Thanks for telling me about them. Imagine the stories in those!
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Comment by Lynn CLOUD Teague on May 1, 2020 at 11:07pm
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Melissa Michele Edwards, yes!
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Is anyone else completely fascinated by the Sacramento Police Mug Books now available on Archive.org? I can't stop browsing!
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Hi Beverly, I know what you mean. I have one to finish for American Records and I'm about a third way through Professional.
I plan on taking ProGen at some point as precursor to trying for a CG but maybe enough is enough!
My personal work right now is tracing my father's line (because it's easier!). I have a brick wall of where a 3rdGgf went after NY in 1800. I find his kids but not him and no death records. Now I;ve uncovered evidence he'd land in the Western Reserve in late 1790s,. So maybe he was on his way to OH from ME through NY. And was it Rev War bounty land? So that's where my search is heading now.
What is your research interest?
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