2025 Spring LLI Class – Genealogy – Researching records in the British Isles (1800-onward)

Genealogy – Researching records in the British Isles (1800-onward)

Mondays, 10am – noon, Feb. 17 – Mar. 24 (6 weeks)

Spring 2025 registration begins January 22, 2025.
Spring classes begin February 17, 2025

In this class, we will learn tips and techniques for researching your ancestors in the British Isles. We review how to create a research plan and log results as we explore ancestors across the pond (in England, Wales, Scotland, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). We will use FindMyPast, Irishgenealogy.ie, ScotlandsPeople, and many other local sources as well as lightly using Ancestry (world access) and FamilySearch. We will find birth, marriage, death, and burial records, passenger lists and passports, address or location searches (using census records, directories, and historic maps), and military records. We will review basic paleography techniques (in reading wills and land records) and find ancestor’s interests and occupations (using guild records and newspapers). This class is six weeks, limited to 21 people, and includes instruction and handouts. Laptops can be used if desired, but not required.