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Who do you think you are?  Introduction to Genealogy31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9Description31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b931266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9This class will provide an introduction and guide into finding out about your ancestors and creating your family tree.  Using the internet you will learn how to find your ancestors on the census and trace your family history back, through Birth, Marriage and Death records and property records. Practical advice and guidance will be given and by the end of the 6 week course, your family tree will have grown and produced many branches.31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9Basic computer skills are needed to participate in this course.31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9Week 1:31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9Advice on preparing your family Pedigree Group Sheets.   Locating your ancestors’ plots in graveyards, through the use of your local library or online.31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9Week 2: Websites and Online research31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9•	Finding your families records on the 1901 and 1911 census records.31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9•	Checking fragments of Pre-1901 census records for your family31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9•	Genealogy Websites: “the free to view” and the “pay to view”31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9Week 3: Civil records31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9•	Civil Records of births, marriages and deaths since 1864.  Online indexes and31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9•	Guide to the General Register Office in Dublin.31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9Week 4: Church Records31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b931266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9•	Church records: Parish registers of Roman Catholic, Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and other denominations.31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9Week 5: Land and Property records31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9•	Property Valuation Records:  Griffith’s valuation online, Tithe Applotment books,31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9•	Valuation Office Records and Ordinance Survey Maps Online31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9Week 6: Conclusion31266eec-5f3e-4cf1-a300-3c657608f2b9•	Class Presentations of their family tree showing Birth, Marriage and Death dates for their ancestors and a short history of their family.
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