Promoting Quality in Open and Distance Learning

12th April 2002

Northgate, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1BA

The Institute is the leading school for teaching family history studies, training genealogists and record searchers, and providing courses in auxiliary subjects. It has its own premises dating from the 13th & 16th centuries, with an extensive library and research resources. ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

Tel: 01227 768664,
Fax: 01227 765617.
Principal: Dr. C.R. Humphery-Smith
Contact: Dr. R.C.F. Baker

education@ihgs.ac.uk
www.ihgs.ac.uk

The lectures in this course address the whole subject more broadly and academically than general courses and enable the student to cover in the full the syllabus required for The Institute's Part II Certificate in Genealogy.

This is an essential step in the study and training leading to The Institute's Diploma in Genealogy. Completing further requirements and satisfying the examiners, students would then be able to proceed to the higher level of qualification, the Licenciateship of The Institute being an ultimate goal.

Contents of the course include:

• The objects and value of family history research.
• Names
• Literature of Genealogy
• Preliminary steps
• Demography
• The Parish
• Historical geography
• Rural and urban society
• Trades and professions
• Other ecclesiastical records
• Probate documentation
• The manor
• Public Record Office
• Estates