IHGS runs a range of courses including the acclaimed Correspondence Course in Genealogy and the industry recognised Diploma in Genealogy. Our integrated distance learning courses follow a structured path from elementary to advanced level. Day courses on a range of family history and heraldry topics and are held at our base in Canterbury, Kent.

Our Courses

Awaken Your Ancestors - Elementary Level

10 modules – Non-assessed

Covering: Family Records – The GRO – Census Returns – Parish Registers & Parish Records Also includes: Indexes – Internet Searches – Drawing a Family Tree – Methodology

Broadening Your Family Tree - Intermediate Level

10 modules – Non-assessed

Covering: Wills – Palaeography – Nonconformity – Military Records – Education Records - Occupations & the Professions – Names Also includes: additional Awaken material – Internet Searches – Transcribing – Methodology - More family tree drawing

Completing Your Ancestral Journey - Advanced Level

20 modules – Assessed

Covering: Migration records – census substitutes – electoral rolls/poll books – Quarter Sessions/Assize Court records – Convict Transportation – Manorial Records – Title Deeds – Maps – House History – Heraldry – One-name study – One-place study – Scottish, Welsh, Irish & other UK Records – Westminster Court Records – Ecclesiastical Court Records

The Correspondence Course in Genealogy - IHGS Higher Certificate in Genealogy

24 modules – Assessed

Comprehensive practical and theoretical course leading to the qualification The Higher Certificate in Genealogy.

Heraldry

6 modules - Asessed

A comprehensive course in the history, use and interpretation of heraldry