Courses in Leicestershire at the following centres :-
Bottesford Community Centre Tel : 01949-844199
Melton Mowbray Library Tel : 0116-2657806 (it is a Leicester number, but it is correct)
LRFHS Research Centre, Leicester - Tel Mick Rawle on 01664-854691
or email on : mick.rawle@ntlworld.com
I have recently (Apr 2008) been accepted as a tutor for the Workers Education Association (WEA) so if you want a course put on in your home town (East Midlands only) then ask for one.
Please contact the above for costs and course dates.
Mick Rawle is a qualified Adult Education Teacher and Professional Genealogist
who has been teaching these courses since 1999.
Beginners Courses
These courses are for the absolute beginner as well as for people who have done some Family History research but need to fully understand what is available and how to use it. You will be surprised by the things that you thought you knew, but you will be given the professional short cuts and extra knowledge to help find those elusive ancestors !
Bottesford Community College
Course starting 18th September 2008 and runs for ten weeks with a break for half term.
Course finishes 27th November
Melton Mowbray Library
No courses planned at present
LRFHS Research Centre
Next course will start in January 2009 - please book in advance to ensure your place
How to collect your information and turn it into a Family History
Using Computers & the Internet for Family History Research
See below for more advanced courses
and please note that courses have been cancelled
because enough people didn't book in advance !
This is for those of you who want to be able to use websites to their fullest extent - many tips on how to get the best out of some of the most useful Genealogy Websites on the internet. Everyone who has come on this course has said how much more they can do now on each of the websites I have shown them.
7 sessions
Bottesford Community College
Course starts Thursday 8th January 2009 for seven weeks
9.45 - 11.45 am
LRFHS Research Centre, Pilot House, Leicester
Course starts 19th September 6.30 - 8.30pm
Phone or email Mick to put your name down.
Genealogy on the Internet Syllabus
7 lessons of two hours per lesson
Explanation and use of Data CDs Commercial websites explored
National & County Records Offices & Family History Society websites
FamilySearch - 1881 Census & IGI Ancestry FreeBMD
Cyndislist Findyourpast and many more sites explained.
After the first lesson, bring your own research
and let Mick help you find those missing ancestors.
This is for those of you who have done a fair amount of research and are perhaps stuck,
or want to know more about other sources of information - trips to a CRO and the
National Archives (TNA) are available during this course, but the TNA trip will cost extra.
Bottesford
Course to start Thursday 8th January 2009 for 10 weeks
12.45 - 2.45 pm
LRFHS Research Centre
Course to start Wednesday 17th September 2008 6.30 - 8.30 pm
Ring or email Mick to book your place
Continuing FH Course Syllabus
Recap on all the records mentioned in the Beginner's Course
Maps and their uses Poor Law Documents
Visit the National Archives (TNA) at Kew, London
Other sources - Newspapers : Fire, Ambulance & Police services : Taxes :
Protestation Returns etc. etc.
Cost of the London trip to the National Archives is in addition to the course fee. The cost depends on the charges made by the LRFHS because we go on the LRFHS Bus trips to Kew.
The one for this course is Tuesday 30th September and costs £15.00 payable to the LRFHS