FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research to Offer Unique
Opportunities in Genealogical Education
RALEIGH, North
Carolina, 9 September 2014. Professional genealogists Catherine W. Desmarais, CG, Michael Hait, CG, and Melanie D.
Holtz, CG, are pleased to
announce the formation of the Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research. The Virtual Institute is a unique educational opportunity for genealogists of all skill
levels.
The Institute
will offer courses on a wide variety of genealogical subjects, providing
“Vigorous” year-round education for the genealogical community using a virtual
platform. Each course will consist of a total of four 90-minute lectures, two
each presented on consecutive Saturdays, extensive syllabus material, and practical
exercises. Limited class sizes of only one hundred registrants per course
allows for a higher level of class participation and instructor feedback than
typically offered by genealogy webinars.
Courses are
currently planned around the topics of genealogical writing, advanced
methodology, DNA testing and analysis, and cultural, regional, or record-based
research strategies.
Many of these
subject matters—as well as the depth of instruction—have never before been
offered in a virtual format and are ideal for genealogists around the world.
“The Virtual Institute will allow genealogists who work a full-time job or have limited travel
budgets to more easily advance their genealogical skills,” Institute
co-administrator Melanie D. Holtz stated.
Registration for
each course will cost $69.99 and includes digital video recordings of all four
lectures, available within two weeks of the close of each course.
For more
information on the Institute and to register for upcoming courses, visit www.vigrgenealogy.com and subscribe to the mailing list for updates on future courses.
UPCOMING COURSES
Michael Hait, CG, “Writing Logical Proof Arguments,” 1 November–8 November 2014
J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA, “Preparing
the Field: Understanding the Agricultural Records of our Ancestors,” 24 January–31 January 2015
Maureen Taylor,
“Family Photographs: Identifying, Preserving, and Sharing Your Visual
Heritage,” 21 February–28 February 2015
Donna Moughty,
“Strategies for Finding Your Irish Ancestors,” 7 March–14 March 2015
Blaine Bettinger,
“(Finally!) Understanding Autosomal DNA,” 21 March–28 March 2015
Billie Stone
Fogarty and Rick Fogarty, “Verifying the Family Legend of Native American
Ancestry,” 18 April–25 April 2015
Melanie D. Holtz,
CG,
and Melissa Johnson, “Genealogical Applications
of Dual Citizenship by Descent,” 2 May-9 May 2015
Paul Milner, “An
In-Depth Look at the Big Four Records of English Research,” 30 May - 6 June
2015
Angela McGhie,
“Digging in Federal Land Records,” 19 September-26 September 2015
CG, Certified Genealogist, CGL, and
Certified Genealogical Lecturer are Service Marks of the Board for
Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after
periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered
in the US Patent and Trademark Office.
