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A Message from Legacy Tree Genealogists

THIS MESSAGE MAY BE OF INTEREST TO OUR SENIOR STUDENTS OR OUR GRADUATES Are you wanting to put your research skills to work? Have you started your genealogical research business? This may be the opportunity you have been hoping for! The team at Legacy Tree Genealogists currently has remote (work-from-home) positions available for several positions, with experience at three levels of genealogical expertise. These positions are part-time or full-time, depending on your needs, and will include paid time off, holiday pay, 401k, and full medical benefits (full-time only). Learn more about these opportunities and how you can join their team at https://www.legacytree.com/apply. FROM THE LEGACY TREE GENEALOGISTS WEBSITE: ‘As a company, we cultivate an atmosphere of support centred around our company values of CARE—Cooperation, Accuracy, Respect and Efficiency. It’s this commitment to providing exceptional quality and care to each client that has earned us the prestige of being the world’s highest-rated genealogy research firm. Since 2004, we’ve had the privilege of helping thousands of clients around the globe discover their story.’ At the bottom of the page, you will find which positions are currently hiring. You also have the option to subscribe to notifications for future open genealogy positions by completing the digital submission form. LegacyTree Genealogists Blog: https://www.legacytree.com/blog

Congratulations to our Graduates

Congratulations to all our National Institute for Genealogical Studies graduates. We have issued and mailed approximately 200 completion certificates for students who have successfully finished the Basic, Intermediate or Advanced levels of our various Certificate Programs. A special Congratulations to our Graduates of the Certificate in Genealogical Studies – Country Streams programs (40 courses). Celebrate the dedication you’ve shown on the way to this achievement. Great research results will come to you for all the hard work you put into your studies to reach this worthwhile goal. Congratulations!!! Louise St Denis, Managing Director, The National Institute for Genealogical Studies. ROLL CALL of GRADUATES: Certificate In Genealogical Studies  John Boeren, PLCGS: English Records Anna Dalea, PLCGS: Canadian Records Julie Eaklor, PLCGS: American Records Gaynol Fales, PLCGS: American Records Laura Hall, PLCGS: American Records James Hill, PLCGS: English Records James Hill, PLCGS: Australian Records Carol Mackay, PLCGS: Canadian Records Brian Maclachlan, PLCGS: Canadian Records Ginger Muenster, PLCGS: American Records Maria Murphy, PLCGS: Irish Records Maria Murphy, PLCGS: Australian Records Dahlia Petgrave, PLCGS: Canadian Records Kathryn Potter, PLCGS: Canadian Records Jeannie Waters, PLCGS: Canadian Records Justina Vickerman, PLCGS: German Records See a complete list of all Graduates: https://www.genealogicalstudies.com/eng/Graduates.asp ——————————- Visit our website for a complete list of online courses offered by The National Institute for Genealogical Studies. Contact information: 1 (800) 580-0165 www.GenealogicalStudies.com blog.GenealogicalStudies.com admin@GenealogicalStudies.com

A Message from Legacy Tree Genealogists

THIS MESSAGE MAY BE OF INTEREST TO OUR SENIOR STUDENTS OR OUR GRADUATES  Are you wanting to put your research skills to work? Have you started your genealogical research business? The team at Legacy Tree Genealogists has remote (work-from-home) positions available for Eastern European Researcher and Historical DNA Researcher. These positions are part-time or full-time, depending on your needs, and will include paid time off, holiday pay, 401k, and full medical benefits (full-time only). Learn more, or subscribe to notifications of future open positions at https://www.legacytree.com/apply. FROM THE LEGACY TREE GENEALOGISTS WEBSITE:  ‘As a company, we cultivate an atmosphere of support centred around our company values of CARE—Cooperation, Accuracy, Respect and Efficiency. It’s this commitment to providing exceptional quality and care to each client that has earned us the prestige of being the world’s highest-rated genealogy research firm. Since 2004 we’ve had the privilege of helping thousands of clients around the globe discover their story.’ LegacyTree Genealogists Blog: https://www.legacytree.com/blog

Demystifying Culture and Folklore

The National Institute for Genealogical Studies’ course Demystifying Culture and Folklore encourages students to explore their primary cultures (race, ethnicity, nationality) and their subcultures (religion, family, occupations, etc.), to determine how these have influenced their ancestors’ generation, and how they have been influenced by the intergenerational folklore passed down from their ancestors. Check out these past Blog Posts to read more about how this course helps us to discover elements of our own primary ancestral cultures, and perhaps start to recognize and understand ways folklore and subcultures have influenced and shaped our families today. Part 1: Demystifying Culture and Folklore: Intro  Each component of Demystifying Culture and Folklore, will stimulate the need for deeper investigation to pursue “the rest of the story” to verify what was revealed. Part 2: Our Primary Cultures  As you work through the course, you will discover which cultures have influenced your family and identify the elements that have survived and are being perpetuated to the next generations. Pieces begin to fit together to reveal how race, ethnicity and nationality are uniquely interwoven in your family. Part 3: Our Immigrant Ancestors’ Culture  Our Immigrant Ancestors faced many challenges and their original root cultures traveled with them, embedded in their very being and preserved within the traditions they practiced. Their responses are often reflecting their culture’s beliefs. Part 4: Cultural Assimilation  Cultural Assimilation was challenging for our ancestors as they either embraced their new culture or struggled to maintain their folkways in the midst of conflicting social or occupational settings. The Demystifying Culture & Folklore course explores how your family embraced their new culture, or how they struggled to adapt. The final outcome from completing this course will be a richer understanding of our family and the lives of our ancestors – Demystifying its unique Culture and the Folklore that has been passed down the generations. Visit our website for a complete list of online courses offered by The National Institute for Genealogical Studies. Follow us on Social Media: Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest. Contact information: 1 (800) 580-0165 Email: admin@GenealogicalStudies.com Website: www.GenealogicalStudies.com Blog: blog.GenealogicalStudies.com LEADERS IN ONLINE GENEALOGY EDUCATION

Follow us on Pinterest

Do you use Pinterest? It is a free social media website where you can create a collection of visual bookmarks on whatever topic you are interested in. This quickly became very popular, but…. Did you know that it is NOT just for Recipes and Crafts? You can actually use it for Genealogy! It can become a useful online tool. The International Institute of Genealogical Studies has a Pinterest account and you can follow us HERE. As you are researching online, you visit many websites while working on your research projects – how can you organize and keep track of them? Where can you keep them all in one place and have access to them wherever you are? In our Social Media Tools for the Wise Genealogist course, you will learn that Pinterest is a visual bookmarking website. It allows you to create “Boards” for various topics, which are like Bulletin Boards. You can “Pin” various website bookmarks to the appropriate topical board to be referenced later. These pins capture an image from that webpage and display it inside the board, along with a short description. The URL is linked so that when the image is clicked, that website will open. Boards are created with a title, which reflects your research topics and are usually displayed alphabetically. Inside your board, choose one of the pins with an image that best expresses what that board is about and save it to be displayed as the “cover” of that board. This provides a quick visual prompt as to what each board is about and builds a virtual library of your bookmarks. Pinterest Research Tips 1. When you pin all the websites you used for a specific genealogy project to one designated board, it is a great way to check back for all of the URL sources for your bibliography or reference materials.  2. When discussing a genealogy topic and you want to share a great resource site or database, you can quickly access it through the Pinterest app and share it on the spot. The International Institute of Genealogical Studies has created boards with links to many of our courses, packages and programs. For those who are visual learners, this is a way to quickly get an overview of what is being offered. New Boards and Pins will continue to be added until all of our courses are covered. Click on the course pins…

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