The Society of Genealogists has teamed up with Pharos to make available a distance learning course to genealogists and family historians anywhere in the world. Full details: www.sog.org.uk/education/intro.shtml#pharos and http://www.pharostutors.com/certificate.php The course is Certificate of Family History Skills and Strategies (Intermediate) and consists of 10 modules which they say can be completed in 18 months. Each module will stand alone and it's not necessary to do all of them. The modules (in alphabetical order) are: 17th Century Sources Apprenticeships & Guilds Employment Records Lists & Sources from Georgian England Migration in the British Isles Military Records Nonconformity in England and Wales The Poor, the Parish and the Workhouse Victorian Crime & Punishment Wills and Administrations -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk