Folsom Cordova Adult Education Fall Semester 2003 Presents A Family History Workshop Ten Week Course Defining and Executing a Research Project Held in Folsom at the Mercy Folsom Village Computer Lab 1160 Duchow, Folsom $40/Seniors 55 and older $20 Instructor: Susan H. Jackman Mondays 9 am -12 pm Class begins September 8th The class has limited seating for 18 people A structured workshop designed for the Family Historian who has a basic knowledge of the research process. This is a ‘hands on’ environment requiring the student to bring to the first class the family pedigree and all primary and secondary sources associated with the ancestral line. The object of the class is to teach the student of family history the process of working through a research project and creating a well-documented research report. The computer lab will be used to locate original census and other documents using Ancestry.com and other major online resources. The instructor will be available for one-on-one consultation. The three hour class will be broken into three segments; class time and the rotation of group time and student time. Group time allows for small group discussions and problem-solving with the instructor. Student time allows each student to be ‘on task’ at the computers. Research Project Scenario: Joan chooses to research the life of her 4th great grandfather in hopes of writing a short biographical sketch. She knows his birth, marriage and death information but would like to have more to write about. She chooses 8 ‘events’ or ‘records’ (tasks) she would like to add to the biography. She might choose to identify where and how much land her ancestor had. She may want to find him on a few census records to trace the history of his occupations. She may use tax records to determine what year he moved from one county to another. She may choose to locate his naturalization information and find the year he came to the United States, and so on. Joan puts together a research report detailing all the information she found with full documentation. At the end of the 10 week class, from the information she has gathered, she is now able to put together a detailed biographical sketch of her 4th great grandfather with full documentation. Example Research Projects Biographical Sketch The life and times of your ancestor—using Land, Tax, Naturalization, Passenger lists, Census and other records and including information about living conditions and social environment of the time and place. Full Census Report Find your ancestor on every census record possible from his birth to death—get a copy—create a detailed census report. Revolutionary War Report Find all available documents associated with your Military ancestor including Muster Rolls, County Militia records, Military Bounty Lands, pension applications, D.A.R. info, Military burial records, etc. Write a documented Military Report. Land and Property Report Locate all the land associated with your ancestor and order a plat map of your ancestor’s property if available. Get copies of all deeds associated with the family. Create a detailed and documented Land and Property report for your ancestor. Probate Report Choose an ancestor and locate a will and/or all documents relating to the probating of his belongings at death. Get a copy of the ‘goods and chattels’ giving an inventory of all the household items and farm implements. Find out who was assigned to administrate over the distribution of your ancestors land and property. Get copies of all legal documents. Create a detailed probate report. Professional Report For the would-be Professional: Take your research facts and create a fully documented Professional Research Report for a client showing what records were searched and why, showing results, and recommending the next steps in research. Custom Report You choose!!!! Class Schedule Week One Defining the Research Project—Using Report Forms and Task Forms. Projects determined IN CLASS. Outline of tasks created for the weeks to follow. Each student will come away with a list of possible films to order from the Family History Library in Salt Lake—to be viewed at the Sacramento Family History Center (Instructor is on shift Weds 1-4:30). Weeks Two-Nine Individual tasks will be completed by the students IN CLASS. Hands on Lab. Group problem solving. Instructor help. Use of instructor guided in-class to-do lists or ‘task outlines.’ Use of online Resources. Use of Microsoft Word for creating reports. Use of family history database software for viewing/evaluating student pedigrees (using the student's GEDCOM on 3 ½ floppy) Week 10 Finished Reports are brought to class. Voluntary class presentations. The student comes away with a finished product: A well documented Family History Report. : To reserve your spot: Send your check for $40/$20Seniors made out to 'Adult Education' to Community Education Center 10850 Gadsten Way Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (916) 635-6810. Put ‘Family History Workshop Folsom’ in the memo of your check. Important: no confirmation will be sent out. If the class is full your check will be returned! Questions? Call or e-mail the instructor Susan Jackman at (916) 983-5118 / susanjackman@attbi.com ______________________ Susan’s Family History Workshop Fall Semester 2003 Class Registration Name: Address: Phone: Amount Paid: