Hi Cathy I have no idea what the IHGS course entails but suspect its probably no more than you can find out yourself Their site does not seem to want to divulge the cost for some reason Try a good book like Ancestral Trails You might also check out the free online courses available from the LDS http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp There are quite a few, on various Countries I have seen the ones for England and would recommend them If only as a precursor to more in depth courses Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > This isn't strictly a Sussex question, but I know a lot of the members of > this list are very knowledgeable and may be able to help. I want to > increase my knowledge of genealogy resources available and have also been > thinking about "going back to school" so I did some searching around for > possible courses that would challenge me and allow me to continue to > research my own family history [spare time is at a premium in a house with 3 > kids]. I found the IHGS course on the internet and wondered if anyone on > this list had any knowledge or experience of it or the IHGS in general. > > I would also be interested to find out how others "learnt" about family > history research tools. > > Thanks > > Cathy

"How much does the course cost? The full cost of the course is £1980 for UK based students or £2240 for overseas students. " Apart from the internet there are many excellent books. Check out your local library (save it from closure!). Or, what I suggest to many readers is to check out the stock of Hatchards or Waterstones to see the actual content, and cross-reference with your library catalogue. Or even try Amazon and the readers reviews to give you some idea. HTH Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> To: "Cathy O'Brien" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [SXP] Does anyone know anything about the IHGSCorrespondencecourse in Genealogy > Hi Cathy > > I have no idea what the IHGS course entails but suspect its probably no > more than you can find out > yourself > > Their site does not seem to want to divulge the cost for some reason > > Try a good book like Ancestral Trails > > You might also check out the free online courses available from the LDS > http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp > > There are quite a few, on various Countries > > I have seen the ones for England and would recommend them > > If only as a precursor to more in depth courses > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> This isn't strictly a Sussex question, but I know a lot of the members of >> this list are very knowledgeable and may be able to help. I want to >> increase my knowledge of genealogy resources available and have also been >> thinking about "going back to school" so I did some searching around for >> possible courses that would challenge me and allow me to continue to >> research my own family history [spare time is at a premium in a house >> with 3 >> kids]. I found the IHGS course on the internet and wondered if anyone on >> this list had any knowledge or experience of it or the IHGS in general. >> >> I would also be interested to find out how others "learnt" about family >> history research tools. >> >> Thanks >> >> Cathy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message