Hi Jaeth, To add to the wonderful suggestions you've already received: The North Carolina APG chapter holds their monthly meetings via GoToMeeting - so you can meet online with your local chapter members :) Craig Scott has a good independent study course on the Civil War available from NGS - look under their Online Courses. There are also a wide variety of online courses available through the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (http://www.genealogicalstudies.com) if you want to focus on specific topics of interest. When you can find a way to make travel happen, I would absolutely recommend attending one of the week-long institutes. They are the best thing I've ever done for myself in terms of genealogical education. Kimberly On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 9:55 AM, <mrsmurphy1@aol.com> wrote: > > Harold - thank you - those are terrific recommendations. I had not even > considered looking at state/local webinars and was not aware that there was > an APG virtual chapter - excellent! I was fortunate enough to participate > in Dr. Jones' evidence class at BU and am on the lookout for a live seminar > somewhere near the wilds of NC to attend. I like free and fair criticism - > toughens the character for the real genealogical world! Many thanks. > > Jaeth Murphy > Moyock, NC > >