Completing Your Ancestral Journey

The Completing Your Ancestral Journey Advanced Level Course in Genealogy is a natural progression for those who have already completed the Awaken your Ancestors and Broadening your Family Tree family history courses and is also suited to the experienced family historian who wishes to gain a better understanding of a collection of valuable and accessible records that will help you Complete your Ancestral Journey.

The course fee is £480

Enrol on the course

It is a 20 module course and topics that will be covered are:

Manorial Records – Heraldry – Peerages, the Gentry and the Famous - Migration – Transportation – Poll Books – Electoral Registers – Census Substitutes – Taxation - Quarter Sessions – Title Deeds – Maps – House History – One-Name Study – One-Place Study - Legal Records - Newspapers – Scottish, Welsh and Irish Records – Ecclesiastical Courts – palaeography transcription exercises and plenty of opportunities to construct drop-line pedigrees.

The course is self assessed.

On completion of the course there is the option to sit the IHGS Advanced Level in Genealogy examination paper.

You do not have to sit the examination; it is completely optional. IHGS will hold examination days throughout the year, which you are most welcome to attend. Invigilation by Zoom can also be arranged. If you sit the examination and achieve a pass mark of 60% or more, you will receive the Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies Advanced Level in Genealogy Certificate. There is a fee for entry to the IHGS Advanced Level examination, please contact registrar@ihgs.ac.uk for more details.

For those who prefer to choose their own learning path — our Bitesize Courses through our VLE, let you focus on the topics most relevant to your research, without committing to the full programme Bitesize Courses.

Bitesize Courses