Tutor: Joe Smith
We will investigate techniques to build your family tree using your computer from your own home. Some face-to-face tutoring could possibly be arranged to get set up, if needed. We will use the biggest free family tree building website: familysearch.org, but we can also look at the paid sites if necessary. You will only need your grandparents' birth details, name, date and place and death details, assuming they have passed. Having your parents' details may make it easier, if they have passed.
Monday 7.00pm - 8.00pm. Classes start 2 February, finish 6 April.
Cost: $25 (prepaid), 9 weeks
Current Enrolments: 6 (maximum 12)
Once we cover the basics, we will look at specific trees of students and try to solve problems.
The paid sites could be subscribed to now and then, for a short time (e.g. one month, or when they have their special discounts) to collect original documents. There will be classes on public holidays.
I have given a talk on this topic for the Caloundra Family History Research Association, which I used to be a member of and have traced my family back at least 6 generations, seven except for one Irish couple, and up to 14 generations for some lines. Once you go that far back, you will be related to millions of people and it's interesting to find out the famous ones.
About the Tutor:
I completed a major in Mandarin Chinese at UQ in 2004. I have studied a few languages and taught beginners' Thai in the main Brisbane Thai Buddhist Temple's Thai Cultural School, near Browns Plains. There I found out that the native primary school trained teachers, did not have experience teaching the tones, because they had only taught primary students, who were already fluent speakers. Thai and Chinese grammars are very similar and they are both tonal languages. I've been teaching U3A courses online for 4 years.If you are a U3A Brisbane member you may enrol in this class online using the Enrol button below. You will be asked to provide your membership number and name for identification.
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