Welcome to the Family Historian Courses
Each time I write a story about an ancestor, I learn more about myself.
Courses in the Essential Genealogist's Journey
Pathway to Preserving Family History
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Essential Genealogist Masterclass
Monthly one hour live Zoom calls for members of the Essential Genealogist Journey Membership.
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$15.00 / month
Essential Genealogist Journey Membership
Access to all products in the Preserving Family History Academy
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Free
5 Day Challenge: S.M.A.R.T. Genealogy Planner
5 day challenge: S.M.A.R.T. Genealogy Planning Toolkit A free introduction to the tools, skills, resources, and processes involved in becoming an Essential Family History Detective.
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$150.00
How to build your Family Tree
Getting started in Genealogy: easy steps to grow your family tree. Includes an individual coaching call.
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$47.00
How to Organise your Genealogy Research
This course features my recommended strategies for organising your genealogy research and easy steps to managing your ancestral records. This course includes practical chapters organised sequentially, and available at any time for your convenience.
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$150.00
Coaching in Ancestral Storytelling
Plan and manage your ancestral story collections in Trello * Learn how to use writing, editing, and publishing in DabbleWriter * Illustrate your stories with graphics created in Canva * Learn how to share your stories on social media and Rakonto *
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$97.00
Digital Storytelling Family Historians
Digital Storytelling changes lives, perceptions and people. This effective art form can be used to capture oral history for your family and community. This self-paced course enables you to collect, collate and create a short movie of your ancestor.
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Free
Essential Genealogist: Live Casts 2023: Tips for Family Historians
Live Casts recorded in January 2023
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Free
Blogging In The Past Lane
10 Steps to Success in sharing your family history stories in a blog. Six Modules on how to plan, prepare and write your blog posts to preserve your Family History! Bonus lessons appear frequently.
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$47.00
How To Create & Preserve Family Stories
There are heroes and heroines in our ancestry, with stories to tell; we just need to find them. Take your ancestral story writing to new heights with deep Family History research and lessons on how to create, polish, and present your family stories.
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$15.00
Family Story Magic
Family Story Magic introduces the Trello Board for Ancestral Cards. The sequential self-paced modules step through the process of researching, plotting, writing, and sharing stories. The lessons provide insight, advice, instructions and resources.
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$10.00
eBooks
Storifying your Ancestors: how to write ancestral stories The Devon Kin Keeper: a genealogist's romantic inheritance
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$47.00
DabbleWriter for Genealogists
How to use DabbleWriter to create your Family History Story collection: the online/offline cloud-based writing tool that simplifies your learning curve.
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Free
Essential Genealogist : Genealogy Research and Storytelling Tips 2022
Live Casts: January 2022 A series of Tips for Genealogy Research and Family History Storytelling
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$5.00
eBook: The Devon Kin Keeper
The Devon Kin Keeper is a work of fiction, based on facts surrounding the claims to inherit the Angell Estate, South London, England. The story is written from the perspective of three genealogists in the Allery family.
Your Writing Courses
Each course focusses on a different aspect of preserving your family history
Courses in this academy will help transform your skills in writing family history stories.
From nervous novice to confident creator of family history stories!
What do I get if I join the Preserving Family History Academy?
15 Courses, 15 Masterclasses plus 2 eBooks - access all for $15 per month forever
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Family Historian Bundle
$2000 + value
Family Historian Bundle includes: Coaching in Ancestral Storytelling - How to Start your Family Tree - Essential Genealogist Tips - Family Story Magic - Blogging in the Past Lane - How to Organise your Genealogy Research - How to Expand your Personal Genealogy Network - DabbleWriter for Genealogists - How to Create and Preserve Family History Stories - Essential Genealogist: Genealogy Research and Storytelling Tips - Resources for Preserving Family History - eBook - Storifying Your Ancestors - eBook - The Devon Kin Keeper! - New courses are added during the year - You will have access to them all as long as you remain a member. New courses in 2023 include: - How to Start your Family Tree - Audio Visual Ancestral Storytelling - Unlocking Ancestral Story Publishing.
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Storytelling Masterclasses
$1200
Four Zoom sessions scheduled three times per year - opportunities to meet in real-time and connect with other students. Four Saturdays in: Jan/Feb May/June Sept/Oct
Ready to start your journey into Genealogy and Ancestral Storytelling?
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