Family Research Studies: Genealogy IV
Monterey Peninsula College is one of only two higher education institutions that offer online courses in Genealogy.
LIBR 63 is a 3-unit course in which you will learn:
- How to integrate the information obtained in one format and one genealogy program and move it into another program for publishing purposes
- How to prepare a publishable report on one ancestral line, one ancestor, or one family as part of a step-at-a-time process
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Define your family history writing objectives including:
- Deciding who your audience will be
- Selecting the family
- Deciding on a time perspective
- Choosing a writing style
- Background materials and bibliography
- Design your book or report
- Incorporate oral histories
- Produce a family history in print
- Compare printed histories
- Compare a family histories online
- Compare CD, DVD, and video family histories
- Produce a family history online
- Produce a traditional printed family history
- Set up online history reasoning and privacy issues
- Put together a video history
- Learn about other forms of family histories such as:
- Family health histories
- Calendar ideas
- Photo histories
- Children's histories
- Others
- Publish the final product including:
- Finding a publisher or self-publishing
- Submitting your manuscript
- Sharing your research and preserving a permanent copy
- Price server space and editing options
- Submit the final project
For more information please go to www.mpc.edu/karen_clifford.