Education
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What is a Genetic Genealogist?
Last year I went to a networking event. The number one question was “what do you do?” Whenever someone asks me this question, I say “I’m a genealogist.” I have discovered that most people don’t know what genealogists do. They get that it has something to do with genes, but usually they think I’m some…
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Making an Education Plan
This month, our ProGen Study Group (1) assignment was to make an Education Plan. Last Fall, I spoke about Genetic Genealogy Education and Certification at the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference (2), and one of the topics in my presentation was making an education plan, so I’ve given this topic a lot of thought! It’s…
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Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (FIGG) Education and Certification
A final follow-up on my posts Genealogy Education and Certification (1) and Genetic Genealogy Education and Certification (2). Both of those posts are a good place to start, since FIGG uses both documentary as well as genetic genealogy, and having a strong foundation in those skills is necessary before developing proficiency in FIGG. I would especially recommend…
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Genetic Genealogy Education and Certification
This post is a follow-up post to my post Genealogy Education and Certification (1). I again want to reiterate the difference between a “certificate” and a “certification,” especially since I have seen people who have acquired a certificate referring to themselves as certified. A certificate is proof of education. While it is meaningful in that the…
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I went to GRIP!
More accurately, GRIP came to me, virtually. I mentioned the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP) (1) in my post Genealogy Education and Certification (2). So when the opportunity to sign up for its virtual offerings came up, I was excited that I was able to get into a class for both the June and…
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Genealogy Education and Certification
A lot of people ask in the Genealogy Squad Facebook Group (1) about genealogy education (usually with a goal of becoming a professional genealogist). Since this is something I’ve looked at, I thought it would be helpful to write a blog post detailing various educational opportunities and how I’m planning on working my way towards…
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