From Diane Walsh rengen(a)compu-type.net at the Illinois St. Clair
county list
ilSTCLAI-L(a)rootsweb.com
Since many of us are interested in improving our research skills, this is
just in from NGS
From the NGS Upfront ezine Volume 8, Number 12-1 December 2008
"National Genealogical Society Adds New Course
The National Genealogical Society, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia,
announces a new educational course offering, Working with Deeds. This latest
of NGS's online courses teaches a researcher to recognize and understand
various types of deeds and to analyze the information found in them. These
skills help family historians sort out the mysteries of ancestral
relationships and solve difficult brick-wall problems.
The NGS Special Topics Series courses, available as downloadable PDF files,
are designed for those who want to complete a short course on a specific
topic and put the resultant knowledge to work right away. The NGS Home Study
Course, available on CD-ROM, is a comprehensive study course that takes
longer to complete but provides an overall grounding in genealogical
research.
NGS online courses offer the convenience of completing a genealogy study
course at your own pace. They are reasonably priced, and a discount is
offered to NGS members.
For more information or to register for an online course or the NGS Home
Study Course, visit the NGS website at
http://ngsgenealogy.org and click on
Learning Center."