Friday 15 January 2021

Members of Accredited Genealogists Ireland to deliver online Diploma in Family History course

For many people, Lockdown has brought the opportunity to study or develop further knowledge of a favoured subject, so readers of Irish Genealogy News are likely to find a new online Diploma in Family History course of particular interest.

The 10-week course is from City Colleges Dublin and will be delivered by members of Accredited Genealogists Ireland (the island-wide network of accredited professional genealogists aka ).

It will start on Thursday 28 January and classes will be held on Thursday evenings from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. You can download (pdf) an overview of the course and the topics to be explored in each week's class here.

Students are required to submit and achieve pass grades in two assignments to graduate with the award of a Diploma.

The course was originally created and presented by John Grenham. While John is still involved and will be one of the lecturers, the course will now be led by Sandra Doble, Nicola Morris and Sandy O’Byrne, all AGI members. Several additional MAGI colleagues make up the full lecturing team. The course fee is €895; instalment plans are available).

To find out more about the course and the lecturers, click the City College logo above.