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Genealogy - Trace Your Family History

Lifelong Learning
CAP047
Award Name Certificate of Attendance
NFQ Classification
Awarding Body College
NFQ Level
Award Name NFQ Classification Awarding Body NFQ Level
Certificate of Attendance College
Alternate Provider:
Location:
Cappamore
Attendance Options:
Part time, Evening
Apply to:
Course provider

Duration

10 weeks Monday 19.00 - 21.30.

Further information

Check out the college website for next start date of part-time courses.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENROLMENTS:
• Enquiries to adultedcappamore@lcetb.ie or Phone 061 414344
• ONLINE APPLICATIONS to www.lcfe.ie - Using the APPLY FOR PART TIME COURSES link and select
LCFE CAPPAMORE - All courses

3. By Post
It is possible to register by post by returning a completed application form and payment by cheque, bank draft or postal order. Please make payable to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board. FOR SECURITY REASONS, WE CANNOT ACCEPT CASH.
Return application form(s) to:
Evening Programmes, College of FET, Mulgrave St Campus, Mulgrave Street, Limerick

Tuition Fee: €100.

Application Form & Tuition Fees
Fees are tuition fees only, except where otherwise indicated. Some validating bodies charge separate registration/examination fees. Please refer to their respective websites.

20% discount on tuition fees for individuals in receipt of Full Job Seekers Allowance/ Benefit, Disability Allowance or One Parent Family Payment.

20% discount on tuition fees for all full-time LCFE learners 20% discount on tuition fees for all senior citizens.

Application forms cannot be processed nor places reserved without the full payment of tuition fees. Cheques, bank drafts or postal orders should be made payable to Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board (LCETB).

For Security Reasons WE CANNOT ACCEPT CASH.

Terms and Conditions:
Discounts apply to tuition fees only and not materials fees.

Proof for the applicable discount must be provided at registration.

Proof for a discount will not be accepted once a programme commences.

Learners will be requested to verify their details and ID in order to avail of discounts Once a course starts no refunds are issued.

Participant Profile
This course is suitable for anyone wishing to develop a broad array of historical research skills. Designed for those with any level of interest in History, the course each week will include detailed instruction into the tools and sources that are available to conduct personal, family and community based history research and projects.

Course Description
• Raw materials of History

• Reading and understanding primary and secondary sources

• The library and archives

• Art of the interview: discovering family secrets through conversations

• Exploring newspapers

• Investigating census records

• Utilising visual and material evidence

• Starting from scratch: techniques for building a family tree

• Family history and the web: tracing your ancestors through the Internet

• Creating and completing the History project

Terms and Conditions:
Discounts apply to tuition fees only and not materials fees.

Proof for the applicable discount must be provided at registration.

Proof for a discount will not be accepted once a programme commences.

Learners will be requested to verify their details and ID in order to avail of discounts. Once a course starts no refunds are issued.

Cappamore Campus
Cappamore,
Co.Limerick
Telephone 061 381 272
www.lcfe.ie
Email: adultedcappamore@lcetb.ie

Alternate Provider:
Location:
Cappamore
Attendance Options:
Part time, Evening
Apply to:
Course provider