Chance to map your family tree
A new evening course at Forth Valley College’s Stirling campus aims to help people trace their family roots.
It will be led by Muriel Alexander, FVC’s university partnership officer, who is also a professional genealogist.
The six-week course costs £60 and will take place on Tuesday evenings starting January 22.
Muriel said:“There are 14 places available and it is suitable for anyone new to family history or who has little knowledge of how to trace their family roots. It will focus largely on using Scottish records, but the techniques can be applied to search records in other countries.
“It will look at civil registration of births, marriages, deaths, census records, parish registers, as well as covering other useful traditional and online resources. Those applying should be familiar with the Windows operating environment, file management and using the internet and the course will provide students with tools and tips for tracing and recording their family history research.
“I managed to turn a hobby into a business, but decided to move back to work in education again. But people should be warned. this is a hobby that can be addictive.”
For more information on the course and booking instructions visit https://www. forthvalley.ac.uk/courses/history-heritage/ tracing-your-family-roots-an- introduction/ or call the college on 01324 403000.