A portfolio equivalent to 2,500 words.
The portfolio to consist of materials generated from various independent study tasks set to students on a week-by-week basis.
The portfolio will be marked in two stages.

This module introduces students to the major sources used by academics, family historians and genealogists to study the history of the family. In particular it aims to equip students with the skills and competencies necessary to research a family tree and produce a pedigree chart. In addition the module will look at why the study of family history is important to historians and will examine ethical issues in the study of family history.

Series of one-hour lectures and one-hour workshops in a computer laboratory.
Students will learn how to undertake a life-history interview, read, analyse and interpret relevant sources (including photographs, the census enumerators' books, parish registers, trades directories and probate records), and present their work in a systematic and orderly fashion (prose, life-history and fertility sheets, pedigree charts and family trees).

Computer Laboratory.
Computers with Internet Access, Microsoft Office and Accessibility Software.
The Library, with copies of parish registers and trade directories.
Voice Recorders

Christian P & Annal, D. (2008) 'Census:Expert Guide'. London The National Archives
Colwell, S. (2003) 'Tracing Your Family History', London
Grannum, K. and Taylor, N (2009) 'Wills and Probate Records'. London
Higgs, E. (1996) 'A Clearer Sense of the Census', London.
McLaughlin, E. (2nd ed. 1985) 'Interviewing Elderly Relatives',
Ritchie, D. (2003) 'Doing Oral History', Oxford.
Rogers, C.D. (1997) 'The Family Tree Detective', Manchester.
Genealogy UKI http://www.genuki.org.uk/
FREE BMD http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/
Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.co.uk