FAMILY HISTORIAN
Learn to uncover the stories hidden in the records.
Discover Your Roots Academy is in production: a practical online course designed to help you research your own family with confidence.
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Six modules. Your own family story.
In production. The planned €99 self-paced course will include 24 recorded lessons, 18 downloadable worksheets and templates, and a final Family History Discovery Portfolio. Separate English and Dutch editions are being prepared. Interest enquiries do not reserve a paid place or subscribe you to marketing.
Discover Your Roots Academy
€99 · planned price
Learn how to ask useful questions, find historical records, assess evidence and preserve your discoveries. Follow the shared six-module course and choose exercises that suit your experience and purpose.
- Planned: 6 modules and 24 recorded lessons
- 3 optional learning paths
- 18 downloadable worksheets and templates
- Final Family History Discovery Portfolio
- Separate English and Dutch editions
- In production: register interest; enrollment is not open
- Optional live guidance separately arranged and priced
Choose your learning path
- Start Your Tree — Beginners
- Deepen Your Research — Hobbyists
- Preserve Your Legacy — Family Legacy Seekers
Begin Your Family History Journey
Choose a focused question, collect what you already know and respect living relatives’ privacy.
Build and Organize Your Family Tree
Create a source-based tree, keep a research log and organise files you can find again.
Discover Historical Records
Use civil registration, census and population records, church registers and archive catalogues.
Explore Ancestors Across Borders
Follow migration clues, changing borders, place names and local record systems.
Evaluate Evidence and Solve Problems
Compare sources, record conflicting evidence and distinguish facts from hypotheses.
Preserve and Share Your Family Story
Write a sourced family narrative and make a practical preservation and sharing plan.
Personal guidance while you research
Family Tree Research Companion
€249
Sometimes you do not need someone to take over. You need help deciding what to try next. Bring one branch, a difficult document or a research question, and we will work towards a practical research plan.
- Two 60-minute online guidance sessions
- A written research action plan
- One follow-up review of up to 5 pages
- within 6 weeks of the first session
- You carry out the research; no unlimited support
Optional live guidance is arranged and priced separately. This course is for personal family-history research and is not a professional genealogy certification.
All listed prices include VAT. Any additional costs are agreed in writing in advance. The Academy is in production and cannot yet be purchased.