Online genealogy educational opportunities

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In addition to conferences and other in-person educational opportunities, there’s a wide variety of online and home study courses for amateur and professional genealogists alike. Online programs may be live and interactive—or not. Some free and fee-based classes and webinars include:

BYU-Idaho online certificate program (15 credit hours) and online Associates degree (60 credit hours) in family history research.

Ed2Go: Genealogy Basics

Family Tree University online courses and webinars from Family Tree magazine.

FamilySearch Learning Center audio, video, and interactive slides.

Genealogical Research Program at Boston University intensive 15-week online certificate program and Genealogical Essentials online seminars.

GenealogicalStudies.com: online certificate programs by country as well as individual courses on various topics.

GenProof Study Group based on the book Mastering Genealogical Proof by Thomas W. Jones.

Hack Genealogy Bootcamp  one-hour to all-day webinars on a variety of topics. 

JewishGen Learning Center

Legacy Family Tree Webinars from genealogy software developer.

National Genealogical Society

ProGen Study Group based on the book Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians, edited by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

Salt Lake Community College certificate for International and U.S. research tracks or individual courses for credit or non-credit.

Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research

Also check out GeneaWebinars for news and a calendar of online genealogy webinars, meetings, and hangouts.