Course Enrollment: EE-301 Eastern European: Problem Solving

Optional Print Course Material: Eastern European: Problem Solving

*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.

This course focuses on six of the most common Eastern European genealogy research problems and the methods to solve them. We will begin with the issue of names and the problem of spelling. Next, we will address the problems of identifying the name of the ancestral town or village and locating places those places using current borders. Then, we will review the issue of records access (especially how to acquire records that are not online) and address the challenges of reading records in unfamiliar languages. Finally, we will discuss the basics of what it means when your DNA test results indicate Eastern European ancestry.

Course Length: 7 weeks