If you’ve decided to take your genealogy education to the next level, the University of Tasmania (UTAS) have an online Diploma of Family History course, which is ideal.

The Diploma of Family History is fully online and consists of eight units that each runs for eight weeks. You can study at your own pace (full-time 1 year, part-time maximum 3 years) – all you need is regular access to a desktop computer and the internet.

The Diploma of Family History builds your skills and knowledge in finding and interpreting information about your ancestors (or even someone else’s), and sharing family stories with others. It’s not solely about the paper trail though. Specialisations include how to research, write, and creatively collate and communicate family history. You will develop skills to identify, analyse and interpret historical information from a range of family history sources.

Students receive free access to Ancestry.com Library Edition for the duration of the course. This gives you access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos, and other resources that span from the 1500s to the 2000s.

Suitable for any level of study experience, this course will give you the tools to discover your own unique family story.

To graduate with a Diploma of Family History, you need to complete eight of the nine units on offer.

The four Introductory ones are compulsory:
– Families and War
– Migrant Families
– Writing the Family Saga
– Oral History

While you get to choose four out of the five Foundation ones you’d like to study:
– Introduction to Family History
– Place, Image, Object
– Writing Family History
– Convict Ancestors
– The Photo Essay

Here’s the schedule of UTAS family history courses throughout 2021:
1 Feb – 28 Mar 2021
– Introduction to Family History
– Oral History

26 Apr – 20 Jun 2021
– Convict Ancestors
– Migrant Families
– The Photo Essay: An Introduction

19 Jul – 12 Sep 2021
– Writing Family History
– Families and War
– Introduction to Family History

11 Oct – 21 Nov 2021
– Place, Image, Object
– Writing the Family Saga

This Diploma has been running for a few years now, and feedback from those who’ve already finished their study has been extremely positive.

However a Diploma isn’t for everyone, so if you’d like to take a single unit instead, you can do so. That’s particularly good for those wishing to taken the Introduction to Family History course, which is likely to open for bookings soon.

For more information:
website: https://www.utas.edu.au/study/family-history
email: Course.Info@utas.edu.au
phone: (03) 6226 6200
Facebook: @UTASFamilyHistory