Update your Family History skills

Online courses for family historians

These two courses offered by Australian Universities provide a good solid working background for any family historian who would like to improve their skills. Now is a good time to consider your options for future enrolment. 

If it is a while since you have studied or you would like to tackle a diploma level course for the first time in your life, both of these courses come highly recommended by their graduates. Check the details below for more information.

University of Tasmania

The Diploma of Family History consists of eight units with each unit running for eight weeks. It offers the flexibility to start your family history journey with any upcoming unit.

Specialisations include how to research, write, and creatively collate family history. Develop skills to identify, analyse and interpret information from a range of family history sources.

University of New England

Why study the Advanced Diploma in Local, Family and Applied History at UNE?

This course provides an opportunity for people interested in local, family and applied history to pursue formal studies in their areas of interest and to acquire qualifications as historians.