Pharos Tutor-led online courses in genealogy are our most popular offering. 

They have set start dates and a dedicated tutor and last 3-6 weeks. 

Each week you receive lesson material to work through and set exercises to answer in the course Forum. You also 'meet' the tutor and your fellow students in an online Chat Room each week, giving you the opportunity to chat with your classmates and ask questions.

17th Century Sources (382)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date: 25 Oct 2023
Unassessed Cost: £52.00

Assessed Cost: £70.00

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Tutor: Stuart A. Raymond

Advanced Methods and Reports (482)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Unassessed Cost: £70.00 Start Date Available Soon Assessed Cost: £88.00 Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Karen Cummings

Advanced Military Research - 20th Century Conflict (325)

Course Length: 3 weeks

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Start Date:   2025
Cost: £41.00
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Tutor: Simon Fowler

Advanced One-Name Studies (902)

Course Length: 6 weeks (5 teaching weeks)

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Start Date: 17 Oct 2023
Unassessed Cost: £58.00

Assessed Cost: £76.00

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Tutor: Julie Goucher

Apprenticeship Records (281)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Unassessed Cost: £52.00 Start Date Available Soon Assessed Cost: £70.00 Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Richard Holt

Are You Sitting Comfortably? Writing and Telling Your Family History (216)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Unassessed Cost: £58.00 Start Date Available Soon Assessed Cost: £76.00 Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Janet Few

Before the Modern Census - Name-rich sources from 1690 to 1837 (381)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date: 25 Jul 2023
Unassessed Cost: £52.00

Assessed Cost: £70.00

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Tutor: Else Churchill

Building on a Solid Foundation - Genealogy methods and techniques (204)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date: 11 Sep 2023
Unassessed Cost: £52.00

Assessed Cost: £70.00

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Tutor: Karen Cummings

Church and Community, Selected records 1540 - 1800 (485)

Course Length: 4 Weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Unassessed Cost: £70.00 Start Date Available Soon Assessed Cost: £88.00 Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Emma Jolly

Critical Thinking Approaches for Genealogy (344)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date: 20 Nov 2023
Cost: £52.00

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Tutor: Sophie Kay

Demystifying DNA for Family Historians (250)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 19 Jun 2023
Cost: £58.00
Course Full

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Tutor: Karen Cummings

Discovering more about your Agricultural Labouring Ancestors (242)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 17 Jul 2023
Cost: £58.00

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Tutor: Janet Few

Discovering Your British Family and Local Community in the early 20th Century (210)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 09 Oct 2023
Cost: £58.00

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Tutor: Janet Few

Elusive Ancestors - Migration within the British Isles (315)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Cost: £52.00
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Tutor: Janet Few

Employment Records (380)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 15 Jun 2023
Unassessed Cost: £58.00

Assessed Cost: £76.00

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Tutor: Alec Tritton

Family Feuds – how to find and interpret Chancery court records (504)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Unassessed Cost: £70.00 Start Date Available Soon Assessed Cost: £88.00 Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Susan Moore

First Steps to a One-Place Study (241)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 24 Jul 2023
Cost: £58.00

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Tutor: Janet Few

Getting Started with Local History (254)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Cost: £52
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Tutor: Joe Saunders

In Sickness and in Death - researching the ill-health and death of your ancestors (240)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 13 Nov 2023
Cost: £58.00

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Tutor: Janet Few

Introduction to Medieval Genealogy (501)

Course Length: 5 weeks (4 lessons)

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Start Date:   2024
Unassessed Cost: £71.00 Start Date Available Soon Assessed Cost: £89.00 Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Gillian Waters

Introduction to One-Name Studies (901)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 04 Jul 2023
Cost: £58.00

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Tutor: Julie Goucher

Manorial Records for Family and Local Historians (401)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date:   2023
Unassessed Cost: £73.00 Start Date Available Soon Assessed Cost: £91.00 Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Caroline Adams

Mapping Strategies for Family Historians (343)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date: 11 Sep 2023
Cost: £52

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Tutor: Sophie Kay

Nonconformity - Its Records and History 1600 - 1950 (280)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date: 26 Oct 2023
Unassessed Cost: £52.00

Assessed Cost: £70.00

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Tutor: Alec Tritton

Old Handwriting for Family Historians (417)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2023
Cost: £70.00
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Tutor: Susan Moore

Organizing Your Genealogy (202)

Course Length: 4 Weeks (3 lessons)

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Start Date: 04 Sep 2023
Cost: £41.00

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Tutor: Barbara H. Baker

Practicalities of a One Name Study (903)

Course Length: 5 weeks (4 lessons)

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Start Date: 05 Sep 2023
Cost: £54.00

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Tutor: Julie Goucher

Professional Genealogist - Become one, become a better one (941)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date: 06 Nov 2023
Cost: £52.00

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Tutor: Karen Cummings

Progressing Your Irish Research Online (260)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 21 Aug 2023
Cost: £58.00

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Tutor: Chris Paton

Progressing your Local History Research (346)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date: 18 Sep 2023
Cost: £52.00

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Tutor: Joe Saunders

Recording the Poor - From Parish to Workhouse and beyond (203)

Course Length: 4 Weeks

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Start Date: 24 Jul 2023
Unassessed Cost: £52.00

Assessed Cost: £70.00

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Tutor: Simon Fowler

Researching Ancestors in Continental Europe (750)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Cost: £58.00
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Tutor: Julie Goucher

Researching in Archives for Advanced Genealogists (481)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2023
Unassessed Cost: £70.00 Start Date Available Soon Assessed Cost: £88.00 Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Simon Fowler

Researching Online for Advanced Genealogists (480)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Unassessed Cost: £70.00 Start Date Available Soon Assessed Cost: £88.00 Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Else Churchill

Researching Scottish Ancestral Crisis (303)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 12 Jun 2023
Cost: £58.00

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Tutor: Chris Paton

Researching Your Welsh Ancestors (119)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Cost: £58.00
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Tutor: Eilir Daniels

Scotland 1750-1850 - Beyond the Old Parish Registers (302)

Course Length: 5 Weeks

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Start Date: 16 Oct 2023
Cost: £58.00

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Tutor: Chris Paton

Scottish Research Online (102)

Course Length: 5 Weeks

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Start Date: 03 Jul 2023
Cost: £58.00

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Tutor: Chris Paton

So You Think You Know FamilySearch - A Guided Tour (206)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Cost: £52.00
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Tutor: Barbara H. Baker

The National Archives Website and Catalogue - Finding People (207)

Tracing Living Relatives (255)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Cost: £58
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Tutor: Eilir Daniels

Understanding Title Deeds (503)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Unassessed Cost: £70.00 Start Date Available Soon Assessed Cost: £88.00 Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Susan Moore

Unlocking Heraldry for Family Historians (341)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date: 03 Jul 2023
Cost: £52.00

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Tutor: Richard Baker

Using Printed Sources in Family History (253)

Course Length: 3 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Cost: £41.00
Start Date Available Soon

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Tutor: Simon Fowler

Victorian and Edwardian Education and Childhood 1820 to 1920 (251)

Course Length: 4 weeks

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Start Date:   2024
Cost: £52.00
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Tutor: Linda Newey

Victorian Crime and Punishment - Courts, police and prisons (308)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 11 Sep 2023
Unassessed Cost: £58.00

Assessed Cost: £76.00

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Tutor: Richard Holt

Victorian Families - Your Ancestors in the Census (208)

Course Length: 5 weeks

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Start Date: 02 Oct 2023
Cost: £58.00

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Tutor: Malcolm Sadler

Wills and Administrations; the riches of probate records (205)

Course Length: 4 Weeks

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Start Date: 04 Sep 2023
Unassessed Cost: £52.00

Assessed Cost: £70.00

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Tutor: Linda Newey

Your Military Ancestors (224)

Course Length: 4 Weeks

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Start Date: 06 Nov 2023
Unassessed Cost: £52.00

Assessed Cost: £70.00

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Tutor: Simon Fowler

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