Join Dr Sophie Kay for a 4-week online course, starting on 29 April, featuring webinars, group discussions and a digital workbook. The course is aimed at family historians who wish to improve their search skills, to help them search in a more methodical manner with greater research success.
Live online course with Dr Sophie Kay | Starts 29 April 2025
Are you feeling stuck with your family tree – unsure how to break through brick walls or make sense of your growing collection of clues? Join genealogist Dr Sophie Kay for a four-week online course designed to transform the way you research.
With a clear, methodical approach, The Research Skills Studio will give you practical tools to organise your findings, uncover hidden connections, and make real progress with your family history.
About the Research Skills Studio
- Live Tuesday sessions: 29 April – 20 May 2024
- Online via Zoom, with session replays available until 20 June 2025
Taking place from 29 April to to 20 May, the Research Skills Studio online genealogy course costs £109 (or just £69 for Family Tree subscribers or Family Tree Plus members).
What you’ll get:
- Expert tutorials to sharpen your research skills
- Friendly group discussions to share ideas and questions
- A digital copy of Sophie’s best-selling Research Skills Workbook (worth £20)
- A step-by-step method to boost confidence and results
Dr Sophie Kay is passionate about the genealogy methodology – and helping others to learn the skills needed to conduct their research in a more organised, thorough manner. Put simply, she'll help you 'do' family history better.
Over the four weeks, you’ll learn how to:
- Research in a structured, thorough way – no more going round in circles
- Spot clues others miss by mapping your findings visually
- Evaluate records more critically – and avoid common pitfalls
- Discover how ‘sibling serendipity’ can unlock hidden family lines
Join the course, and learn a research approach that will maximise your chances of research success - even when tackling challenging family history problems.
- 29 April – Search Superpowers
- 6 May – Mapping Magic
- 13 May – Evidence Expeditions
- 20 May – Sibling Serendipity
All sessions run from 7.30–9pm (UK time), with full replays if you can’t join live.
👉 Book your place now – places are limited
About the course tutor, Dr Sophie Kay
From DNA to historical maps, from research methods to historical occupations, Dr. Sophie Kay is a professional genealogist and geneticist at Khronicle® (www.khronicle.co.uk) who loves all manner of family history research challenges.
She’s the Ancestry and Genealogy Expert for popular archaeology show, Time Team, and the specialist DNA Tutor for the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, where she leads their Certificate qualifications in genetic genealogy. She’s a Member of AGRA, a UK organisation of professional genealogists, and also specialises in research methodology and historical maps.
Sophie’s family history blog can be found at The Parchment Rustler (www.parchmentrustler.com), where she shares tips, tricks and strategies for making the most of your ancestral research journey.
Photo copyright Lenka Jones.
