Research Skills Studio 2026
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- Offer Number:
- 1
- On Sale:
- 02/12/2025
- Digital Edition:
- £6.99
- Print Edition:
- £60.00 (plus postage)
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Research your family history with more confidence, clarity and success! Would you like to learn how to research smarter, get organised, make (even) greater progress and solve your family history problems? Join Dr Sophie Kay for a 4-week online family history course, featuring webinars, group discussions and a digital workbook.
On Sale: 02/12/2025
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Research Skills Studio 2026
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Research your family history with more confidence, clarity and success
Join Dr Sophie Kay’s Research Skills Studio and learn a practical, repeatable research method you can use again and again.
Over four live online sessions, you’ll discover how to search more effectively, solve problems more methodically, and make stronger progress with your family tree.
Course dates
Tuesday 7–28 April 2026
7.30–9pm (UK time)
Replays available until 28 May 2026
🎯 What you’ll gain from the course
Search more effectively
Learn how to look for ancestors with greater precision and uncover useful clues you might otherwise miss.
Solve research problems
Tackle difficult genealogy questions more methodically and recognise patterns that can lead to breakthroughs.
Stay organised
Keep a clearer record of what you’ve checked, what you’ve found, and what to do next.
By the end of the course, you’ll have a stronger research process you can keep using long after the final session.
📦 What’s included
- 4 live online tutorials with professional genealogist Dr Sophie Kay
- 4 after-show group discussions to ask questions and learn with others
- Replay access for every session until 28 May 2026
- Digital copy of Sophie’s Research Skills Workbook (worth £20)
- Packed with ideas to help you research smarter
- Clear explanations of useful family history tactics
- Demonstrations and case studies
- Try out tasks and gain hands-on practice with special worksheets
Course starts 7 April – booking closes soon!
🗓️ Course schedule
Session 1
Tue 7 Apr: Find records others miss
Learn how to find records others miss by using clever search techniques to cast a wider and more effective search net.
Session 2
Tue 14 Apr: See your ancestors’ world more clearly
Discover how historical maps can transform your understanding of where your ancestors lived, using the powerful “Ancestral Walks” technique.
Session 3
Tue 21 Apr: Make sense of your evidence
Learn how to analyse and interpret your historical evidence more effectively using the simple but powerful “Three Cs” method.
Session 4
Tue 28 Apr: Break through brick walls using siblings and relatives
Break through research problems by exploring siblings and other relatives to uncover new clues and enrich your family history.
👩🏫 Meet your tutor: Dr Sophie Kay
Dr Sophie Kay is a professional genealogist and geneticist at Khronicle, working across DNA and archival research.
She is the Ancestry and Genealogy Expert for Time Team, Scientist in Residence for The Mixed Museum, and a Member of AGRA.
Sophie is known for making family history research clearer, more methodical and more rewarding — helping researchers build skills they can use with confidence.
Make your next research session more productive
Join the Research Skills Studio and gain a research method you can return to again and again.