Published on June 27, 2005 at 7 p.m. by William Nunnelley  

Â鶹¹û¶³ genealogy students from five states and two foreign nations are studying their family ancestries during a three-week research course in England. The 16-member group is concentrating on genealogy resources in 15 counties in southeastern England.

Sponsored by the Â鶹¹û¶³ Library through its annual Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, the travel course began June 23 and will run through July 16. The students are residing in Daniel House, Â鶹¹û¶³'s London study centre.

Genealogist Sherry Irvine, an expert in English, Scottish and Irish family history, and Â鶹¹û¶³ library Director Jean Thomason are course leaders. Irvine has taught in Â鶹¹û¶³'s genealogy program since 1996 and has written extensively on United Kingdom genealogy. Thomason has directed Â鶹¹û¶³'s genealogy program since 1997.

The students hail from Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, New Mexico, North Carolina, Canada and Western Australia.

 

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.