Welcome Francine Griffis as the New SLIG Director
We are pleased to announce that Francine Griffis will serve as the new director of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), effective February 1, 2023. Francine joined the SLIG Committee in May 2021 as the SLIG Technical Coordinator. The entire SLIG …
MyHeritage Establishes New SLIG Scholarship
We are pleased to announce the formation of the Chris Darrington Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Scholarship. Established by MyHeritage, this scholarship honors the memory of the late Chris Darrington (1983-2020). Chris was the MyHeritage Conference Events Manager, where he managed the …
SLIG Announces New Director
We are pleased to announce that Amberly Beck will take the reins as the new director of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), effective February 1, 2022. Amberly joined the SLIG committee in January 2021 to fill a short-term assignment, and …
New Blog Address
SLIG is still on Blogspot. ONLY the URL address has changed. Our blog is now named “saltlakeinstitute” rather than “ugagenealogy.” All of our content is intact so you can search for items of import. Sadly though, this action will break all those …
Congratulations to the latest FUGA – Karen Mauer Jones!
This award is given in recognition of distinguished contributions and on-going commitment to the field of genealogy of national or international scope, evidenced by any combination of publications, teaching and speaking, or leadership of major genealogical organizations over a significant …
SLIG at RootsTech 2019
Come visit us at RootsTech this February 27th. through March 2nd. We will be at booth 1516 to talk about our great line up for 2020. Have questions? Never been to an institute before? We have all the answers. Want to hear …
SLIG Registration Series: Special Events
Registered for SLIG? or the SLIG Academy? Your next step should be to sign up for special events related to that program. This includes RSVP for the plenary, selecting your meal for the banquet, purchasing guest tickets, signing up for SLIG Night …
Congratulations to BCG’s New and Returning Trustees!
The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) congratulates BCG’s new and returning trustees! All have been coordinators and instructors at SLIG in the past and some will be returning to SLIG in 2019. The following announcement was received from the Board for …
In Memory of Laura G. Prescott
It is with deep sadness that we extend our sympathies to Laura Prescott’s family and friends and the genealogical community. We received the following announcement from the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG): FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESCOTT DEATH BRINGS LOSS TO APG AND …