SLIG Registration – a Note from the Director
New genealogists ask me how important it is to register early. In the words of many famous genealogists, “it depends.” With limited seating to assure quality instruction time, one can imagine that some courses fill in a matter of minutes. If you …
One Great Course – Two Different Formats
The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) strives to offer quality educational courses that elevate the skills of its students. One of its courses, the Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum, is only offered through SLIG. This year will be the first year that …
Only One Week Until SLIG Registration Opens!
The final count down to registration has begun. Only one week until you can register for your class this year at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. There are some great choices and we have covered them in depth here on the …
SLIG 2017 Highlight: You be the Judge!
At some point, don’t we all want to be a judge dispensing with justice as seen on so many television shows like Judge Judy? However, in this course, “You be the Judge: A Practicum Using Standards to Evaluate Genealogical Work,” students will …
Where can I find….? Cyndi’s List of course!
A fantastic opportunity to study with the creator of Cyndi’s List. Cyndi Ingle has created a course to help us search the internet effectively. She will help us to use the amazing technology at our disposal as genealogists. Don’t know where to …
SLIG 2017 Highlight: Forensic Genealogy from Inquiry to Affidavit
Forensic genealogy has been increasing in demand over the past several years. Coordinators Catherine B. W. Desmarais and Amber Goodpaster Tauscher have created a course, entitled “The Coaching Lab: Forensic Genealogy from Inquiry to Affidavit.” This is one of the fourteen courses …
SLIG 2017 Highlight: Adding Social History to Your Genealogy
Registration for the 2017 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) will open Saturday, July 9th at 9 AM MDT! Go to http://ugagenealogy.org/aem.php?lv=p&epg=118 for information on all the courses you can register for. Below is one of them: Adding Social History to Your …
What is Forensic Genealogy?
Forensic Genealogy is connecting the living with the dead. You might say that about all genealogy, but the work of a Forensic Genealogist helps adoptees find the their parents, lawyers find heirs, repatriates remains of MIA solders with their love ones. It …
Counting Down The Days Until SLIG Registration
Registration opens July 9th! Now is the time to be deciding which class you want to enroll in. With so many amazing choices, it’s always a difficult choice for me. Every time I go though the pictures for last year, I think, …
Enriching Our Research with Historical Resources!
Our ancestors were more than names and dates. Come and learn the repositories that can fill in the story behind those names and dates. Gain insight and understanding into what their lives were like! Registration opens July 9th at 9 am MDT! …