Are you heading to Pittsburgh for the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2017 conference? So are we and so are a lot of our SLIG 2018 instructors! This is a great opportunity to listen to some of the best genealogy instructors in the world.
These instructors will be at our Institute this January. Seats still available for several courses!
| Teacher | Session |
| Paula Stuart-Warren | W-103 |
| Your Society Can’t Afford to Do a Seminar? Here’s How! | |
| Wed. 9:30-10:30 AM | |
| F-345 | |
| What Next? Hands-on Research Planning | |
| Fri. 2:00-4:00 PM | |
| Cyndi Ingle | W-129 |
| Calling All Members: Your Society’s Website Needs Help | |
| Wed. 3:30-4:30 PM | |
| F-308 | |
| Remedies for Copy & Paste Genealogy | |
| Fri. 9:30-10:30 AM | |
| F-325 | |
| Back to Basics: Research Planning and Execution Online | |
| Fri. 2:00-3:00 PM | |
| Cari Taplin | W-102 |
| How to Find Volunteers and Keep Them! | |
| Wed. 9:30-10:30 AM | |
| W-117 | |
| Build Membership and Participation with Small Groups and SIGs |
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| Wed. 2:00-3:00 PM | |
| F-309 | |
| Casting the Net: Denominational and Ethnic Newspaper Research |
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| Fri. 9:30-10:30 AM | |
| Judy G. Russell | T-211 |
| Association of Professional Genealogists Luncheon: Professional Ethics: Yes, No, Maybe and Maybe Not? |
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| Thu. 12:15-1:45 PM | |
| F-307 | |
| Courting Pennsylvania: The Courts of the Keystone State | |
| Fri. 8:00-9:00 AM | |
| F-326 | |
| “Deemed a Runaway”: Black Laws of the North | |
| Fri. 2:00-3:00 PM | |
| S-406 | |
| BCG Education Fund Helen F. M. Leary Distinguished Lecture: Rainbows and Kaleidoscopes: Inclusion as a Society and Corporate Genealogical Standard |
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| Sat. 8:00-9:00 AM | |
| T-235 | |
| BCG Certification Seminar | |
| Thu. 2:00-4:00 PM | |
| Michael D. Lacopo | T-223 |
| Finding and Using German Church Records | |
| Thu. 3:30-4:30 PM | |
| F-312 | |
| Methods for Identifying the German Origins of American Immigrants |
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| Fri. 9:30-10:30 AM | |
| F-342 | |
| Mennonite Research: The Forgotten Swiss Germans | |
| Fri. 5:00-6:00 PM | |
| Paul Milner | F-305 |
| Scottish Civil Registration: How to Access, Use, and Interpret | |
| Fri. 8:00-9:00 AM | |
| F-334 | |
| Irish Maps and Tools for Finding the Right Place | |
| Fri. 3:30-4:30 PM | |
| S-434 | |
| Locating British Mining Records | |
| Sat. 3:30-4:30 PM | |
| Thomas W. Jones | T-202 |
| Using “Correlation” to Reveal Facts That No Record States | |
| Thu. 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | |
| T-227 | |
| When Sources Don’t Agree, Then What? | |
| Thu. 5:00-6:00 PM | |
| F-337 | |
| When Does Newfound Evidence Overturn a Proved Conclusion? | |
| Fri. 5:00-6:00 PM | |
| Pamela Boyer Sayre | T-214 |
| Using NARA’s Finding Aids and Website | |
| Thu. 2:00-3:00 PM | |
| F-338 | |
| Federal Records Relating to Rivers and Canals | |
| Fri. 5:00-6:00 PM | |
| S-424 | |
| Where Would You Go If You Had Five Days in Washington, D.C.? | |
| Sat. 2:00-3:00 PM | |
| Rick Sayre | T-204 |
| Using Maps to Further Your Pennsylvania Genealogical Research | |
| Thu. 11:00 AM-12:00 PM | |
| T-229 | |
| Finding Your Ancestor in Military Bounty Land Applications | |
| Thu. 5:00-6:00 PM | |
| T-235 | |
| BCG Certification Seminar | |
| Thu. 2:00-4:00 PM | |
| David McDonald | T-210 |
| International Society for British Genealogy and Family History Luncheon: Iklamore? What Did You Say? |
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| Thu. 12:15-1:45 PM | |
| T-233 | |
| Coal & Steel: Industrial-era Migration | |
| Thu. 5:00-6:00 PM | |
| F-328 | |
| Catholic Records: Genealogy’s Gold Standard | |
| Fri. 2:00-3:00 PM | |
| S-448 | |
| Transcription & Analysis: Getting the Most Out of Your Research |
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| Sat. 2:00-4:00 PM | |
| Kimberly T. Powell | S-429 |
| Land Records of the Pennsylvania State Archives | |
| Sat. 2:00-3:00 PM | |
| S-441 | |
| Cool Beans! My Ancestor Was a Farmer | |
| Sat. 5:00-6:00 PM |
