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Land Your Dream Job: Preparing to Apply for Professional Genealogy Positions Elly Catmull and Christy Fillerup Real-life advice on how to be hired by and succeed at a professional genealogy firm. We’ll help you assess the skills you have and identify which areas to strengthen. We’ll go over education and training options–what is the best […]
We are pleased to announce the technical and professional workshops to be offered during SLIG 2021 Extended. We have selected a handful of our most popular topics over the past few years, along with some new ones, and are offering multiple sessions to hopefully accommodate demand. Each workshop will be taught with periods of instruction […]
Understatement: this past year has been a difficult one for most. We have faced a combination of challenges that many of us never thought we would see in our lifetime – from fires and earthquakes to civil unrest, financial upheaval, political turmoil, the pandemic, and more.* And yet, I have seen some really amazing things […]
Many of you have already “met” Cinda Baxter in her role as SLIG’s Virtual Technical Coordinator. Others are likely familiar with her as a genealogist, fan of all things creative and tech, and frequent SLIG (and other institutes) attendee. It is thanks to Cinda that we have a very firm foot on the ground as […]
It is with sadness that we wish Mary Jane Saylor farewell as the SLIG Registrar. Mary Jane has served SLIG well over the course of several years. First as assistant registrar, then as marketing coordinator, and after a brief hiatus, registrar. I particularly appreciate the fact that Mary Jane joined the committee to help me […]
Congratulations to Paula Hansen who has been chosen as the recipient of the Intermediate Foundations Virtual Course Scholarship held fall 2020. Paula Hansen of Sandy, Utah Paula has been doing genealogy research for about […]
Jamie Wasilchenko of Newaygo, Michigan has been selected by the scholarship committee as the winner of the SLIG First Time Attendee for 2021. She will be attending the Russian course. Jamie Wasilchenko has been doing genealogy since she was in elementary school when a teacher unintentionally gave Jamie her first research question: “Where is your last name from?” Jamie works as […]
As promised, here is the step-by-step guide to Academy registration for 2021. You won’t have time to read it as you go if you want to get a seat. Better to review it now, then be ready to go before the countdown clock turns green at 10:00 am on August 15th (Mountain Time). The rest […]
Repairs complete. Waitlist auto-placement upon lost course working. Enhanced communication upon exiting. More specificity about discounts and syllabus purchases. What more could anyone want? How about a step by step “How do I register for the Academy” quickly and accurately? Or in other words, “Where not to dawdle and why!” What you absolutely must know! […]
Has anyone been on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride at Disneyland? Does it even still exist? If so, I’m sure it has changed since I last experienced it! Still, the title alone helps one envision Mr. Toad’s vehicle dashing this way and that, doing a sharp U-turn, swerving to the right or left, and going the […]