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This weekend, J. Mark Lowe will be entertaining and educating attendees at the 2018 Fall Seminar of the Alabama Genealogical Society. Mark’s topic is “Genealogy’s Deeper Well: When the Easy Stuff Runs Dry.” Mark is a lifelong genealogist and enjoys opportunities to share his knowledge and expertise. More information on the event can be found […]
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 at the Family History Library, even registration for SLIG Extended. All nicely organized […]
F. Warren Bittner will be back at SLIG in 2019 coordinating his course on Gothic Script and Fraktur. German handwriting is troublesome with seven forms of the letter s, h’s that look like f’s, e’s that look like n’s, p’s that look like nothing every seen before, and r’s that are just plain upside down. […]
Institutes are a great way to increase your professional genealogical knowledge, skills and abilities and now Ancestry helps to make it more affordable! Ancestry has establish a scholarship program to foster and support professional genealogists in their professional growth and development efforts. Four scholarships are awarded to help cover certain expenses of attending one of […]
SLIG has a new virtual course coming in the Spring of 2019! Entitled “Intermediate Foundations,” it is for students who have some experience in genealogy, but are not quite ready for an advanced class. Tuesdays, 5 February – 16 April 20196:00 – 9:00 pm MST (MDT beginning March 12th) Registration opens Saturday, September 29nd, 9:00 […]
SLIG has a new virtual course coming in the Spring of 2019! Entitled “Intermediate Foundations,” it is for students who have some experience in genealogy, but are not quite ready for an advanced class. The details are below. Tuesdays, 5 February – 16 April 20196:00 – 9:00 pm MST (MDT beginning March 12th) Registration opens […]
I used to think of “record loss” as being related to “burned counties” and a “Southern” researcher’s problem. I was wrong on both counts. As this map of the United States published by FamilySearch will attest, fires were not limited to the Southern states. My eye quickly zoomed in on that bright red color at […]
Join us for one or more of the optional tours on the Sunday between SLIG and the new SLIG Academy. Salt Lake City Sightseeing Tour Sunday, January 20, 2019 8:45 am to 12:00 noon Boarding begins at 8:30 am Cost: $35 This Salt Lake City tour will take you to view the city sights in a comfortably heated […]
“Balancing it All: Prioritizing Your Professional Pursuits” D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS Professionals and budding professionals often find it difficult to keep things balanced, produced on time, commitments in check, and still have fun along the way. Decisions about education, credentialing, writing and publishing, employment, and speaking abound. And that brings us to the delicate […]
SLIG Announces the format for the commemorative event to be held at the beginning of new SLIG Academy for Professionals. “Out Of The Mountain Of Despair A Stone Of Hope” — Words inscribed on his memorial from Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial on 28 August 1963. Featuring Rev. Paul Neal Nelson […]