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Barry Ewell will be teaching several fantastic classes at the UGA fall conference: Barry Ewell — How to Discover Treasures in the Library, Archives and Societies Historical societies and city, county, and state libraries have a wealth of digital knowledge, artifacts, and resources to assist in finding your roots. Learn the ins and outs of […]
To give our readers a little tease of what is to come at our fall conference we will be featuring lecturers and their topics over the next few weeks. Don’t forget to register at www.ugagenealogy.org. Alice Volkert — Digital Cameras for Genealogists The digital camera can be one of your most valued research tools. It […]
The Utah Genealogical Association is excited to announce their Fall conference “Come Climb Your Family Tree” Bring your family to explore your roots: the Utah Genealogical Association Fall Conference will be a new kind of event for teens and adults. Classes, vendors and activities will include all experience and interest levels. Activities for young children […]
Cedar City’s first ever Family History Conference will be held Aug.18, 2012 at the Hunter Conference Center on the Southern Utah University campus. It will be a one day event with sessions on local history presented by people in the know. We will have presentations on Historic Trails of Southern Utah, the Frontier Homestead State […]
Why would you recommend a student attend SLIG in general? I would recommend SLIG because there are many options in terms of subject matter and then once you select a track and get to SLIG, the learning environment is a supportive one. The coordinators and SLIG staff make sure that your learning is priority #1 […]
Next up in our SLIG blog series is Pam Sayre, CG, CGL. She’s taken time out of her very busy schedule to answer a few questions for us. ————————— Why would you recommend a student attend SLIG in general? SLIG represents the opportunity to leave behind every-day cares and responsibilities to time-travel to visit your […]
The next installment in our SLIG blog series is from Rick Sayre, one of the coordinators for the “Researching in Washington D.C. without Leaving Home.” We’re very pleased to be able to offer this course again–it was received to rave reviews in 2011. ———————— When did you first start researching your family history? Was there […]
Utah has only 29 counties, which allows for experimentation and for easy changes as improvements are suggested. We take the most important county topics, determine what users need to know (content) and how to display that information (pattern). Once the content and pattern is decided for a topic, we create a “task description” that allows […]
Why would you recommend a student attend SLIG in general? SLIG is an intense immersion program where you are instructed by experienced professionals during the day and have the opportunity to practice what you learned in the evening. The close proximity of the Family History Library is definitely a plus! Will you tell us a […]
Josh Taylor will be coordinating “Bridging the 1780-1830 Gap: From New England to the Midwest (and points in between)” at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy in January of 2013. I had a chance to catch up with him and learn a little about what makes him tick: When did you first start researching your […]