Courses
Have ancestors from New England? Interested in learning advanced methodology skills and exploring underused resources to improve your research? You should check out Advanced New England Research: From the Colonial Period to the Early 1900s at SLIG 2022. Explore New England This course will allow students to learn about specific resources and research techniques for Connecticut, […]
Do you have Jewish genealogy roots in the Austrian or Russian Empires? Have you ever wanted to learn more about their language, community, government, or customs? Back to the Old Country: Genealogy of Ashkenazic Jews of Galicia (Austrian Empire) and the Russian Empire, offered at SLIG 2022, is designed to help students learn about the […]
Have you ever wanted to visualize an ancestor’s migration route, get help with locating boundaries, or learn more about the place your family lived? Advanced Land Tools: Maps will offer education on all of these topics and more at SLIG 2022. As the course description reads, “Maps are a useful, essential tool to conduct effective genealogical […]
Have you ever wanted to learn how to take your military research further? Do you wish you knew more about in-depth military research topics such as the selective service system, the laws of war, or personnel files? Wish you had experience with methodology techniques for separating men of the same name? SLIG’s course Operation Jumpstart: Beyond […]
In preparing for our first in-person institute since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have proceeded with caution. We know many are quite anxious to return, while others are not quite ready, and many still undecided. There is no right or wrong answer to that question; we all need to move at our own […]
Three courses from SLIG 2021 were selected to give an “encore” this fall during SLIG Virtual 2021. The courses have been opened to those on the SLIG 2021 waitlists – and lucky us, there are still a few seats available for general registration! What courses are available? Each of the following courses are available as […]
Concerns for the health and safety of participants during this program continues to be at the forefront of our minds. During the Academy, our smaller size makes it necessary to share space in the hotel with other groups, increasing health and safety risks during a second pandemic year. Therefore, we are pleased to announce the […]
Course 2: The Third Coast: Research in the Great Lakes Region Cari A. Taplin, CG and Kathryn Lake Hogan, PLCGS This course will take students through genealogical and historical research in the Great Lake region of the United States and Canada. This inland waterway was vital to the westward expansion of both countries, as well […]
Well if you haven’t heard or seen on social media by now, we have just released our courses for next year. Fourteen courses in all, from methodology to legal, from religious to regional, from digital to DNA, we have it all. We have chosen the best instructors to bring these subjects to you in 2018. […]
SLIG announced fourteen courses to be held at the 22nd annual Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy: Advanced Genealogical Methods, Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS The Family History Law Library, Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL, and Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA Taking Your Research to the Next Level, Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, […]