Land Tools
Land platting skills and the ability to use land plats can help you solve genealogical problems. This advanced course will teach you how. Metes & Bounds Land Platting, coordinated by Gerald H. “Jerry” Smith, CG, is a practicum-based course in which, after learning essential skills, students will learn by doing real-world research problems with guidance […]
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 […]
Are you interested in a records-based course to elevate your genealogical education? If so, check out the courses we are offering in 2020: Advanced Research Tools: Land Records, Coordinators: Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA and Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, FUGA Guide to Treasures Found in Federal Records, Coordinator: Michael L. Strauss, AG Immigrants to […]
Land genealogy is as important as people genealogy for overcoming family history research barriers. This course explores land distribution in the current United States by colonial powers, private land claims, federal land records at both the National Archives and the General Land Office, and local-level county or town deeds. Students will learn about the Public […]
Are you interested in a records-based course to elevate your genealogical education? If so, check out the courses we are offering in 2020: Advanced Research Tools: Land Records, Coordinators: Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA and Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, FUGA Guide to Treasures Found in Federal Records, Coordinator: Michael L. Strauss, AG Immigrants to […]
Course 12: Advanced Land Tools: Maps With Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA Maps are a useful, essential tool to conduct effective genealogical research. Applications include locating and visualizing ancestors in time and place, locating boundaries, discovering and following family groups, identifying migration routes, and organizing and correlating information to discover relationships. The class sessions […]