plenary session
“If You Can’t Find Your Own Family History, Steal Someone Else’s”? Really? Anyone familiar with Genealogy Standards published by the Board for Certification of Genealogists might question the sanity of that statement. Yet, F. Warren Bittner kicked off SLIG 2022 with a western-themed, historically-accurate case study demonstrating the need to do just that! Utilizing diaries, letters, […]
With less than two months to go before SLIG 2019 and SLIG Academy begins … where did 2018 go??? … now is the time to make sure you are ready to enjoy a wonderful week or weeks next January in Salt Lake City. One thing you need to do is ensure that you have registered […]
LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson to Keynote SLIG 2019 Plenary Session LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, in keeping with this year’s theme, will present We’re All In The Same Boat Now at the Plenary Session, Monday evening, January 14. All SLIG participants and instructors are invited; a RSVP is requested. Her specialty is African America families that came out of slavery. She has a passion […]
The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) continues to reach out to advanced, experienced teaching professionals in the genealogical community for new course content, presentation, and publication proposals. The following Calls for Proposals are now open: SLIG 2020 Course Proposals: SLIG offers courses on local, state, regional, and international topics taught at an intermediate level […]
Rich Venezia, in keeping with this year’s theme, will present Common Threads: Weaving Our Ancestral Tapestries at the Plenary Session, Monday evening, January 22. All SLIG participants and instructors are invited; a RSVP is requested. Rich Venezia Aside from his uninhibited and infectious laugh, Rich has received renown in genealogical circles for his Tedx Pittsburgh Talk, […]