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She is the winner of the Ancestry ProGenealogists scholarship to attend SLIG 2019. The scholarship was established to “foster and support professional genealogists in their ongoing development efforts,” four winners are selected annually; one for each of the four major institutes. The scholarship covers tuition and specific travel expenses. Leah is originally from southern Louisiana, […]
You are almost here! You have your lodging, your air, now – how to get to the Hilton from the airport? Shuttles Unless otherwise noted, all ground transportation companies are located in the baggage claim areas of both terminals. In addition, companies providing transportation are available outside Door #7 in Terminal One and Door #11 […]
Sue Peterson has worked on the SLIG Committee for four years in varying capacities: she’s been a gal Friday for four years; she’s manned SLIG Central for three years; two years in charge of Instructor Hospitality. Sue’s favorite part of SLIG is “seeing the friends I’ve made over the years and helping people have the […]
We come to SLIG to learn how to work with DNA, write our family histories, develop analytical skills, dive more deeply into specific record sets, and a variety of other in-depth learning experiences. Then we go home and wonder . . . just how am I going to manage all that data? Is there an […]
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 5:30 – 8:45 pm Sponsored by ICAPGen Hosted by the Family History Library Classes and labs Light refreshments Time to relax and research New this year: The FHL remodel provided us with two new large classrooms, increasing our seating capacity. Still, seating is limited, so register early to attend. Classes and […]
We are pleased to announce that John Colletta, Ph.D., FUGA, popular genealogical speaker, will be the keynote speaker for the SLIG 2018 banquet. He will present “Deceptive Threads in the Tapestry: The Words of Our Ancestors’ English.” “Dr. Colletta is a highly engaging speaker. I look forward to hearing him explore the words that weave our ancestral tapestries […]
Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) continues registration for the January 21-26, 2018 institute with courses and rooms available at the Hilton SLC Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Saturday, July 8, was the first day of registration for SLIG 2018. While the two courses Advanced Genealogical Methods and Establishing Proof with DNA were filled in the […]
This year’s registrants to SLIG who register on the first day will receive their own personal meme to post to their social media (should they want to do so!). Are you registered for SLIG? Seats still available in most of the courses. It will be fun! Join us!
Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) opened registration this morning for SLIG 2018. Within the first few minutes, Advanced Genealogical Methods with Tom Jones and Establishing Genealogical Proof with DNA by Karen Stanbary filled. Those interested in these courses should sign on to the waiting lists. All other courses have some seats left to fill, […]
The new SLIG YouTube channel plans on being another learning resource for genealogists. Currently, the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) channel does house several promotional videos produced for SLIG 2018. Released this week, several entertaining shorts entitled SLIG is An Institute, SLIG is Unique, and SLIG is Quality are available for viewing on the channel. […]