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Please join us Tuesday, November 22nd, at 7:00 pm for the monthly DNA SIG meeting. Stephanie Saylor will present “How Might I Use Mitochondrial DNA.” Stephanie will discuss Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) matching, what is realistic, and what can be done to help bridge the gap of knowledge we all struggle with on our maternal lines. She will […]
Hear Ye Hear Ye! Special Event Information is now completely posted online. Registration options will open on Monday morning, November 14th. To add special events, please log into your existing registration using your email address and confirmation number. New students will be able to add them at the time of their registration beginning on that […]
SLIG 2017 is a year of firsts. First year with 16 courses. Yes we opened with 14, but we now have 16; DNA and Virginia have literally cloned themselves and are running two courses concurrently. That means we just met the director’s goal for 2019. First year with over 400 students attending. First year […]
Join us in beautiful St. George, Utah for the Family Roots Expo this weekend, Oct. 28-29, 2016. Several UGA board members are speaking, and we are hosting a UGA/SLIG booth in the exhibit hall. A certificate good for one year membership is included in the vendor drawings. If you attend, please top by the booth […]
We are pleased to announce that Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS, will be the keynote speaker for the SLIG 2017 banquet. She will present “Rewriting History: Who Our Ancestors Really Were.” The completion celebration banquet will begin at 7:00 pm on Friday, January 27, 2017, and will include door prizes, the annual UGA awards […]
The Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS) will honor eight individuals for their “outstanding achievements in the field of genealogy.” They will be presented at the upcoming Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Annual Conference in a ceremony to be held on Saturday, September 3, 2016. One of the awardees, is the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy’s […]
We are pleased to announce that we have been able to expand the number of seats available in Course 7: Settlers in the New World and Immigrants to a New Nation: Research Ancestors from Overseas. This amazing new course will explore the immigration saga, which Dr. Colletta describes as one that “tends to be the […]
Researching in bunny slippers! That is the beauty researching without leaving home. Pamela Boyer Sayre is the coordinator for this course, which presents some of the massive resources that are available in Washington, DC-area and other federal repositories and how to access many of them through the Family History Library (FHL), websites, and published sources. Records […]
Planning to attend the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) in January 2017? SLIG is pleased to announce that there are several scholarship opportunities available for SLIG students. SLIG Jimmy B. Parker Scholarship – Deadline June 1, 2016Named in honor of Jimmy B. Parker, whose legacy of service to the genealogical community covered more than […]