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Do you feel like you’ve got a good handle on the basics, and want to super charge your U.S. research skills? Join the gregarious Paula Stuart-Warren for the second installment of her two part course, intermediate United States records and research, which she has been teaching for 18 years. Don’t worry, these classes don’t need […]
DNA is the hot topic in genealogy right now. The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) understands the need for genealogists to obtain the knowledge needed to correctly incorporate DNA results into their family history. That is why SLIG is offering Beginning Genetic Genealogy in 2016 with coordinator Dr. Blaine Bettinger. This course will provide […]
SLIG provides its students with the chance to enhance their education for a week on a wide variety of topics. There are thirteen courses offered in 2016. What further enhances the experience, is SLIG’s close proximity to the Family History Library. Founded in 1894, it is the largest library of its kind and is open […]
Join in for a swing across the South! Take time to learn some specific research strategies, focus on finding useful records, and apply them toward answering questions. This course will require developing a plan to answer questions and working together toward finding the answers. Southern research requires a careful understanding of how records were created, and how […]
The countdown to the opening of 2016 SLIG registration has begun! With less than one month to go, have you chosen your preferred course? With thirteen tracks to chose from, there is a topic to suit everyone. Methodology courses covering advanced topics, legal concepts, evidence analysis, problem-solving and writing a quality family narrative. Records-based courses […]
If you learn by doing, this hands-on, case study based class is an opportunity to put your research skills to the test! Participants work on five complex genealogical research problems—a new one each day, then gather to discuss what was found. The objective is to give students experience in conducting research on complex problems, analyzing […]
It’s inevitable: At some point in your family history research, it will hit you—this is an amazing story! If publishing your family’s story is something you’ve thought about, whether you’ve spent years researching generations of your family or are just getting started, this is the class for you. John Philip Colletta has been engaging SLIG […]
If you are lucky enough to get into Judy Russell’s Advanced Legal Concepts class at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, then you are lucky indeed. Judy is a passionate blogger, lecturer, and a leading voice in the genealogical community. Her class uniquely blends her dual expertise of genealogy and the law. A crucial and […]
Some of SLIG’s expert coordinators will be traveling to St. Charles, Missouri to attend the National Genealogical Society’s conference, which begins May 13th. If you are attending, take a look at the topics below to see which ones might interest you. All of them promise to leave you wanting to hear more from them, which […]
Today’s 2016 Class Highlight is Advanced Genealogical Methods with Tom Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, a SLIG favorite! Crista Cowan took this class in 2014 and said: “I took Advanced Genealogical Methods with Dr. Thomas Jones. He used examples to show us how people don’t appear in records together at random. We need to determine how everyone named […]