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There is an exciting new course in the SLIG line-up for 2014. Entitled “Utilizing Social History,” the course is designed to help you put the flesh on the bones of your ancestors and bring them to life. No longer is genealogy about simply listing the begats, it is about telling your ancestor’s story. Course Coordinator […]
Will you tell us a little bit about what makes your SLIG course unique among genealogical education offerings? Problem Solving is unique in that a student learns new skills and techniques by working on their own research problem during the week. Their ultimate success depends upon the problem chosen, their preparatory work putting together their […]
Please join me in Course 1, American Research and Records: Focus on Families. I would like to share a little bit about me and am looking forward to learning more about the 2014 SLIG students. One of the ways I began my research pursuits was visiting the state archives here in Minnesota and devouring the […]
SLIG’s Early-Bird Registration is only weeks away, ending on October 31, 2013! Ensure you get yourself a spot in one of the few remaining courses. The following courses still have seats left: American Research and Records: Focus on Families Advanced Research Tools: Land Records Credentialing: Accreditation, Certification, or Both? Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum Problem Solving […]
Check out Angela McGhie’s blog, http://genealogyeducation.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-higher-level-of-learning.html, for rave reviews on SLIG’s “Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum” course. Darcie Hind Posz shares her experience from last year. She encourages those that want an “intense genealogical educational experience…[to] accept the challenge and experience the Practicum!” There are also reviews of the course by Corey Browder Oiesen; Harold Henderson, CG; […]
The following is a guest post originally posted at Adventures in Genealogy Education. ———————– Researching in Washington D.C. without Leaving Home This is a special post by guest author Pamela Sayre, CG, CGL, on her course “Researching in Washington D.C. without Leaving Home” featured at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. There is still time to […]
Bret Petersen, Suzanne Curley and I gave a presentation at the recent UGA conference entitled “The Cool Parts of Family History-Kids Having Fun” In it I was able to talk about my vision for how family history conferences need to change in the United States and why it is so important to involve youth in […]
Reprinted from The Chart Chick Blog We say that Lincoln, Edison, etc had many spectacular failures and yet we know them to be spectacularly successful. I think as I begin to finish up my 2 year tenure as president of the Utah Genealogical Association, we can see both in the innovative conference that UGA tried […]
1. When did you first start researching your family history? Was there a moment when you knew you were “hooked?” One summer when I was 13 or 14 and whining about having nothing to do, my mother suggested I create a family tree. She had just read an article about it in Family Circle magazine. […]
1. When did you first start researching your family history? Was there a moment when you knew you were “hooked?” I started researching my family history about 35 years ago. My Aunt had done quite a bit of work on my Mother’s family but we knew nothing about my fathers. He didn’t even know his […]