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Bud Wood will be presenting some fantastic classes on Ancestral Quest. Come check them out! Register at www.ugagenealogy.org. Bud Wood — Ancestral Quest Basics – Parts 1 & 2 A hands-on lab to learn the following: Downloading software and installing it on your computer Local Database file – what it is; where to put it […]
Barry Ewell will be teaching several fantastic classes at the UGA fall conference: Barry Ewell — How to Discover Treasures in the Library, Archives and Societies Historical societies and city, county, and state libraries have a wealth of digital knowledge, artifacts, and resources to assist in finding your roots. Learn the ins and outs of […]
To give our readers a little tease of what is to come at our fall conference we will be featuring lecturers and their topics over the next few weeks. Don’t forget to register at www.ugagenealogy.org. Alice Volkert — Digital Cameras for Genealogists The digital camera can be one of your most valued research tools. It […]
Why would you recommend a student attend SLIG in general? I would recommend SLIG because there are many options in terms of subject matter and then once you select a track and get to SLIG, the learning environment is a supportive one. The coordinators and SLIG staff make sure that your learning is priority #1 […]
The next installment in our SLIG blog series is from Rick Sayre, one of the coordinators for the “Researching in Washington D.C. without Leaving Home.” We’re very pleased to be able to offer this course again–it was received to rave reviews in 2011. ———————— When did you first start researching your family history? Was there […]
Utah has only 29 counties, which allows for experimentation and for easy changes as improvements are suggested. We take the most important county topics, determine what users need to know (content) and how to display that information (pattern). Once the content and pattern is decided for a topic, we create a “task description” that allows […]
Hi All! Thank you for your great support of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy blogging contest. Our lucky winner, chosen at random, is Annaleise Taylor Dearinger of the Legacy of Faith blog. We had many great entries including: Peggy Clemens Lauritzen of Always Anxiously Engaged Kathryn Lake Hogan of Looking 4 Ancestors Sheri Beffort […]
UGA will host the UGA Family History Fair (formerly South Davis Fair). It will be held at Bountiful High School on March 3, 2012 from 8:00 – 5:00 pm. This fair is now under the auspicious of the Utah Genealogical Association. The fair will be a spectacular event! Don’t miss it. More details will be […]
It’s time for another installment in our series of blog posts about the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG). Today’s guest blogger is Course 7 Coordinator, Drew Smith. One of the biggest difficulties in being a genealogy librarian is that relevant education is hard to come by. Very few library schools offer a course in […]
As you may or may not know, the UGA website is getting a brand-new look. It’s going to be great and will be unveiled in the next month or so. But in the mean time you man be looking for information on our upcoming Salt Lake Institute. The 2012 Institute will run January 23-27, 2012 […]