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April’s Virtual Chapter Meeting!! Date: April 21.7:00pm MDT (Your time zone) Address to access the chapter meeting:http://ugagenealogy.na5.acrobat.com/vc_april_2011 Title of Presentation: The Google Genealogist Synopsis: What are the latest tools from Google and how can I use them in my research? Come learn about products like Picasa, Alerts, Sites, Books, Video, Maps and much more that […]
If I had skipped the homework discussions, I would have missed the best part of Tom Jones’s class on Advanced Methodology. More than anything else they gave me a new and different sense of what should be going on when you tackle a hard case — or, in one of his favorite metaphors, how you […]
Two blocks from SLIG HQ at the Radisson is the Family History Library, overshadowing our in-class and after-class thoughts. Almost everyone has research work to do at the library, either for themselves, or for paying clients, or both. Our time management revolves around its 8am opening and 9 pm closing (except for Monday, family night, […]
As the week goes on, there’s more happening and less time for non-essentials like blogging and sleeping. And some of what’s going on is, well, secret, like Tom Jones’s mind-bending evidence-evaluation homework assignment. (Just don’t sneak up behind me and say “Spotsylvania,” OK?) Even meals take on lives of their own. Two years ago on […]
I know it’s a good genealogy day when I’m seeing supposedly familiar things in a new light: * indirect evidence (we won’t go there, but it kept me up late!), * the value of fraud and failure (they generated records!), * federal records (I appreciate being encouraged to take another run at these fantastically underutilized […]
(Thanks to Christy for the invitation to guest-blog here during this week of the 2011 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy.) I’ve found myself switching gears again on my second SLIG trip . . . . . . from the wet snowy Midwest to crisp dry Utah (well, not always so crisp with the inversion); . […]
We are also happy to announce that the UGA Board of Directors has elected a new Executive Committee for 2011. They are: President–Janet Hovorka1st Vice-President–Christy Fillerup2nd Vice-President–Sue Maxwell We are excited to serve UGA in 2011 and we are excited to work with all of you. We are passionate about UGA and believe that it […]
UGA is excited to be able to offer its members so many ways to get involved. Each committee was represented by a table-top display. Each committee is in place to provide a service to UGA’s members. We are so grateful for the wonderful volunteers that make this happen. If you are interested in volunteering please […]
It seems like UGA has been doing a lot of “renovating” lately with our newsletter, Facebook, the addition of Twitter, and even our blog. We have been working on getting more involved in the social media of things as well as keeping our members informed of up-coming events and new things with the association. We […]