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The dynamic mother-daughter duo of DearMyrtle and Carrie Keele are presenting on several tech savvy topics. www.ugagenealogy.org. DearMYRTLE and Carrie Keele — Not Your Mother’s Genealogy: Embracing Technology OK, ready to branch out beyond the limits of your desktop computer? We’ll explore how to manage and share our research from documents, photos and family stories […]
Come learn to tell your family’s story with Carol Rice! www.ugagenealogy.org Carol Rice — Getting Started: Writing a Micro-Story (in class exercise) A brief hands-on exercise to help participants begin forming a narrative about themselves or a family member. (Beginner to Advanced) Carol Rice — Basic Elements and Tips for Creating an Engaging Family History Story […]
Ginny Ackerson covers topics from British Research to general research techniques. Don’t miss it! www.ugagenealogy.org Ginny Ackerson — Back Door and Rear Window Research Techniques Trying to climb that brick wall or just banging your head against it? Some sneaky but effective research techniques are presented to help you get through your brick walls. Ginny […]
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 […]