Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Meet and Greet

What an exciting night! The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy kicked off with registration and a general meet-and-greet tonight. Everyone received their syllabus, their name tags, and their schedules for the week.


We start off tomorrow bright and early with a networking breakfast and then straight into class. Some of the lectures students will be attending in the various tracks tomorrow include:

• Apps for Genealogists: Mobile Computing with Gena Philibert Ortega
• Yes, You Can! Making a Living in Genealogy with Kory Meyerink
• Turning Biographical Facts Into Real Life Events: How to Build Historical Context with John Colletta
• Sources for New England Research with Michael J. Leclerc
• Sources for New York Research with Christopher C. Child
• Irish Immigration--North American Sources and Methodology with David Ouimette
• Irish Emigration--Irish Sources and Methodology with David E. Rencher
• Delving into County Courthouse and Town Hall Records with Paula Stuart-Warren
• Developing Research Questions and Hypotheses; Planning an Exhaustive Search with Tom Jones

Is your mouth watering? I know mine is. We'll keep you updated throughout the week.