WANTED: Hive Minders for SLIG 2023 and SLIG Academy for Professionals 2023

Hive Minders make our virtual classrooms function smoothly, addressing challenges that arise. If you are comfortable with technology, consider applying to serve during one of the courses offered during SLIG 2023 and SLIG Academy for Professionals 2023.

Hive Minder job responsibilities include:

• starting Zoom for each weekly class session;
• managing closed captioning, breakout rooms, polls, and recordings;
• assisting faculty and students with light tech and announcements;
• taking attendance with the provided Airtable attendance tracker;
• keeping SLIG staff aware of classroom and student issues or concerns.

Hive Minders receive:

• a tuition waiver for the course for which they serve as Hive Minder;
• training to be a Hive Minder;
• a Hive Minder reference packet;
• assistance and support from SLIG's Virtual Coordinator, Tech Assistant, and Director for emergencies and questions.

Courses offered during SLIG 2023 may be viewed here. Courses offered during SLIG Academy for Professionals 2023 may be viewed here.

To apply to be a Hive Minder during SLIG 2023 or for SLIG Academy for Professionals, please complete the application at this Airtable link. The deadline for applying to be a Hive Minder for either event is June 30, 2022. All applicants will receive notification whether they have been selected via email by July 15, 2022. Persons may apply to be a Hive Minder at either or both events.

Did we mention that Hive Minders receive a tuition waiver?

SLIG 2023: Bridging the Gap: New England to the Midwest, 1780–1850

Have you lost an ancestor who lived in New England or New York between 1780 and 1850? Don't know where they might have gone? This course might help you "bridge the gap!"

Bridging the Gap: New England to the Midwest, 1780–1850, coordinated by D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS, FUGA, focuses on strategies and records for tracing families from New England to the Midwest between 1780 and 1850, grounded in the historical context of this vibrant period in American history. Specific topics will explore key New England and Midwestern sources, migration patterns, manuscript materials, historical overviews, military records, land and property acquisition, and case studies documenting various techniques. Specific focus is placed upon tracing families who passed through New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio (though other states are included).

Students will have the opportunity to work on an optional project to "map" the families each is researching, to find common migration pathways and historical connections.

Faculty includes:

•  Annette Burke Lyttle, MA
• Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
• Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA

Bridging the Gap: New England to the Midwest, 1780–1850, is scheduled to meet online January 23–27, 20-23. All SLIG 2023 courses will be offered virtually this year. (See you in person in Salt Lake City in 2024!)

See the SLIG 2023 Courses web page for more informaiton, including updates.

SLIG 2023 registration opens Saturday, July 16, at 10:00 am MDT.

SLIG 2023: Virginia from the Colonial Period to the Civil War

This could be your last chance to learn about Virginia genealogy from Barbara Vines Little!

Virginia from the Colonial Period to the Civil War: Her Records, Her People Her Laws, coordinated by Barbara Vines Little, CG, FVGS, FNGS, FUGA, is intended for intermediate to advanced researchers seeking a broad knowledge of Virginia background and resources from the colonial period through the early 1800s. Commentary will be provided on unique resources, applicable laws, and the interpretation of information in specific record sources. Emphasis will be placed on records available either online or through microfilm loan programs; however, researchers will be introduced to records available only in manuscript form at either the local level or in larger research repositories.

Faculty includes:

• Victor S. Dunn, CG

Watch this interviw with course coordinator Barbara Vines Little:

Virginia from the Colonial Period to the Civil War is scheduled to meet online January 23–27, 2023. All SLIG 2023 courses will be offered virtually this year. (See you in person in Salt Lake City in 2024!)

See the SLIG 2023 Courses web page for more information, including updates.

SLIG 2023 registration opens Saturday, July 16, at 10:00 am MDT.

SLIG 2023: Introduction to Genetic Genealogy

Are you starting from scratch with figuring out DNA? Or do you have a basic handle on genetic genealogy and want to move towards an intermediate level of knowledge and skill? Do you want to master the basics of genetic genealogy research? Then this is the course for you!

Introduction to Genetic Genealogy, coordinated by Paul Woodbury, MEd, AG, is a hands-on course guiding participants through applications in a variety of investigative contexts. Participants will practice basic interpretation of Y-DNA, Mitochondrial DNA, X-DNA, and autosomal DNA evidence within the context of traditional document research. Students will receive written feedback on daily homework assignments, in-class lab assistance, and a 15-minute DNA consultation to review a DNA goal and related results, and outline a research plan.

Faculty include:

• Angie Bush, MS
• Melissa A. Johnson, CG
• Gretchen Jorgensen
• Leah Larkin, PhD
• Dana Leeds
• Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG
• Tanner Tolman

This course has no prerequisites, and is designed for participants with no background in genetics as well as those with a basic understanding but who want to move on to an intermediate level.

Introduction to Genetic Genealogy is scheduled to meet online January 23–27, 2023. All SLIG 2023 courses will be offered virtually this year. (See you in person in Salt Lake City in 2024!)

See the SLIG 2023 Courses web page for more information, including updates.

SLIG 2023 registration opens Saturday, July 16, at 10:00 am MDT.

SLIG 2023: Behind the Scenes at FamilySearch: Technology and Features

You already likely know about FamilySearch as the go-to website for anyone wanting to research their ancestors. Did you know that FamilySearch is also an organization with a proud 128-year history and that constantly grows and keeps current with new opportunities? This new course will provide you with unique insights and resources to enhance your genealogical efforts.

Behind the Scenes at FamilySearch: Technology and Features, coordinated by David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS, will guide you in exploring the many features and products FamilySearch has to offer. At FamilySearch, it is all about the individual and the experience you will have either in person or online.

Faculty includes:

• John Alexander, MA, MLIS
• Daniel Atwell, MLIS
• Brandon Baird AG
• Daniele Batson AG
• Rebekah Grow
• Debbie Gurtler, AG
• Sandy Joseph
• Robert Kehrer, MBA
• Savannah Larson
• Rachel Crump Matheus
• Whitney Peterson
• Robert Raymond, MS
• Lynn Turner, AG
• Janell Vasquez
• Lauren Vasylyev

FamilySearch: Technology and Features is scheduled to meeet online January 23–27, 2023. All SLIG 2023 courses will be offered virtually this year. (See you in person in Salt Lake City in 2024!)

See the SLIG 2023 Courses web page for more information, including updates.

SLIG 2023 registration opens Saturday, July 16, at 10:00 am MDT.

Will We See You at the NGS Family History Conference?

The 2022 National Genealogical Society Family History Conference takes place this week, May 24–28, 2022, in Sacramento, California––and SLIG will be there!

Come visit SLIG's booth at the NGS Conference. We will be located at booth 214 in the Expo Hall inside the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center.

PRIZE GIVEAWAY!

Sign up in person at the SLIG booth for your chance at winning an AncestryDNA test kit.

While you are at the SLIG booth, be sure to have all your SLIG questions answered by members of the SLIG Committee.

Many of SLIG's course coordinators will be making scheduled visits to the SLIG booth. Come chat with them about their courses and interests:

• Wednesday, May 25

• 10:00 am–11:00 am: David E. Rencher (SLIG 2023––Behind the Scenes at FamilySearch: Technology and Features)
• 5:00 pm–5:30 pm: D. Joshua Taylor (SLIG Fall Virtual 2022––Advanced Techniques for Mastering Online Searches and Uncovering Digital Records; SLIG 2023––Bridging the Gap: New England to the Midwest, 1780–1850)

• Thursday, May 26

• 9:30 am–10:00 am: Kelvin L. Meyers (SLIG Fall Virtual 2022––Record Loss: Overcoming Destroyed, Missing or Non-Extant Records; Sources and Techniques/Methods)
• 4:30pm–5:00 pm: Karen Stanbary (SLIG Fall Virtual 2022––Proving Your Pedigree with DNA; SLIG 2023––DNA Dreamers: Integrating DNA Evidence to Resolve Complex Cases; SLIG Academy 2023––DNA Dreamers in Action: Writing Proof Arguments)

• Friday, May 27

• 9:30 am–10:30 am: Debbie Gurtler (SLIG Fall Virtual 2022––Advanced Hispanic Research)
• 10:30 am–11:30 am: Angela Packer McFhie (SLIG Fall Virtual 2022––Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum; SLIG Academy 2023––The Art of Writing Client Reports; SLIG Academy 2023––Intermediate Evidence Analysis Practicum; SLIG Academy 2023
• 11:00 am–12:30pm: Rebecca Whitman Koford (Capitol Kin: Research Ancestors Who Lived in Washington, D.C.)

We look forward to visiting with you at NGS in Sacramento!

SLIG 2023: Advanced Techniques: Material Culture Research Techniques for Genealogy

Are you an intermediate or advanced genealogist who wants to try something new? Are you interested in historical research methodology? Social history? Telling your ancestor's story? Learn how research in material culture can enhance your genealogical work.

Advanced Techniques: Material Culture Research Techniques for Genealogy, coordinated by Gena Philibert-Ortega, MA, MAR, will help you bring your ancestors to life. Material culture is the story and history of objects created and used by humans. This branch of social history can inform and strengthen the stories you tell about your ancestors. In addition, the study, research, and analysis of material culture encourage better and more complete research techniques.

Faculty includes:

• E. Lee Eltzroth
• Tammy Hepps
• Lauren K. Peightel
• Marian Pierre-Louise

Watch this interview with course coordinator Gena Philibert-Ortega:

Material Culture is scheduled to meet online January 23–27, 2023. All SLIG 2023 courses will be offered virtually this year. (See you in person in Salt Lake City in 2024!

See the SLIG 2023 Courses web page for more information, including updates.

SLIG 2023 registration opens Saturday, July 16, at 10:00 am MDT.

SLIG 2023: Capitol Kin: Researching Ancestors Who Lived in Washington, D.C.

Seat of government. Federal district. City without a state. Directly governed by Congress until partial home rule was granted in 1973. The District of Columbia presents unique challenges for the genealogical researcher. Offered for the first time in 2023, this course will help you find your Washington, D.C., ancestors.

Capitol Kin: Researching Ancestors Who Lived in Washington, D.C., coordinated by Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL, will be offered during SLIG 2023. From the Revolutionary period and into the 1900s, this course provides an in-depth look at researching ancestors who lived in the District of Columbia. This is not a tour of D.C. repositories––these presentations are designed to assist researchers in navigating the sometimes-convoluted system of records available for finding residents of the District. The course utilizes intermediate and advanced methodologies as well as underused sources, including those at the National Archives. Sessions will provide a deeper historical and social context for residents, including ones focused on African American resources.

Faculty includes:

• Leslie Anderson, MSLS
• Gary Ball-Kilbourne, MDiv, PhD, CG
• Debra A. Hoffman, PLCGS
• Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
• Michael L. Strauss, AG

Capitol Kin is scheduled to meet online January 23–27, 2023. All SLIG courses will be offered virtually this year. (See you in person in Salt Lake City in 2024!)

See the SLIG 2023 Courses web page for more information, including updates.

SLIG 2023 registration opens Saturday, July 16, at 10:00 am MDT.

SLIG Virtual 2020: Have You Registered Yet?

Seats are still available for some of the SLIG Virtual 2022 courses. Grab yours while they last!

Some seats are still available for:

• Intermediate Foundations (coordinated by Annette Burke Lyttle, MA)
• Proving Your Pedigree with DNA––1 seat available (coordinated by Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG)
• Advanced Hispanic Research (coordinated by Debbie Gurtler, AG)
• Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum (coordinated by Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA)
• 9:00 am session––3 seats available
• 12:00 pm session
• Record Loss: Overcoming Destroyed, Missing or Non-Extant Records; Sources and Techniques/Methods (coordinated by Kelvin Meyers)

You can register for any of these courses here.

Advanced Techniques for Mastering Online Searches and Uncovering Digital Records (coordinated by D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS, FUGA) is filled. But you can still put your name on a waitlist in case openings occur. Sign up for a waitlist here.

We look forward to seeing you at SLIG Virtual 2022!

SLIG Fall Virtual Registration Begins May 14

SLIG Fall Virtual 2022 registration opens May 14, 2022, at 12:00 pm MDT.

Course Information: Still wondering which course is right for you? Check these courses out!

• Intermediate Foundations, coordinated by Annette Burke Lyttle, MA
• Proving Your Pedigree with DNA, coordinated by Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG
• Advanced Techniques for Mastering Online Searches and Uncovering Digital Records, coordinated by D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS, FUGA
• Advanced Hispanic Research, coordinated by Debbie Gurtler, AG
• Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum, coordinated by Angela Packer McGhie, CG FUGA
• Record Loss: Overcoming Destroyed, Missing or Non-Extant Records; Sources and Techniques/Methods, coordinated by Kelvin L. Meyers

Click here for course outlines, schedules, and videos.

Registration Website: Our registration system has a new web address. PLEASE update your SLIG registration bookmark! Find us at https://registration.ugagenealogy.org/. 

Tips for preparing for a smooth registration experience:

• Join UGA (Utah Genealogical Association) or renew your UGA membership at least 24 hours before registration so the system has time to update and correctly apply the UGA discount to your order.
• Create or login to your SLIG registration account--this is different from your UGA account--at least 24 hours before registration. Please confirm that your information is still current (name, address, phone number, email address, etc.) and update as necessary.
• Review these SLIG policies you must agree to when registering:
• Code of Ethics and Conduct
• Privacy
• Registration and Cancellation
• Does your desired course have prerequisites? Do you meet them? Courses with prerequisites: Proving Your Pedigree with DNA, Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum, and Overcoming Record Loss. The course offerings website has more information about prerequisites.

Waitlists: If your desired course sells out before you complete your order, you will be automatically waitlisted and sent back to the course selection page where you can choose another course to register for. After placing an order, you may add yourself to the waitlist for another course in the registration dashboard.

Interested in taking more than one course? On the day of registration, you may register for only one course. Please email the registrar to request the opportunity to enroll in an additional course: registrar@slig.ugagenealogy.org. Beginning May 16, the registrar will review those requests on a case-by-case basis. If your desired second course sells out, please put yourself on the waitlist right away in case your request is approved.

We hope the registration process goes smoothly for you and look forward to supporting your educational goals!

SLIG Fall Virtual 2022: Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum

Back again with all new cases!

Coordinated by Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA, the Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum challenges advanced researchers to solve a different tough case each week. Participants will gain experience in planning research, conducting research on complex problems, analyzing and correlating information, and reaching conclusions.

The online environment for this course facilitates the time necessary to work individually on each case and then to join classmates and the instructor to discuss approaches, sources, strategies, methodologies, and difficulties. Most students plan to spend 10 to 20 hours each week to work on the cases and write up a summary of findings.

This course is designed for advanced genealogists. Students should have advanced skills in researching in all types of genealogical records and solving tough genealogical problems.

Prerequisites:

• An advanced level methodology course, or
• Equivalent experience.

Additional informaiton about prerequisites is available on the SLIG website.

Faculty include:

• Sharon Hoyt, CG
• Robbie Johnson, CG
• Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG
• Mark Wentling, MLS, CG
• Paul Woodbury, MEd

Two sessions of the Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum are scheduled to meet on Wednesdays, September 7 through October 12, 2022:

• Session 1: 9:00 am to 11:00 am Mountain Time.
• Session 2: 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm Mountain Time.

This course is offered each fall with different case studies each year.

Watch this interview with course coordinator Angela Packer McGhie:

See the SLIG 2022 Fall Virtual Courses web page for more information, including updates.

SLIG Fall Virtual 2022 registration opens Saturday, May 14, at 12:00 noon MDT.