SLIG Fall Virtual 2023: Proving Your Pedigree with DNA

Back by popular demand!

Proving Your Pedigree with DNA, coordinated by Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG, will guide you in applying your DNA analysis skills to the documentation of one of your ancestral lines back to a second great-grandparent couple. Learn to incorporate genetic evidence in a proof of parentage as part of a fully documented compiled genealogy meeting Genealogy Standards. Taught during SLIG Fall Virtual since 2021 and receiving excellent reviews, this is the intermediate-level course you need.

Highlights of the course:

• Practical step-by-step examples
• Hands-on practice with your own DNA results and research project
• Private one-on-one consultations with expert faculty members.

By the end of the course you will have:

• A source-cited lineage, including proof of biological parentage that meets Genealogy Standards
• A graphic descendant tree
• A unique, student-generated "Golden Nuggets" Quicksheet.

Prerequisites: This is an intermediate methodology course focusing on autosomal DNA. This course will not cover beginning DNA topics such as inheritance patters, tools, and references. The prerequisites require previous completion of the following full-week institute courses at any genealogical institute in two categories:

• An intermediate-level methodology course such as:
• Intermediate Foundations
• Intermediate Genealogy and Historical Studies
• Digging Deeper: Records, Tools, and Skills

AND

• A DNA course such as:
• Beginning DNA
• Introduction to Genetic Genealogy
• Practical Genetic Genealogy
• All-DNA Evidence Analysis Practicum

If a registrant does not meet the prerequisites, a work sample that correlates genetic and documentary sources to establish a conclusion meeting the Genealogical Proof Standard may be submitted for consideration.

Completion of this course will serve as a prerequisite for the advanced DNA courses offered at SLIG and IGHR.

Additional faculty includes:

• Nicole Dyer
• Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, FASG, FUGA, FNGS
• Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL
• Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA
• Paul Woodbury, MEd, AG
• Jennifer Armstrong Zinck, CG

Watch this interview as Debra Hoffman shares her experience in the Proving Your Pedigree with DNA course:

Proving Your Pedigree with DNA will meet online on Friday's, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Mountain Time, September 29 through November 3, 2023 (no class on October 20).

See the SLIG Fall Virtual 2023 course webpage for more information, including updates.

SLIG Fall Virtual 2023 registration opens Saturday, May 20, at 12:00 Noon MDT.

SLIG Fall Virtual 2023: Intermediate Evidence Analysis Practicum

Back by popular demand! This is a practicum course constructed specifically for intermediate-level genealogists. Come test your skills in a guided practicum course.

Intermediate Evidence Analysis Practicum, coordinated by Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA, provides step-by-step guidance for engaging in genealogical research through hands-on experience solving two research problems. This course features a combination of individual work toward solving a case, as is typical in the SLIG advanced practicum, along with group work on research planning and instruction on analysis strategies for touch cases.

Participants will put their research skills into practice while receiving structure and guidance. Students will work together to analyze background information and create a research plan for each case, and then conduct individual research online, track findings, analyze and correlate information, and report conclusions.

The weekly sessions permit time for students to conduct research on a case, gather to discuss their progress with classmates, conduct further research, and learn to write up conclusions. Students should plan to spend ten to twenty hours per week researching the cases to get the most out of the course.

This course is perfect for genealogists who are not quite ready for the challenge of the Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum course or anyone who wants to work through each step of a case with guidance.

Faculty includes Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA, and Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG.

Intermediate Evidence Analysis Practicum is scheduled to meet online on Thursdays 9:00 am to 1:30 pm Mountain Time, October 19 through November 16, 2023.

Watch this interview in which course coordinator Angela Packer McGhie talks about the practicum:

See the SLIG Fall Virtual 2023 courses webpage for more information, including updates.

SLIG Fall Virtual 2023 registration opens Saturday, May 20, at 12:00 Noon MDT.

SLIG Fall Virtual 2023: Intermediate Foundations

Do you already has some experience in genealogy, either self-taught or from a beginner's course? Are you looking to enhance your research skills from home around your busy schedule? Are you looking for a course that will lead you into an intermediate skill level and prepare you for more advanced genealogical education and research? Then check out the Intermediate Foundations course offered during SLIG Fall Virtual 2023!

Coordinated by Annette Burke Lyttle, MA, this course provides an in-depth institute course to elevate your knowledge and skills. You will expand your ability to find and analyze a number of record types and learn to conduct research using best practices and following genealogical standards.

You will gain experience in your new skills through homework involving original records. In addition, a closed Facebook group will provide further conversation with participants and instructors.

Additional instructors for this course include:

• Angie Bush, MS
• Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA
• Nancy A. Peters, CG, CGL
• Gena Philibert-Ortega, MA, MAR
• Kimberly T. Powell
• Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
• Michael L. Strauss, AG
• Rich Venezia

Intermediate Foundations will meet online Wednesdays, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Mountain Time, September 13 through November 15, 2023.

Watch this video in which Taralyn Frost Parker shares her experience in the Intermediate Foundations course:

Course coordinator Annette Burke Lyttle talks about the course in this interview:

See the SLIG Fall Virtual 2023 courses webpage for more information, including updates. This course is taught each fall.

SLIG Fall Virtual 2023 registration opens Saturday, May 20, at 12:00 Noon MDT. 

SLIG Academy for Professionals 2023: Intermediate Evidence Analysis Practicum

Offered for the first time ever! Here is a practicum course constructed specifically for intermediate-level genealogists. Come test your skills in a guided practicum course.

Intermediate Evidence Analysis Practicum, coordinated by Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA, provides step-by-step guidance for engaging in genealogical research through hands-on experience solving two research problems. This course features a combination of individual work toward solving a case, as is typical in the SLIG Practicum, along with instruction on research planning and analysis strategies for tough cases.

Participants will put their research skills into practice while receiving structure and guidance. Students will analyze background information, create a research plan, conduct research online, track their findings, analyze and correlate information, and report conclusions.

The weekly sessions permit time for students to conduct research on a case, gather to discuss their progress with classmates, conduct further research, and learn to write up conclusions. Students should plan to spend ten to twenty hours per week researching the cases to get the most out of the course.

This course is perfect for genealogists who are not quite ready for the challenge of the Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum course or anyone who wants to work through each step of a case with guidance.

Faculty includes Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA, and Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG.

Intermediate Evidence Analysis is scheduled to meet online February 16 through March 30, 2023, on Thursdays from 9:00 am until 12:45 pm Mountain Time.

See the SLIG Academy for Professionals 2023 Course web page for more information, including updates.

SLIG Academy for Professionals 2023 registration opens Saturday, July 16, at 2:00 pm MDT.