SLIG 2021 Courses Week 1-Mother Russia: Research in the Countries of the Former Russian Empire and USSR

This year, SLIG is going virtual and offering two weeks of programming for you to choose from.
You may register for a course each week!

Week 1: January 10-15, 2021
"Mother Russia: Research in the Countries of the Former Russian Empire and USSR" coordinated by Joseph B. Everett. MLS, AG is an intermediate to advanced course with the goal of helping students develop skills for researching in the region.  Learning the history, methods for tracing immigrants, and working with the Russian alphabet will be part of the curriculum.

Other instructors for this course are :

• Lara Diamond, MSE
• Michelle Vance, BA
• Heather J. Stewart, BA, AG

For more information, requirements, and daily schedule please click here.

Registration begins on Saturday, August 8th at 10 am MDT.

See you virtually at SLIG 2021!

SLIG 2021 Courses Week 1- Advanced Techniques for Mastering Online Searches and Uncovering Digital Records

This year, SLIG is going virtual and offering two weeks of programming for you to choose from.
You may register for a course each week!

Week 1: January 10-15, 2021
"Advanced Techniques for Mastering Online Searches and Uncovering Digital Records" coordinated by D. Joshua Taylor will help you explore digitized records and repositories. This course will teach advances skills for searching subscription family history sites and unindexed digital records for others such as libraries, archives, and museums. Skills will be enhanced by a series of hands-on workshops to put what you have been learning into practice.

Other instructors for this course include:

Melinda Kashuba, PhD
Cheri Hudson Passey
Gena Philibert-Ortega, MA, MAR

For more information on this course and a daily schedule please click here.



Registration begins on Saturday, August 8th at 10 am MDT.

See you virtually at SLIG 2021!

SLIG 2021 Courses Week 1-Show Me Missouri

This year, SLIG is going virtual and offering two weeks of programming for you to choose from.
You may register for a course each week!

Week 1: January 10-15, 2021
Have Missouri Ancestors or those who passed through on their way to other destinations?
This course is for you!
Pamela Boyer Sayer, CG, FUGA coordinates this intermediate to advanced course which takes an in-depth look at the records and other resources available for Missouri, it's settlement and history.
Practice in the records and methodologies will be offered as optional assignments to reinforce the topics presented each day.

Joining the course as additional instructors are:

• Brooks Blevins, PhD
• Kathleen Strader Brandt, MA
• John Dougan, MA
• William Eddleman, PhD
• Rick Fogarty
• Scott Holl, MLIS
• Cheryl Lang, MLS
• Christina Miller, MAS
• Dennis Northcott, BA
• Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
• George R. Ryskamp, JD, AG, FUGA
• Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
• Carol Whitton, MA, CG

For more information on the course, prerequisites, and daily schedule click here.

Registration begins on Saturday, August 8th at 10 am MDT

See you virtually at SLIG 2021!