Technology tools, software, and
social media have become essential to success in modern genealogical research.
You can accelerate your investigations and expand your research reach today as
never before.
The 2012 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
curriculum includes the “Genealogy Software and Research Tools” course, taught
by George G. Morgan, Drew Smith, and Laura Prescott, leaders in the genealogy
technology arena. The course includes 20 hours of in-depth classes in the
modern software and online research tools. These include: the major genealogy
database programs and utilities for both the PC and Mac; Windows emulation
programs for the Mac that allow you to run every PC-based genealogy program;
creating and using blogs; working with wikis; capturing and sharing images; and
taking advantage of podcasts, videocasts, webinars, and Internet radio. Online
research tools including Evernote and Dropbox and many available mobile apps will
be explained and demonstrated. Social media of all sorts will be discussed and
demonstrated in extensive detail.
This course differs from
attending RootsTech the following week in that it provides an immersion in learning
about the software and research tools that can help supercharge your research. If
you extend your stay to attend RootsTech, you can further expand your
technological knowledge by taking to vendors and in seeing demonstrations of the latest hardware.
George G. Morgan is president of Aha!
Seminars, Inc.
and the author of the first and second editions, and the new third edition of How to Do Everything: Genealogy for
McGraw-Hill, and the first and second editions of The Official Guide to Ancestry.com.
Drew Smith is the author of the
landmark book, Social Media for
Genealogists, and a reference librarian for the University of South Florida
Library in Tampa Florida. He and George are co-hosts of The
Genealogy GuysSM Podcast
and help host the My Society radio program produced each week
by the Federation
of Genealogical Societies.
Laura Prescott is
a professional researcher, writer, and speaker. She is the outgoing president
of the Association of
Professional Genealogists, genealogy project manager for the Nickerson Family
Association, and a consultant for Fold3.com. She lectures and writes for national audiences
on a variety of genealogical topics. Her specialties include the use of manuscripts
in genealogical research, genealogy on the Internet, genealogy for Mac users,
and merging history with genealogy.
Visit our website for more information about how to register for Course 6 (or any of our other offerings at the 2012 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy).
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