SLIG 2019 Course Highlight: Researching Like a Professional

Course Description:

Successful professional genealogists base their success in the research techniques that they use. This course is framed on the genealogical proof standard, focusing on processes used by successful professional genealogists. The course will teach means of efficient project management to achieve reliable results.

Course Coordinator: Michael G. Hait, CG, CGL

Additional Instructors:
Catherine B. W. Desmarais, CG
Paul K.Graham, AG, CG
Melanie D. Holtz, CG


Required Reading/Textbook:

Board for Certification of Genealogists, Genealogy Standards (Nashville, Tenn.: Ancestry, 2014). First chapter.

Overnight homework assignment: 

A multi-part assignment will allow students to apply what they have learned to a problem of their own. Skills tested will include analyzing a research problem and past research, creating a research plan, identifying and obtaining records, and analyzing records for evidentiary value.

Registration: Registration opens Saturday, 7 July 2018. For more detailed information please visit www.slig.ugagenealogy.org.