New Blog Address

SLIG is still on Blogspot.

ONLY the URL address has changed.

Our blog is now named "saltlakeinstitute" rather than "ugagenealogy." All of our content is intact so you can search for items of import. Sadly though, this action will break all those beautiful links to our blog from past social media posts and blogs following.

We feel this change to be important to support UGA in their planned expansion of outreach efforts, while maintaining a SLIG-dedicated blog.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience!

If you have been following us, please update to follow: https://saltlakeinstitute.blogspot.com/

We encourage you to also follow UGA at https://ugagenealogy.blogspot.com/ where you can learn more about all educational programs available to through the Utah Genealogical Association as well.

Thanks!

SLIG 2019 Student Blog Compendium

The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy wrapped up their 2019 Institute and Academy in January. Students from all over the US and the world posted pictures across social media and created blog posts of the experiences. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of them for their participation.

Thank you!

 We have compiled a list of our student's blogs and wish to share them with you. If you are accidentally missed on this list or have updates to new posts, please email us at marketing@slig.ugagenealogy.com, and we will update this blog post.

Steve Jonnes

http://www.jonnesgenealogy.com/going-to-the-promised-land/

http://www.jonnesgenealogy.com/slig-2020-courses-revealed/

Mary Stuart

https://www.gingerdoodles.com/2019/01/genealogy-disneyland.html

https://www.gingerdoodles.com/2019/01/eye-of-tiger.html

https://www.gingerdoodles.com/2019/01/sligth-inning-stretch.html

https://www.gingerdoodles.com/2019/01/reflections.html

https://www.gingerdoodles.com/2019/01/enjoy-journey.html

Helen Smith

https://gsq-blog.gsq.org.au/dna-institutes-in-salt-lake-city/

Nancy E. Loe

https://www.sassyjanegenealogy.com/slig-2019-reading-gothic-script-and-fraktur/

https://www.sassyjanegenealogy.com/fun-with-german-genealogy-at-slig-2019/

https://www.sassyjanegenealogy.com/finding-my-prussian-5g-grandparents-at-slig-2019/

https://www.sassyjanegenealogy.com/some-thoughts-on-slig-2019/

Annette Crafton Corbell

http://okiekin.com/sligexperience/

http://okiekin.com/sligexperienced1/

http://okiekin.com/sligexperienced2/

Kristin R. Wenger

https://www.rootsandwingsresearch.com/blog/enjoying-my-journey-at-slig

https://www.rootsandwingsresearch.com/blog/why-the-blog-is-quiet-for-now

Maggie Stevenson

https://kinhistories.wordpress.com/2019/01/24/true-confessions-of-a-scottish-genealogist-in-salt-lake-city%EF%BB%BF/

Judy Nimer Muhn

https://lineagejourneys.com/2019/01/learning-about-tribal-research/

Lynn Broderick

https://thesingleleaf.com/2019/01/20/henry-the-sloth-becomes-henry-the-sleuth-at-the-salt-lake-institute-of-genealogy/

Victoria Kolakowski

https://wamahfm.blogspot.com/2019/01/looking-forward-to-another-great-slig.html

https://wamahfm.blogspot.com/2019/01/slig-is-wonderful-slig-crud-not-so-much.html

https://wamahfm.blogspot.com/2019/01/another-great-slig-is-over.html

Lisa Hork Gorrell

https://mytrailsintothepast.blogspot.com/2019/01/slig-2019-post-1.html

https://mytrailsintothepast.blogspot.com/2019/01/slig-2019-post-2.html

https://mytrailsintothepast.blogspot.com/2019/01/slig-2019-post-3.html

https://mytrailsintothepast.blogspot.com/2019/01/monday-genea-pourri-week-of-january-14.html

Jacqi Stevens

https://afamilytapestry.blogspot.com/2019/01/goin-southern-on-yall.html

https://afamilytapestry.blogspot.com/2019/01/a-northerner-walks-into-class-on.html

https://afamilytapestry.blogspot.com/2019/01/squirrel.html

https://afamilytapestry.blogspot.com/2019/01/giving-listen.html

https://afamilytapestry.blogspot.com/2019/01/were-all-chasing-stories.html

Denise Levenick

https://thefamilycurator.com/slig-extended-learning-its-up-to-you/

Tierra Cotton-Kellow

https://pressingmyway.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/pmwadventure/

Amber Beck

https://thegenealogygirl.blog/2019/01/29/slig-2019-report-why-you-should-consider-attending-a-genealogy-institute/

Paula Stuart-Warren

http://genealogybypaula.com/2019/02/the-native-american-research-course-at-slig/

Amelia Bennett

https://ameliaftc.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-genealogy-adventure-in-slc_10.html

We hope you have “enjoyed the journey”!

See you in 2020!

Stay in Touch with the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy!

Here are ways that you can stay abreast of the latest news from the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG)? Let's count the ways!

1. By email to SLIG

i) Sign up for SLIG e-news

ii) Contact the Director, director@slig.ugagenealogy.org

iii) Contact the Registrar, registrar@slig.ugagenealogy.org

iv) Contact the Marketing Coordinator, marketing@slig.ugagenealogy.org

2. Follow SLIG's Blog

Go to http://ugagenealogy.blogspot.com and scroll down. On the right hand side of the page you can click to follow us.

3. Follow us on Twitter

Once signed into your Twitter account, search for us on Twitter by our Twitter name @SLIGinstitute. On our Twitter page, click on the Follow button to subscribe to our tweets. Membership is free and you can join at www.twitter.com.

4. Follow SLIG on Facebook

To follow us on Facebook you must be a member. To join Facebook go to www.facebook.com and sign up. Find us on Facebook and click on the Like button on the top of our page.

If you are attending SLIG in 2019, you can also follow the event page.

5. Follow SLIG Committee on Google Plus (G+) or just search for sligcommittee.

6. Follow SLIG Institute on Instagram or just search for sliginstitute.

We hope that you will be joining us in January 2019 or at a future institute!

Utah Collection on FamilySearch Community Trees

We are always on the look-out for new sources of information for Utah researchers, so thanks to Luana Darby for sharing the following blog post: https://blog.familysearch.org/node/991.

According to this post, "The Early Utah Community Trees contains 1.7 million individuals and 568,000 marriages that are all lineage-linked." Many sources were used including vital records, census records, and cemetery records. The full list is included in the post referenced above. Remember that information is only as good as the source it came from.

We would like to encourage our members to take a look and submit your comments. By working together we can help FamilySearch create a truly comprehensive Utah Community Tree.

Thanks!
~Christy

Give Thanks to Your Ancestors

November is the time of year Americans give thanks. People give thanks for their family, jobs, health, this great country and even their ancestors.

Have you taken the time this month to think about the many things your ancestors did to make you who and where you are today? The sacrifice many of our ancestors made were incredibly difficult and extensive.

As I have researched my genealogy over the years I have found multiple ancestors that gave everything and sacrificed everything just so they could make their families lives better.

Many other bloggers out there have been expressing their thanks towards their ancestors as well. Check out these great blog posts by other genealogy bloggers!

The Thanksgiving Letter
by Thomas MacEntee

Turkey and Tradition
by Alisha Martin
Kentucky Historical Society

Thanksgiving Greeting: November 21, 1909
by TJL Genes

Thanksgiving 1942
by John Newmark

The First Thanksgiving was Held Where?
Dick Eastman