SLIG 2024: Exploring Their Life: The Social History of Your Family

Social history looks at the ordinary person. It's "history. . . with the people put back in." It examines family life, food, education, immigration, death, labor, and industry as experienced by "real people." For family historians, social history helps us understand our ancestor's life and adds historical context.

Exploring Their Life: The Social History of Your Family, coordinated by Gena Philibert-Ortega, MA, MAR, introduces social history systematically by modeling new research skills, introducing sources, and imparting historical backgrounds to events of interest to the genealogist. You will learn how to do comprehensive historical research, benefit from a focused look at historical topics, and learn how to present this information to your family. This course will be different from any social history course Gena Philibert-Ortega has offered before.

Faculty includes:

• Donna Cox Baker, PhD
• Dan Bouk, PhD
• Tammy A. Helps
• Jan Joyce, DBA, CG, CGL, AG
• Annette Burke Lyttle, MA
• Ari Wilkins

Exploring Their Life: The Social History of Your Family is scheduled to meet online January 22–26, 2024. All SLIG 2024 courses will be offered virtually this year.

See the SLIG 2024 Course webpage for more information, including updates.

SLIG 2024 registration opens Saturday, July 22, at 10:00 am MDT.

SLIG 2023: Advanced Techniques: Material Culture Research Techniques for Genealogy

Are you an intermediate or advanced genealogist who wants to try something new? Are you interested in historical research methodology? Social history? Telling your ancestor's story? Learn how research in material culture can enhance your genealogical work.

Advanced Techniques: Material Culture Research Techniques for Genealogy, coordinated by Gena Philibert-Ortega, MA, MAR, will help you bring your ancestors to life. Material culture is the story and history of objects created and used by humans. This branch of social history can inform and strengthen the stories you tell about your ancestors. In addition, the study, research, and analysis of material culture encourage better and more complete research techniques.

Faculty includes:

• E. Lee Eltzroth
• Tammy Hepps
• Lauren K. Peightel
• Marian Pierre-Louise

Watch this interview with course coordinator Gena Philibert-Ortega:

Material Culture is scheduled to meet online January 23–27, 2023. All SLIG 2023 courses will be offered virtually this year. (See you in person in Salt Lake City in 2024!

See the SLIG 2023 Courses web page for more information, including updates.

SLIG 2023 registration opens Saturday, July 16, at 10:00 am MDT.

SLIG 2018 Hosts First Tech Day!

The first SLIG Tech Day is scheduled for Saturday, January 20, 2018.  SLIG's amazing speakers and guest lecturers will present four hands-on workshops, nine classes/demonstrations, and two mini-labs. 

 Check out the schedule of exciting classes!  Tech Day Information

Half-day workshops on Saturday morning feature Gena Philibert-Ortega and Pat Roberts guiding 3 hours of hands-on experience with  Evernote and Ancestry, respectively. 

After lunch, Cari Taplin will share Google's My Maps while Kimberly Powell presents Scrivener during the last two half-day workshops. 

Workshops require personal laptops with any pre-requisite software or online tools installed. (Please review specific pre-requisites, if any, listed with the workshop.) Electrical outlets will be available for each student. 

Not up for 3-hour workshops?  Then consider the nine other 90-minute courses: Cyndi Ingle teaches three tech classes (coordinating programs in the Cloud, foreign language tools and timelines), Dina Carson is presenting 2 courses on best publishing and imaging practices, while Mona Lambrecht will share tips on staying sane while creating a family archive, Elissa Scalise Powell updates our writing skill set and Kimberly Powell creates spreadsheet magic, and instructs us in social network as an analysis tool.

Three mini-labs from 7-8:30 pm are also available: Elissa Scalise Powell will boost our PowerPoint skills and Ron Arons will fascinate with mind mapping.

Don't miss out! Pre-registration is required to assure seat availability; registration for special events will open on Tuesday, 14 November 2017.

Join us at Tech Day 2018! 

Going To Jamboree? Check Out Our Instructors!

Are you heading to the 48th Southern California Genealogy Jamboree and Genetic Genealogy Conference this week? If you are, be sure to check out these SLIG 2018 instructors who will be presenting there.

Check out these fine presentations:

Michael D. Lacopo, DVM

FR003 Beginning Your Italian Research

TH033 Using Mitochondrial DNA Testing For Genealogical Problem Solving

SA038 “She Came from Nowhere…” A Case Study Approach to a Complex Genealogical Problem

Gena Philibert-Ortega, MA, MAR

Workshop: TH-B Artifact Archaeology: Explore Family History Heirlooms and Ephemera

SA18 Wives, Girlfriends, Widows, Exes and Mistresses: Documenting Women

SA034 Uncle Sam Wants You: Women’s Lives During World War I

SU012 Grandma Was an Alien: Marriage and Citizenship in the 20^th. Century

Rev. David McDonald, DMin, CG

SA020 History and Research in England’s American Colonies

SA037 Brick Wall or Black Hole: Knowing When to Stop

SA055 If I’da Known the Future, I’da Got Here Sooner

Paul Allan Woodbury

Workshop: FR-E Getting Your Feet Wet: Genetic Genealogy Case Study Workshop

TH004 Diving In from the Other Side: European DNA Case Studies

TH029 Genetic Genealogy Heir Hunting: Who Has the DNA You Need?

SA019 The Next Generation: Young Genealogists and Your Society

Michael L. Strauss, AG

FR008 Roosevelt’s Tree Army: Finding Your Ancestors in the CCC

FR032 Decoding Secret Societies: Sisterhood in Fraternal Organizations

SA002 Your Family in WWI: From Home Front to Battlefield

SA009 Descendancy Research: Another Pathway to Genealogy

Please check the Jamboree website or app for official times.

For more information on these instructors, please check our website at www.slig.ugagenealogy.org.

Elevate Your Genealogical Education To New Heights! Seats Still Available!

  There is still time to register to elevate your genealogical education to new heights! This is your chance to be taught by some of the best in the field of genealogy. Please join us in January for an experience of a lifetime!

 Courses available:

 Course 1: Taking Your Research to the Next Level with Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA

 Course 2: Refining Internet and Digital Skills for Genealogy with Cyndi Ingle

 Course 3: Diving Deeper into New England with D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS

 Course 6: Adding Social History to Your Genealogy with Gena Philibert-Ortega, MA, MAR

 Course 7: Settlers in the New World and Immigrants to a New Nation: Researching Ancestors from Overseas with John Philip Colletta, PhD., FUGA

 Course 8: Researching in Washington, D.C., Without Leaving Home with Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA

 Course 13: The Coaching Lab: Forensic Genealogy from Inquiry to Affidavit with Catherine B. W. Desmarais, CG and Amber Goodpaster Tauscher


 Visit our website for full details at slig.ugagenealogy.org/

SLIG 2017 Highlight: Adding Social History to Your Genealogy

Registration for the 2017 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) will open Saturday, July 9th at 9 AM MDT! Go to http://ugagenealogy.org/aem.php?lv=p&epg=118 for information on all the courses you can register for. Below is one of them:

Adding Social History to Your Genealogy with Coordinator Gena Philibert-Ortega

Genealogy research is often relegated to the dates and places of our ancestor’s lives. However, when we focus solely on names, dates, and places we miss out on rich details that tell a story and also lead to additional documents. In the course of learning more about everyday lives we uncover resources that are not utilized by genealogists. This course will look beyond the typical genealogy sources and concentrate on ways that genealogists can bring their ancestors to life.

This course will assist genealogists to understand historical resources available for genealogical research; provide information about repositories that can provide documents that detail an ancestor’s community; teach ways to combing history with genealogy; provide background into our ancestor’s lives; explain ways to include social history with our genealogical narrative; and help students better understand the unique experiences of women, children and immigrant ancestors.

Prerequisites:
Must have knowledge of basic genealogy research techniques and be able to understand the basics of what is involved in a reasonably exhaustive Internet search.

Enriching Our Research with Historical Resources!

Our ancestors were more than names and dates. Come and learn the repositories that can fill in the story behind those names and dates. Gain insight and understanding into what their lives were like!

Registration opens July 9th at 9 am MDT! Be sure and register early as classes fill quickly.

Is your UGA membership current? Don't forget to renew before registration opens to take advantage of the discount for UGA members.

There are many additional benefits to being a UGA member. Like our monthly DNA Special Interest Group, available to members only. Come check it out!

SLIG 2017 Course Coordinators on Legacy Family Tree Webinars

 Legacy Family Tree Webinars is a great resource for genealogist with an array of genealogical topics broadcasted weekly. Each Wednesday (and sometimes Fridays & Saturdays) Geoff Rasmussen hosts the live hour and a half episode including questions from the viewers. This is FREE to you! If you would like the handouts and access to hundreds of past webinars then, you can sign up for a yearly subscription for a small fee. Legacy Family Tree Webinars has top genealogists providing topics that range from pre-1850 census records and vital records research to early land records and New England research, and hundreds more, too many to name here.

 SLIG is proud to have four of our 2017 course coordinators appearing on Legacy Family Tree Webinars this year. They include Gena Philibert-Ortega (twice!), John Philip Colletta, Thoms W. Jones, and Judy G. Russell. We encourage you to sign up for these FREE webinars and broaden your genealogical learning.

• Gena Philibert-Ortega; "Researching Women - Community Cookbooks and What They Tell Us About Our Ancestors", Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Info and registration here.

• John Philip Colletta; "The Germanic French - Researching Alsatian and Lorrainian Families", Saturday, July 30, 2016. Info and registration here.

• Thomas W. Jones; "Solutions for Missing and Scarce Records", Saturday, July 30, 2016. Info and registration here.

• Judy G. Russell; "The Treasure Trove in Legislative Petitions", Wednesday, September 14, 2016. Info and registration here.

• Gena Philibert-Ortega; "Social History Websites That Bring Your Ancestor's Story to Life", Wednesday, October 19, 2016. Info and registration here.

See SLIG 2017 Coordinators at Next Week's SCGS Genealogy Jamboree

 Are you going to the SCGS Genealogy Jamboree next week in Burbank, Califonia? Four of our class coordinators will be teaching there and I hope you stop by and meet them.The annual Jamboree will be held at the Marriott hotel in Burbank, CA June 3-4, with an all-day genetic genealogy conference being held on June 2nd. Please visit Jamboree's website for more details here.

Thomas W. Jones

Getting Beyond the Bare Bones: Reconstructing Your Ancestors' Lives

Organizing Evidence to Overcome Record Shortages

Maximizing Your Use of Evidence 

Paula Stuart-Warren

What Next? Workshop for Developing Step-by-Step Research Plans 

Tracking Migrations and More: The Records of Old Settlers Organizations

Publicize It and Publicize It: Increasing Attendance at Society Events 

Cyndi Ingle

Unappreciated Treasures Online: Libraries, Archives & Digital Collections

Be Your Own Digital Archivist: Preserve Your Research 

Coordinating the Cloud: Ancestry, Dropbox, Evernote, FamilySearch, Google Drive and More

Gena Philibert-Ortega

Enhancing Your Genealogy with Social History 

Women's Work: Tracing Your Ancestor's Occupations and Volunteer Work

I'm in the Book: Researching Women in Directories 

All times and dates of each class are posted on Jamboree's website here.

Hope to see you there!