SLIG Fall Virtual 2023: Discovering Quaker Records—In the U.S. and the British Isles

If you have a colonial dead-end from New England, the Mid-Atlantic, or the Carolinas, you might have a Quaker hiding in your family tree.

Although few in number, Quakers left a mountain of records, with many originals now available online. In this course explaining Quaker records in both the United States and the British Isles, you will learn of unique finding aids to help you locate records residing in on-site repositories. Discover how Quakers' historical origins and their views on the military and slavery affected their migration patterns across the U.S. Grasp how radical it was for women to play an equal role in a religion and its record keeping. Leave the course with a massive bibliography of Quaker records in print and online.

Faculty:

• Steven W. Morrison, course coordinator
• Annette Burke Little, MA

Discovering Quaker Records will meet online on Thursdays, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Mountain Time, September 14 through November 16, 2023.

See the SLIG 2023 Fall Virtual course webpage for more information, including updates.

SLIG Fall Virtual 2023 registration opens Saturday, May 20, at 12:00 Noon MDT.

SLIG 2023: Bridging the Gap: New England to the Midwest, 1780–1850

Have you lost an ancestor who lived in New England or New York between 1780 and 1850? Don't know where they might have gone? This course might help you "bridge the gap!"

Bridging the Gap: New England to the Midwest, 1780–1850, coordinated by D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS, FUGA, focuses on strategies and records for tracing families from New England to the Midwest between 1780 and 1850, grounded in the historical context of this vibrant period in American history. Specific topics will explore key New England and Midwestern sources, migration patterns, manuscript materials, historical overviews, military records, land and property acquisition, and case studies documenting various techniques. Specific focus is placed upon tracing families who passed through New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio (though other states are included).

Students will have the opportunity to work on an optional project to "map" the families each is researching, to find common migration pathways and historical connections.

Faculty includes:

•  Annette Burke Lyttle, MA
• Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
• Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA

Bridging the Gap: New England to the Midwest, 1780–1850, is scheduled to meet online January 23–27, 20-23. 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 informaiton, including updates.

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

Course Spotlight: Advanced New England Research: From the Colonial Period to the Early 1900s

Have ancestors from New England? Interested in learning advanced methodology skills and exploring underused resources to improve your research? You should check out Advanced New England Research: From the Colonial Period to the Early 1900s at SLIG 2022.

Explore New England

This course will allow students to learn about specific resources and research techniques for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Individual sessions will also provide learning experiences that go deeper into historical and social contexts to trace New England families. This advanced course will dive into new records, history, research methodologies, and resources.

Records, Records, Records

Get set to learn about everything. This course boasts numerous lectures on the wide variety of genealogical resources found in New England research. Sessions taught by leading experts will cover jurisdictions, advanced town record research techniques, war and military records, land ownership and transfer, religious records, migration, and more. Additional class time will be spent discussing repositories, advanced techniques and methodology, and exploring case studies.

The full schedule for this course, faculty bios, and course details can be found here.

Join us for SLIG 2022

Held January 9-14, 2022, in Salt Lake City, the 27th annual Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy promises the in-depth, advanced educational opportunities SLIG has become known for. SLIG offers high-intermediate to advanced education and includes courses on methodology, standards, regional or ethnic group research, recordsets, and research tools like DNA. Visit our website to view a full selection of available courses.

Learn more about SLIG 2022. Registration opens on August 14th, 2021, at 10:00 am MDT. Create a registration account today! If you have any questions, please reach out to the UGA registrar: registrar@slig.ugagenealogy.org.

SLIG Registration is Open! Register Today!

Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) continues registration for the January 13-18, 2019 institute with courses and rooms available at the Hilton SLC Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Saturday, July 7, was the first day of registration for SLIG 2019.

While the Advanced Genealogical Methods sold out in record time this year due to Dr. Thomas Jones' retirement from coordinating that course at SLIG after 2019, there continues to be seats in the other methodology courses: Researching Like a Professional coordinated by Michael Hait and Burned Counties and More coordinated by Kelvin Meyers. 

The Family History Law Library coordinated by Judy G. Russell and Rick Sayre is filling fast as is Introduction to Genetic Genealogy coordinated by Paul Woodbury.

Many other course options are still available. Consider registering to attend Immigrants to the United States After 1890 by Rich Venezia and Native American Research coordinated by Rick Fogarty. 

For those seeking regional and/or ethnic research, seats remain in the following courses: Gothic Script and Fraktur coordinated by F. Warren Bittner, Advanced Southern Research and Resources coordinated by J. Mark Lowe, Researching New York coordinated by Karen Mauer Jones, and New England to the Midwest, 1780-1840 coordinated by D. Joshua Taylor.

Register today! SLIG 2019 will be fun! There is something for everybody! C'mon--join us in January!