SLIG 2019 Course Highlight: Writing a Quality Family Narrative

Writing a Quality Family Narrative

with

John Philip Colletta, Ph.D., FUGA

For years you’ve been gathering information about your ancestors. You’ve made many fascinating discoveries. Now it’s time to share them. But where do you start? Right here! 

Three dynamic instructors are eager to share their expertise and experience to help you write the saga of your family. Using vivid examples and case studies, they demonstrate how to compile the material you’ve gathered, narrate the life stories of your ancestors, choose the most appropriate numbering system, document properly, and edit and proofread your text. Solid genealogical scholarship and creative family history writing need not be mutually exclusive. They can be complementary. 

Classes explore how to weave oral family lore and treasured heirlooms, as well as pertinent local history, into your family’s story, and how to incorporate maps, charts and illustrations to enliven your prose. In-class writing and editing exercises help you improve practical skills, share your special talents, and exchange ideas with the instructors and fellow students. 

Your family history will never be “finished.” It’s time to start sharing what you’ve discovered so far.

Instructors: 
John Philip Colletta, Ph.D., FUGA

Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS
Karen Mauer Jones, CG, FGBS

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

SLIG 2019 Course Highlight: New England to the Midwest, 1780-1840

Join us at SLIG in January 2019 as Josh Taylor presents his course "New England to the Midwest, 1780-1840":

Coordinator: D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS

Description:
Tracing families as they “moved west” can be a daunting task. As our ancestors explored the wilderness in front them, fewer detailed records were created, leaving large gaps in the resources needed to reconstruct a complete family record. Further, rapid economic, social, and territorial expansions throughout the Federal period caused massive waves of migration and other movements of our ancestors. The development of the Northwest Territory, New York’s land companies, the Louisiana Purchase, the Second Great Awakening, and the War of 1812 are just a few of the dynamic events that shaped the lives of our ancestors from 1780 to 1840.

Bridging the Gap focuses on strategies and records for tracing families from New England to the Midwest between 1780 and 1840, 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 a series of case studies, which document various techniques to trace Midwestern families to their New England roots. Specific focus is placed upon tracing families who passed through New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio (though other states are also included in the various course activities and sessions).

Pre-requisites:
Students should come prepared with at least one family who traveled from the Northeast to the Midwest before 1840 to incorporate in various homework assignments and class discussions.

Registration: 

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

SLIG 2019 Course Highlight: Advanced Genealogical Methods

Advanced Genealogical Methods

with

Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS

Don't miss your chance to take "Advanced Genealogical Methods" with Tom Jones!

Description: Students in Advanced Genealogical Methods will learn how to use and assemble evidence to rediscover ancestral origins, identities, and relationships that have been forgotten in the passage of time. The course will address advanced use of evidence from a variety of genealogical records and research in populations for which the usual records are in short supply. Students also will learn how to develop written proof summaries to show their conclusions' accuracy and create a credible record of their findings for present and future generations of family historians.

Level: Advanced

Suggested Requirements: This intense course is targeted to high intermediategenealogists who have completed an intermediate level methodology course or who have equivalent experiences, and whose research includes original land and probate records or digital or microfilmed images of land and probate records.

Other Instructors:

• Judy G. Russell, CG, CGL
• Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA
• Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA

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