Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy 2016 Registration Just Around the Corner!

OK, I'm jumping the gun a bit here, but the SLIG 2016 registration date is only about a month and a half off. Registration opens on June 20th. The early minutes of registration are a mad house! The most popular tracks get filled up in a hurry! I signed up last year about 20 minutes into the registration kick-off and barely got a slot in the New England Research class.

Needless to say, some tracks are far more popular than others. It takes awhile for some of them to fill. Try to gauge the popularity of the topic and hope for the best.

Here is the list of tracks being offered: (coordinators are given in parentheses)

Corpus Juris: Advanced Legal Concepts for Genealogy (Judy Russell, JD, CG, CGL)

Advanced Genealogical Methods (Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS)

Advanced Research Tools: Land Records (Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA and Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA)

Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum (Angela Packer McGhie)

Intermediate to Advanced DNA Analysis Techniques for Genealogical Research (Angie Bush, MS)

Beginning Genetic Genealogy (Blaine T. Bettinger, JD, Ph.D.)

Writing a Quality Family Narrative (John Philip Colletta, Ph.D., FUGA)

Research in the South (J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA)

Resources and Strategies for Intermediate U.S. Research, Part 2 (Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FUGA, FMGS)

Research in New York (Karen Mauer Jones, CG, FGBS)

Early U.S. Church Records (Rev. David McDonald, CG)

Solving Problems Like a Professional (Michael G. Hait, CG)

Problem Solving (Luana Darby, MLIS)

The course descriptions will be posted sometime this month, so check the UGA website frequently for details. Here is the url: http://www.infouga.org/cpage.php?pt=375

Problem Solving is returning after a year on hiatus. I don't know if there will be any changes to the format. If you have a "brick wall" research problem, then give Problem Solving a try! You will have professional consultants who specialize in your geographic region to help and plenty of time to work on your problem in the Family History Library. There will also be feedback from the other folks in your group.

I think I've had a pretty good record in solving all or part of my problems over 14 years. If you have any questions, contact the SLIG committee. You can drop me a line as well. I can probably answer a few questions.