Sunday, January 19, 2020
The Promise of Another Year
The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy may be over for another year—well, mostly; there was the "SLIG Extended" and by-invitation-only SLIG Colloquium (I was invited) over the weekend, and the SLIG Academy coming up next week—but the promise of another year of SLIG in 2021 can keep us looking forward to next January.
As is their custom, the SLIG team announced the upcoming year's tentative course offerings at the close of the Friday evening banquet. Of course, I wasn't able to stay there long enough to hear the news—had a plane to catch—but thanks to a fellow genea-blogger and SLIGster, I didn't have to wait long to receive the news.
Let's just say that I will be torn as to which of many tantalizing course offerings to choose for 2021. The inestimable John Philip Colletta will return to lead a course in "Writing a Quality Family History Narrative." I'm torn between that and Gena Philibert-Ortega's "Advanced Practices in Social History." But there's also LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, whose plenary presentation in 2019 made a lasting impression on me; next year, she'll lead a course on African American Genealogy. Favorites Judy Russell, D. Joshua Taylor, and Michael Lacopo will be there, too. Folks wanting to broaden their skills in researching their Missouri, Pennsylvania, or Russian roots will be happy with course offerings, as well. And DNA will get not one, but two berths on the lineup for next year.
Registration opens on July 11, 2020, at 9:00 a.m., Mountain Daylight Time. I'll race you to the computer first thing that Saturday morning.
I can tell you are already looking forward to next year:)
ReplyDeleteI always do, Far Side. This has been my go-to training program for five years, now. In a field like genealogy, there's always another class to take. It's really impossible to know everything about each specialization, so I treat this like learning at an educational smorgasbord...only just one specialization per year!
DeleteI can tell you that you don't need to waste time learning how to write a quality narrative. You do that already.
ReplyDeleteWendy, you are too kind! Actually, I'd love to sit in on some of those classes...there is always something else to learn. It's just that there are so many choices, and the time is so limited!
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