One of my favorite things about SLIG is the wonderful Syllabus we get in each course. They are chock full of information, bibliographies, glossaries, etc.
They take on a special significance by Wednesday - when I start to really drag and find it harder to concentrate. I love knowing I have all the information at my fingertips when I get home. The amount of time the course coordinators take to put these syllabi together is mind-blowing.
I still refer to each of my syllabi from past courses often. I've already circled a number of things in my Virginia book that I need to track down as soon as I get home. I can tell that my portfolio may get put on hold for a couple of weeks while I dig into Virginia resources! The good thing is that some of what I've learned in Virginia has given me new avenues of research for other non-Virginia projects I'm working on.
Two days to go!!!
Disclaimer - The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy has provided me a discount on my SLIG 2020 tuition for my participation as a SLIG Ambassador. The opinions expressed are my own.
Showing posts with label #SLIG2020. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #SLIG2020. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
SLIG Day 2
Day 2 is in the books - at least for me. I thought I tried to stuff a lot in my head yesterday - today was even scarier!!!. I can't wait to find time to dig through all I've learned and put it to work. I did have some momentary excitement when Vic Dunn talked about the Van Meter family which is one of the families I'm researching. Of course, he dashed my hopes by telling me how common that name really is. But I'm definitely going to dig into that line more to see what else I can find.
Lunchtime brought a fun SLIG Virtual Intermediate meet-up. There have been two of these classes - the inaugural course in the Spring and the 2nd course in the Fall - both were wonderfully coordinated by Sara Scribner. It was nice to meet people in person after only seeing and hearing them on Zoom. We all talked about how much we got out of this course and were excited to hear that SLIG will be offering it again in the Fall of 2020. I'd recommend that you look at the course description when it gets published and consider signing up. Yes, there is homework - but you have time to get it done.
Tuesday also brought the start of Class Photos. I can't think of anything to say about those... I'm sure that my eyes were closed or something equally weird. But it's also nice to see the whole group together.
Tomorrow is hump day. Hope everyone gets a good nights sleep!!!
Disclaimer - The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy has provided me a discount on my SLIG 2020 tuition for my participation as a SLIG Ambassador. The opinions expressed are my own.
Lunchtime brought a fun SLIG Virtual Intermediate meet-up. There have been two of these classes - the inaugural course in the Spring and the 2nd course in the Fall - both were wonderfully coordinated by Sara Scribner. It was nice to meet people in person after only seeing and hearing them on Zoom. We all talked about how much we got out of this course and were excited to hear that SLIG will be offering it again in the Fall of 2020. I'd recommend that you look at the course description when it gets published and consider signing up. Yes, there is homework - but you have time to get it done.
Tuesday also brought the start of Class Photos. I can't think of anything to say about those... I'm sure that my eyes were closed or something equally weird. But it's also nice to see the whole group together.
Tomorrow is hump day. Hope everyone gets a good nights sleep!!!
Disclaimer - The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy has provided me a discount on my SLIG 2020 tuition for my participation as a SLIG Ambassador. The opinions expressed are my own.
Monday, January 13, 2020
Monday at SLIG 2020
First day of class... Surprising how many people were dragging already!!!
The first day of the Virginia class provided me with some great insight into the odd pronunciations in Virginia - like Botetourt and Kanawha. I think I can pronounce them now. Listening to Barbara Vines Little and Vic Dunn was like drinking from a fire hose. My head's ready to explode. (Yes I'm mixing my metaphors.)
SLIG Central was up and running today. I've heard great reports about the selection of books at Maia's. I haven't checked them out yesterday - I'm very afraid. Ran into a lot of old friends - heard so many great things about the other courses - I wish I could be in two (or three) places at once.
Disclaimer – The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy has provided me a discount on my SLIG 2020 tuition for my participation as a SLIG ambassador. The opinions expressed are my own.
The first day of the Virginia class provided me with some great insight into the odd pronunciations in Virginia - like Botetourt and Kanawha. I think I can pronounce them now. Listening to Barbara Vines Little and Vic Dunn was like drinking from a fire hose. My head's ready to explode. (Yes I'm mixing my metaphors.)
SLIG Central was up and running today. I've heard great reports about the selection of books at Maia's. I haven't checked them out yesterday - I'm very afraid. Ran into a lot of old friends - heard so many great things about the other courses - I wish I could be in two (or three) places at once.
Disclaimer – The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy has provided me a discount on my SLIG 2020 tuition for my participation as a SLIG ambassador. The opinions expressed are my own.
Sunday, January 12, 2020
SLIG 2020 Sunday -#SLIG2020
While classes start on Monday, Sunday is really the first day of SLIG in my mind. Many folks have been here for a couple of days, researching at the Family History Library and getting reacquainted with old friends. Many folks just arrived today. Weather in Salt Lake City has been snowy and cold (although not bad to this Minnesotan).
Registration is always fun - you can see who's in your class, start looking at the amazing syllabi put together by the amazing course coordinators. (Apparently, Tom Jones doesn't like it when we overuse the word amazing but it does seem fitting.)
Then comes Orientation (with door prizes) and a fun social hour with entertainment - it's always a mystery until they come out. We've had Island dancers, jingle dancers, and other fun and unexpected treats. Tonight we had Chinese Lion Dancers. They were energetic, kind of cheeky and a lot of fun although I did not get lettuce spit on me for good luck. We had some nice food (Chinese of course) and John Colletta very nicely shared some yummy chocolate truffles. All in all, it was a nice start to the week.
Most people have now returned to their rooms to crash. I'm looking forward to learning all about Virginia research - and hearing good things from the other courses. Don't forget to dress in layers tomorrow, wear your name tags and be prepared to learn and have fun!!!
#SLIG2020
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Disclaimer - The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy has provided me a discount on my SLIG 2020 tuion for my participation as a SLIG ambassador. The opinions expressed are my own.
Registration is always fun - you can see who's in your class, start looking at the amazing syllabi put together by the amazing course coordinators. (Apparently, Tom Jones doesn't like it when we overuse the word amazing but it does seem fitting.)
Then comes Orientation (with door prizes) and a fun social hour with entertainment - it's always a mystery until they come out. We've had Island dancers, jingle dancers, and other fun and unexpected treats. Tonight we had Chinese Lion Dancers. They were energetic, kind of cheeky and a lot of fun although I did not get lettuce spit on me for good luck. We had some nice food (Chinese of course) and John Colletta very nicely shared some yummy chocolate truffles. All in all, it was a nice start to the week.
Most people have now returned to their rooms to crash. I'm looking forward to learning all about Virginia research - and hearing good things from the other courses. Don't forget to dress in layers tomorrow, wear your name tags and be prepared to learn and have fun!!!
#SLIG2020
.
Disclaimer - The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy has provided me a discount on my SLIG 2020 tuion for my participation as a SLIG ambassador. The opinions expressed are my own.
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