Since January 1st, I’ve read some terrific blog posts with some awesomely ambitious genealogical goals for 2019. I was totally inspired! (If you too want some inspiration, you can visit The Genealogy Girl and/or Andersonology , and there are many more – just search them out!) Although it’s January 22nd, there’s still time to make a few new year’s resolutions, right?!?
After reading these inspirational posts, I came up with a very long list myself, but I don’t think I’ll publish it – because that’s a LOT of pressure, haha! But I’m happy to say that I’ve already crossed off one of my goals:
*Attend a week-long genealogy institute course {CHECK!}
Last week I attended SLIG2019. It was great! And now that goal will probably be a yearly goal from now on! Why? Because I’m sold on the value of the course. The level of instruction was deep and concentrated (it’s a 5-day/all-day course), and the instructors are all experts in their field. I highly recommend it! The hardest part was deciding which course to sign up for!
To give you a taste of what is typically offered, here is what SLIG offered this year:
Course 1: The Family History Law Library
Course 2: Beside, Through, and Beyond the Golden Door: Immigrants to the United States After 1890
Course 3: Metes & Bounds Land Platting
Regional Research
Course 4: Bridging the Gap: New England to the Midwest, 1780-1840
Course 5: Researching New York: Resources and Strategies
Course 6: Advanced Southern Research and Sources
Ethnic Research
Course 7: 1619-2019: Four Hundred Years of African American Genealogy
Course 8: Exploring Native American Research
Countries & Languages
Course 9: Gothic Script and Fraktur: Reading Records of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and the Czech Republic, plus German-American Church Books and Newspapers
DNA
Course 10: Introduction to Genetic Genealogy
Course 11: A Practical Approach: Establishing Genealogical Proof with DNA
Methodology
Course 12: Researching Like a Professional
Course 13: Burned Counties and More: Overcoming Destroyed, Missing or Non-Extant Records; Sources and Techniques/Methods
Course 14: Advanced Genealogical Methods
Writing & Summarizing
Course 15: Writing a Quality Family Narrative
So that goal is checked off! Yeah! My other goals are, of course, to travel to various places where my ancestors actually lived. You can be sure I’ll post about those trips!
How are you doing on your goals? Let me know, because one can’t have too much inspiration! Maybe I’ll add to my list, or get busy on next year’s list already!
Have a great week!
