Join us on Sunday for our monthly meeting featuring guest speaker Craig Scott (a.k.a. Krag Mariner in Second Life) who will share a talk titled, “Genealogy Standards: Misinterpretation, Misunderstanding, and Where Researchers Go Wrong.”

WHEN: Sunday, 11 June 2023
TIME: 4:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Barn  SLurl

Description

Have you read Genealogy Standards? How many can you remember? There are 80. Can we talk about the ones you love and the ones you hate? Which ones to you have problems with? Let’s talk about it!

A brief business meeting will be held prior to the speaker’s presentation.

Genealogists of all levels are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

About The Speaker

Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG, FUGA is the author of The ‘Lost Pensions’: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838 (Revised) and Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Inventory 14 (Revised). His most recent work is Understanding Revolutionary War and Invalid Pension Ledgers, 1818 – 1872, and the Payment Vouchers They Represent. He has authored seventeen books and several articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, and other genealogical publications. He is the President and CEO of Heritage Books, Inc., a genealogical publishing firm with over 9,500 titles in print.

A professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty-five years, he specializes in military records, problem-solving, Quakers,  and publishing. He is a member of the Company of Military Historians and on the editorial board of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. He is a former Treasurer and Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists. He has been a faculty member or coordinator of research tracks at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh. He is currently the Coordinator of the SLIG Guided Research and Consultation Track, helping students solve their brick wall problems. He has coordinated many Heritage Books Genealogical Conference and Cruises. He is a recipient of the Grahame T. Smallwood, Jr. Award and the UGA Silver Tray Award. He became a Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association, in 2014.

Come to The Barn on Sunday for an opportunity to “crowdsource” your genealogy!

Bring your questions and your brick walls, and get help from our SLVGS members. Maybe YOU can help another member break down one of their brick walls!

WHEN: Sunday, 16 April 2023
TIME: 4:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Barn at the Family History Center  SLurl

A brief business meeting will be held prior to the discussion.

Genealogists of all levels are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Featured guest speaker Gena Philibert-Ortega was originally scheduled to give this talk back in November, but unfortunately, she became ill and was unable to join us. We are happy to welcome her back this month to share her talk about the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Her talk is titled, “The WPA Historical Records Survey and YOUR Genealogy.”

WHEN: Sunday, 12 March 2023
TIME: 4:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Barn at the Family History Center  SLurl

Description

Today’s genealogists benefit from digitization projects that provide easier access to records. But President FDR’s WPA (Works Progress Administration) also was instrumental in getting genealogical relevant content to researchers. In this presentation, we will explore the WPA and specifically the Historical Records Survey and what genealogically relevant content you can find in books, archival collections, and online.

A brief business meeting will be held prior to the speaker’s presentation.

Genealogists of all levels are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

About The Speaker

Gena Philibert-Ortega is an author, researcher, and instructor whose focus is genealogy, social and women’s history. She holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Psychology and Women’s Studies) and a Master’s degree in Religion. Her published works include two books, numerous articles published in magazines and online, as well as five editions of the Tracing Your Ancestors series from Morsehead Publishing. Her writings can be found on her blogs, Gena’s Genealogy, and Food.Family.Ephemera, as well as the GenealogyBank and Legacy Webinars blogs. She is a course instructor for The National Institute for Genealogical Studies. She has presented to diverse groups worldwide including the Legacy Family Tree Webinar series. Her current research includes women’s repatriation and citizenship in the 20th century, foodways and community in fundraising cookbooks, and women’s material culture.

Meet us at The Barn on Sunday for a field trip to the “Witnessing History” exhibit at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Second Life.

WHEN: Sunday, 12 February 2023

TIME: 4:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time) <– NOTE NEW TIME

WHERE: Meet at The Barn at the Family History Center  SLurl

Witnessing History is an immersive exhibit focused on a single event – Kristallnacht, or “The Night of Broken Glass.” In this exhibit, you will take on the role of a journalist, recalling the testimony of eyewitnesses as you investigate what happened during the November 1938 pogroms.

Kristallnacht refers to the wave of violent anti-Jewish pogroms which took place on November 9 and 10, 1938 throughout Germany, annexed Austria, and in areas of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia recently occupied by German troops.

Encouraged by the Nazi regime, rioters burned or destroyed 267 synagogues, vandalized or looted 7,500 Jewish businesses. and killed at least 91 Jewish people. They also damaged many Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools, and homes as police and fire brigades stood aside. Kristallnacht (“Crystal Night” or “Night of Broken Glass”) owes its name to the shards of shattered glass that lined German streets in the wake of the pogrom – broken glass from the windows of synagogues, homes, and Jewish-owned businesses plundered and destroyed during the violence.

It was a turning point in history. The pogroms marked an intensification of Nazi anti-Jewish policy that would culminate in the Holocaust – the systematic, state-sponsored murder of Jews.

U.S. Holocaust Museum Exhibit

The exhibit’s design was inspired by the stories of Kristallnacht survivors. You are encouraged to explore and touch everything.

A brief business meeting will be held before the field trip.

Genealogists of all levels are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Come to The Barn on Sunday for a roundtable discussion of your genealogy education goals, research trips, organization, and tools for improving your workflow!

WHEN: Sunday, 8 January 2023
TIME: 5:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Barn at the Family History Center  SLurl

Warm up by the fireplace in The Barn where you can grab some virtual coffee and cookies… all calorie-free, of course!

Genealogists of all levels are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Please note that we are meeting at the SLVGS Barn at the Family History Center. Please save the SLurl to your landmarks.

Come to The Barn on Sunday for an informal SLVGS holiday party!

WHEN: Sunday, 11 December 2022
TIME: 4:00 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time) <— NOTE EARLIER TIME
WHERE: The Barn at the Family History Center  SLurl

Description

At the November meeting, the group decided that, instead of a formal dance, we would rather have an informal gathering where we can chat about genealogy success stories and crowd-source our brick walls.

Join us by the fireplace in The Barn where you can grab some virtual hot cocoa and delicious snacks… all calorie-free!

Feel free to dress up or come as you are. Ugly sweaters are welcome!

Genealogists of all levels are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!

Please note that we are now meeting at the SLVGS Barn at the Family History Center. Please save the SLurl to your landmarks.