You snooze, you lose
Wake up!
There isn’t a single moment to waste!
It’s down-to-the-wire-nail-biting-mouse-hand-warming-up-get-ready time.
Because tomorrow, Saturday, January 13th, is the Big Day if you’re hoping to get in on an unparalleled opportunity for genealogical education and fun.
Tomorrow, Saturday, January 13th, is registration day for the 2018 Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), in its second year at the University of Georgia in Athens, to be held June 2-7 this year.
The Legal Genealogist will be back at IGHR this summer, both learning and teaching (I’m the coordinator for the Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis course). And I hope to see a lot of friends — old and new — during the week.
But I’ll see you there only if you get up early tomorrow and get ready to register.
All IGHR class sizes are limited and REGISTRATION FILLS UP FAST. If you want to go, be prepared to start trying to register right when registration for the class you want opens and to keep trying. Note that Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis has prerequisites.
Now… remember… this is only the second year for IGHR to be held at the University of Georgia and there have been some changes to the registration system in the hopes of making it work better. Here’s the way it’s supposed to work:
Registration links will be on the IGHR 2018 Courses page of the Georgia Genealogical Society IGHR website.
If you look at that page right now, on the right hand side of each course is a column for registration. Right now it says when registration opens. When registration actually opens for that course, a yellow button will appear and you can begin the registration process. Each course title on that page is a link to the full course description.
Registration opens for each course at the following times:
Opening at 7 a.m. PST, 8 a.m. MST, 9 a.m. CST, 10 a.m. EST:
Course 1 — Methods and Sources, coordinated by Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG
Course 5 — Advanced German Genealogy, coordinated by F. Warren Bittner, CG
Opening at 7:30 a.m. PST, 8:30 a.m. MST, 9:30 a.m. CST, 10:30 a.m. EST:
Course 2 — Intermediate Genealogy & Historical Studies, coordinated by Angela Packer McGhie, CG
Course 9 — Advanced Library Research: Law Libraries & Government Documents, coordinated by Benjamin B. Spratling III, J.D. and Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL
Opening at 8 a.m. PST, 9 a.m. MST, 10 a.m. CST, 11 a.m. EST:
Course 3 — Advanced Methodology & Evidence Analysis, coordinated by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
Opening at 8:30 a.m. PST, 9:30 a.m. MST, 10:30 a.m. CST, 11:30 a.m. EST:
Course 4 — Writing & Publishing for Genealogists, coordinated by Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA
Course 8 — Military Records I, coordinated by Michael L. Strauss, AG
Opening at 9 a.m. PST, 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. CST, noon EST:
Course 6 — Research in the South: Trans-Mississippi South, coordinated by J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA
Course 11 — Genetic Genealogy Tools & Techniques: Intermediate DNA for Genealogy, coordinated by Karen Stanbary, M.A., CG
Opening at 9:30 a.m. PST, 10:30 a.m. MST, 11:30 a.m. CST, 12:30 p.m. EST:
Course 7 — Irish Genealogical Research, David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA
Course 10 — Researching African-American Ancestors: Sources, Strategies, & Analysis, coordinated by Frazine K. Taylor, M.S.L.S., CPM
If you attended IGHR 2017, use the same login credentials that you used last year. If you’re new to IGHR, then use your preferred email address, for IGHR correspondence, as your Username in the New User area.
Tuition ($560.00 through March 10 and $600.00 thereafter) includes a reception on Saturday evening and evening meal on Wednesday night. GGS members get an additional $10.00 discount. The reception is an easy and convenient place to meet folks and visit with friends and colleagues and then, when ready, go eat or just go get ready for the start of classes on Sunday. The Wednesday dinner at the Georgia Center will be casual, to facilitate networking, learning and fun. There’s a discount for GGS members ($550.00), and you’ll be able to join GGS when you register (for $585.00 with an individual membership and $590.00 with a family membership).
Much more info is available online at the IGHR website including frequently asked questions.
And, remember, this is the only the second year for IGHR to be held at the University of Georgia, and the system hit some glitches last year. The big glitch: use of the Internet Explorer browser. If you have anything else available, use a different browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, the new Edge browser all work whereas IE caused problems.
So have some patience and understanding, and don’t hesitate to reach out to the IGHR GGS folks (“Questions about registration should be sent to ighrregister@gagensociety.org or call (470) 466-2716”) if you do run into problems.
But whatever you do… don’t sleep in tomorrow morning.
Hope to see you in Athens in June!
Question about your class: I have researched for many years. I attended non-graded courses at a community college, attended two paralegal courses at the community college, and received an A in each class, been Registrar in DAR for five years, took the GEP courses, have attended many NGS conferences through the years, and attended IGHR last year in Georgia and took Dr. Jones class. For about 17 years, I have been a volunteer at the local Heritage Room, a research library for genealogy of families and houses. During this time, I have researched and submitted reports to families. I serve as the President of the genealogy society and by default the editor of our quarterly bulletin. I am giving you this history because I want to take your class in June and am wondering if you can tell me what pre-requisite would be required and time line for complying. Linda Vert is a friend and suggested that I contact you. She has taken theses courses and believes I would thoroughly enjoy yours. We volunteer together. I plan on registering for your class tomorrow at 11:00 a.m, if I can get through but do not want to waste money. Please let me know what I will need to do.
You certainly appear to have the background to do well, Barbara. The prerequisites are shown on the website (here) and, in your case, would simply be submission of a paper by 1 March (and the paper can definitely be one of the research reports you have written for a family).
What length? Thank you.
10-15 pages is more than enough.
I attended IGHR twice in Birmingham, taking Advanced methods with Elizabeth and later Dr Jones writing class. The lady answering the phone there says that qualifies me for your class. I hope you agree.
I have attended workshops, classes, and conventions since 1979, choosing lectures by Elizabeth, Christine Rose, Lloyd Bockstruck, Barbara Vines Little, Dr. Sweitzer, David Rencher, and you at every opportunity.
I certainly will accept completion of the old Course 4 as meeting the requirements for the new Course 3.