You snooze, you lose
Three days to get ready.
Three days until Saturday rolls around.
Which is The Day not to sleep in if you’re hoping to get in on an unparalleled opportunity for genealogical education and fun — the last of what The Legal Genealogist calls summer camps for genealogists scheduled for this year.
That day, Saturday, March 1st, is registration day for the all-virtual 2025 Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), which kicks off with orientation on Sunday, July 27th, and classes to be held Monday-Friday, July 28-August 1, this year.
And, just to add some pizzazz if your summer calendar is already jammed, there’s one course — Genetics for Genealogists: Fundamentals of DNA — that’ll meet once a week beginning at the end of March and another — Repository Research: From Website to Doorway, How to Find What You Need, coordinated by Cyndi Ingle — that’s scheduled for the fall. In other words, no excuses for not advancing your genealogical education!
The Legal Genealogist will be back at IGHR for this virtual session (I’m the coordinator for the Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis course). And I hope to “see” a lot of friends — old and new — on Zoom during the week.
But I’ll “see” you there only if you do the whole ready-set-go bit to register.
Because the simple fact is that all IGHR class sizes are limited and REGISTRATION FILLS UP FAST. If you want to attend one of these virtual classes, be prepared to start trying to register right when registration opens and to keep trying. If the course you want is full, go ahead and get on the course waiting list — cancellations do happen.
Note that Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis has prerequisites; students can submit a research paper (10 pages or so) to prove they’re ready if they don’t fit into one of the prior course or credential options. Among other things, the instructor team says: “… mere completion of a prior course is generally not enough to prepare for this course; students will only truly be ready if they use what they learned in hands-on settings.”
Course registration opens this Saturday, March 1st, accessed from the links on the Course Information page. Unlike prior years when registration for courses had staggered opening times, registration for all courses will open Saturday at 6:00 a.m. Pacific, 7:00 a.m. Mountain, 8:00 a.m. Central, and 9:00 a.m. Eastern.
There’s a whole registration page with tons of info including a video guide to registration you should review to be ready to register.
And the payoff? With luck, a seat in one of the 2025 courses.
The 2025 line-up is (each course number is hotlinked to its registration page):
Course 1 — Methods and Sources in Practice, coordinated by Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL.
Course 2 — Intermediate Genealogy & Historical Studies, coordinated by Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA.
Course 3 — Advanced Methodology & Evidence Analysis, coordinated by Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL, FUGA.
Course 4 — Unearthing Your Family’s Past Using Maps, coordinated by Melinda Kashuba, Ph.D.
Course 5 — Genetics for Genealogists: Fundamentals of DNA, coordinated by Patti Lee Hobbs, CG. Note that registration for this class is open now; it meets once a week on Thursdays starting March 27th.
Course 6 — Japanese Genealogy: From Japan to the Americas, coordinated by Linda Harms Okazaki, MA.
Course 7 — Tracing Your English Ancestors, coordinated by Paul Milner, MDiv, FUGA.
Course 8 — For Land’s Sake! Advanced Analysis and Platting, coordinated by Gerald (Jerry) Smith.
Course 9 — Research in the South: Colonial States, coordinated by J. Mark Lowe, FUGA.
Course 10 — Repository Research: From Website to Doorway, How to Find What You Need, coordinated by Cyndi Ingle. Note that this class will meet once a week on Thursdays starting September 11.
Course 11 — Building an African American Research Toolbox, coordinated by Timothy N. Pinnick, BS.
Course 12 — DNA as Genealogical Evidence: Advanced Case Studies, coordinated by Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG, CGG.
Course 13 — Walking in Penn’s Woods: Pennsylvania Research, coordinated by Amy E. K. Arner, CG.
Tuition (being held at $545.00 for 2025) includes a wide variety of virtual evening activities. Georgia Genealogical Society (GGS) members get an additional discount, to $495, but you must join GGS before registering to get the discount code (which will be sent as part of the membership confirmation email). You can’t join and register all at the same time, and there’s no way to get the discount after you register. So do read through the IGHR Tuition, Policies and Deadlines page before registration.
Much more info is available online at the IGHR website including frequently asked questions and a video guide to registration. And remember that, to get the GGS member discount, you must join GGS before registering!
But whatever you do… don’t sleep in Saturday morning.
Hope to “see” you in the IGHR virtual summer camp in July!
Cite/link to this post: Judy G. Russell, “IGHR 2025 registration Saturday!,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 26 Feb 2025).
