Countdown to GRIPitt Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh

I can hardly wait to go back to school! In three weeks I will be sitting in a classroom at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh for a week-long intensive genealogy course. You could be there too!

As of June 26, a few seats were still available in three outstanding courses:

Intermediate Research, coordinator Paula Stuart-Warren

Military Records, coordinator Craig R. Scott

Writing a Quality Narrative, coordinator John Colletta

I was a student in Paula Stuart-Warren’s Intermediate Research course last summer along with over two dozen researchers with all levels of expertise. Some students were experienced in working with clients, others focused on their own family research, and many were somewhere in between. The pace was steady, absorbing, and challenging.

Paula taught most of the Intermediate Research sessions, and coordinated lectures presented by Josh Taylor on several subjects. The inaugural 2012 program offered four courses; this year there will be six.

One of the things I liked about the institute setting is the opportunity to interact with faculty and students outside of class. The collegial atmosphere in the common spaces and dining hall encourage conversation and exchange. GRIP Directors Elissa Scalise Powell and Debbie Deal were ever present and always smiling; everything ran so smoothly that it seemed like they had been running GRIP for years. 

If you have been thinking about attending GRIP and can fit one week of outstanding genealogy education into your schedule July 21 – 26, 2013, act now and register to attend the 2013 program. Read more last year’s program from attending student bloggers here; and in my posts about the week:

Off to GRIP for Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh

GRIP Pittsburgh Day One Recap

GRIP Day Two: Getting Into the Groove

Getting a GRIP on the 2012 Inaugural Session of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh

Book Review: My Genealogy Book Purchases at GRIP

In keeping with my goal to Learn One New Thing This Summer, I’m focusing on Mastering Genealogical Proof. I will attending Determining Kinship Reliably with the Genealogical Proof Standard, coordinator Dr. Thomas W. Jones.  Training is already underway: less sleep, more stamina!

Please stop me and say “hello” if you will be at GRIP! See you in soon!