It’s getting near the end of the pre-registration period for the Salt Lake Christmas Tour. However, we still have space available for anyone who would like to join us. The preregistration cut-off was initially October 15, but we’ve extended it though Midnight EST (Not MST) November 7.
The Salt Lake Christmas Tour is now celebrating its 29th consecutive year at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. This is the 27th year that the tour has headquartered out of the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel next to the library.
Every year, anywhere from 60 to 100 genealogists gather for a full week just prior to Christmas to partake in assisted research, genealogy classes, breakfasts, gifts, and fellowship in Salt Lake City. The Tour is always held the first full week of December, following a week’s sabbatical after the Thanksgiving Day weekend. We don’t have our attendees fly on Thanksgiving weekend, which is notorious as the most expensive and harried flight weekend of the year. This year the tour is being held from December 8 through 14, with attendees flying in on December 8 (Sunday) and flying out on December 15 (the following Sunday).
The Salt Lake Christmas Tour is known for having the highest ratio of assisting professional genealogists to attendees of any tour to the Family History Library. This year we again have about a dozen professionals who will work side-by-side with the attendees, so there’s always personalized help, especially when you need it most.
Got brick-walls? Bring then to the Salt Lake Christmas Tour, and make the breakthroughs that you’ve longed for for years. The Tour has professionals working on the staff that can help anyone, from the raw beginner to the most advanced genealogist.
As in the past two years, genealogy tech guru, Thomas MacEntee, will be spending the week with us, teaching 10 of the classes. Another highlight will be Monday night’s dinner, featuring the barefoot genealogist, Christa Cowan, from Ancestry.com, speaking on using DNA in the genealogical search.
If you have questions, just call me (Leland) at 801-949-7259. That’s my cell number and gets me whenever I’m not asleep!
For detailed information on the Salt Lake Christmas Tour, see the website, www.saltlakechristmastour.com.
