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The Upper Midwest Genealogy Institute is a two-day intensive, but friendly, genealogy education program for intermediate and more experienced genealogists and family history researchers. The 2025 UMGI focuses on finding and using records to solve Upper Midwest research problems. UMGI’s Upper Midwest focus includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, the Dakotas, and neighboring portions of surrounding states.

UMGI 2025 is a reprise of the popular MGS “Minnstitute” first offered in 2023. It’s still small and its still in Minnesota, but it’s a pretty big deal, and its about more than Minnesota—thus, the change of name.

UMGI Director: J. H. Fonkert, CG
Associate Director: Elizabeth Williams Gomoll, CG