Valentina Nagy is a professional genealogist based in Budapest, Hungary. Historian by training, she considers family history as a case of “microhistory”,…
Conference Presenters 2021
Thomas K. Edlund is a specialist in East European languages and manuscripts. As a professor of family and local history at Brigham Young University, he teaches…
My name is Taieno Cook. I am a student at Brigham Young University studying family history as a major and Russian as a minor.
I got into genealogy poking…
Tadeusz was born in Silesia, Poland (previously Schlesien, Germany). He currently resides in eastern Poland and Germany. He pursued Library Studies at the…
Suzanne Trotter earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo while concurrently earning her Bachelor’s in…
Susan Weinberg is an artist, author, genealogy consultant and frequent speaker who focuses on Jewish heritage. She serves as the President of the Minnesota Jewish…
Milan Pohontsch is a native German and Wend at the same time. He does genealogical research in both languages and has more than 15,000 hours of research experience…
Kory L. Meyerink, MLIS, AG, FUGA. Master genealogist at AncestryProGenealogists, German research and colonial immigration specialist, past president of UGA,…
Joseph B. Everett, MLS, AG is the Family History, Local History, and Microforms Librarian at the Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library. He is…
Joanne M. Sher is a professional genealogist and historical researcher. Her specialities include Northeastern Minnesota, Northwestern Wisconsin, American-Jewish…
Jane Neff Rollins is a professional genealogist at Sherlock Combs Genealogy®. In addition to having 25+ years of personal research…
Greg Nelson is the Content Strategy specialist for East Europe, Central Asia, India, and various US States at FamilySearch. His moonshot goal is to reconstitute all…
Gina Palmer, M.S., an American native of Germany, moved to the United States to attend college. As a young girl she helped her mother read and translate old German…
Fritz Juengling, Ph.D., AG, earned a BA in Secondary Education and a BA in International Studies German Emphasis, graduating with …
Ellie graduated from Brigham Young University with a double major in Family History/Genealogy and Russian. While at BYU, Ellie completed a genealogical internship…
Edie Adam’s ancestors were Germans in Lithuania, East Prussia, Poland, Ukraine and Russia — so far. Her parents emigrated separately to the USA in the early 1950s…
Dr. Janette Silverman is a professional genealogist, heading a team of researchers specializing in Eastern European and Jewish research…
Dave Obee holds an honorary doctor of laws degree awarded by the University of Victoria, British Columbia, in recognition of his work as a journalist, historian and…
Daniel R. Jones, AG, is an accredited genealogist specializing in Germanic and Slavic research. Awarded a BA in Family History/Genealogy from…
Dedicated to Genealogy since 1986, Daniel was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project…
Craig Siulinski is an experienced educator and writer, as well as an avid researcher and genealogist. He holds a Master of Science degree in Education from Cal…
Charlotte Noelle Champenois, originally from Allerød, Denmark, and a long-time resident of Utah, received her BA in genealogy (with an emphasis on German and Danish…
I relished my professional career as a studio art and art history high school teacher. Eventually, I segued into integrating digital technology and developing a…
Camille, a Wisconsin native, earned a BA in Family History/Genealogy and a minor in German from Brigham Young University. She has conducted research on-site in…
Beth Taylor, CGSM, works as a US/Canada Research Specialist at the Family History Library. She is a Board-certified genealogist (CG), holds a BA of…
Becky Adamson is an accredited Genealogist® for Scotland through ICAPGen and has been engaged in family history research for twenty years. She graduated from…
Banai is a professional genealogist based in Salt Lake City, Utah, specializing in Jewish and Eastern European research. She has…
As a native German from Hamburg, Annette takes immense interest in German genealogy, emigration and consulting others in discovering…
With four grandparents born in different parts of Lithuania and baptized in two different religions, Angela has learned a great deal about resources available in…
