Thom Edlund - Senior Foundation Researcher

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…

Sharolyn Swenson - Researcher

Sharolyn Swenson began her love of family history after locating her birth mother by conducting a search of public records. After…

Rayanne Melick - FEEFHS Registrar, Secretary

Family history is Rayanne’s passion! Her particular interest is Eastern European history and research, which initially started because of the crazy family surnames…

Milan Pohontsch - FEEFHS President, Lecturer, Researcher

Milan Pohontsch is a native German and Wend at the same time. He does genealogical research in both languages and has about 25,000 hours of research experience in…

Joe Everett - FEEFHS Media contact, Researcher, Lecturer

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 Sher - Researcher, Lecturer

Joanne M. Sher is a professional genealogist & historical researcher specializing in Northeastern Minnesota, Northwestern Wisconsin,…

Greg Nelson - Researcher, Lecturer

Greg Nelson is the Content Strategy specialist for East Europe/Europe at FamilySearch. His moonshot goal is to reconstitute all the families in his ancestral…

Dave Obee - Researcher, Lecturer

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…

Annette Unrau - Presenter, Media contact
As a native German from Hamburg,  Annette takes immense interest in German genealogy, emigration and consulting others in discovering their heritage.  Annette is…