David Rencher, AG®, CG was recently awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the prestigious American Society of Genealogists (ASG). We offer our congratulations to David!

From the ASG website:

“On rare occasions the American Society of Genealogists awards a Certificate of Appreciation to an individual or organization in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the discipline of genealogy. At its Annual Meeting November 2, 2019, the Society awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to David Rencher, A.G., C.G., Chief Genealogical Officer of FamilySearch and, from 1999 to 2002 and again since 2018, Director of the Family History Library, in recognition of his vigorous and visionary efforts to serve the aims of scholarly genealogy at the Family History Library and at FamilySearch. “

Please read more about this honor and about David on Judy G. Russell’s recent blog post at:

Judy G. Russell, “When quiet news shouldn’t be,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 5 Nov 2019).