Category Archives: Family History

Danielle L. Batson

  Danielle Batson, AG, MLS is a United States and Canada reference consultant at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City. She is an accredited genealogist for the Midwest states. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997 from Brigham Young University in Family History – Genealogy and completed a Masters in Library Science in May 2007 from the University of North Texas.

Her work history includes working for a small genealogical company for 3 ½ years. In 2000, she began working part-time at the FHL as a reference consultant and also free-lanced as a professional genealogist doing research projects for clients. In March 2006, she was hired as a full-time employee at the FHL. Her genealogical research experience includes Midwest, New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern states research. She has also performed on-site research in New England, Iowa, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, and D.C. Her duties at the FHL include teaching genealogical classes to staff and patrons including Midwest research, Probate records, and Naturalization.

Presentation: U.S. Naturalization: Understanding the whole process of naturalization, locate these records and glean as much information from them to aid in extending your ancestral lines.

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Robert Kehrer

  Robert Kehrer worked for 12 years as a molecular geneticist identifying disease genes by building very large family pedigrees. He has an MBA and worked for 7 years at Apple managing strategic alliances and driving market strategy in the sciences.

For the last 5 years Robert has worked for FamilySearch as a product manager in the Family History Library, overseeing the public APIs, and managing the development of FamilySearch.org beta. He is currently the senior product manager of search technologies for FamilySearch.

Presenting: FamilySearch: Effective Search Techniques and Sound Research Practices

  • Types of data searched at FamilySearch
  • Historical Documents, Lineage linked conclusion data, FamilySearch Catalog, Scanned Books
  • How data is acquired, made searchable, it’s accuracy, location coverages
  • Searching name indicies
  • Browsing record images
  •  Sound research practices
  • Dealing with name spelling variations
  • Researching an entire family, not a single individual
  • A single surname deep study
  • The FamilySearch Wiki

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