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The BYU Family History Library website links to resources for patrons' research and offers virtual assistance. [7] In order to reach people remotely, the FHL offers webinars on a variety of topics related to genealogy. Upcoming webinars are announced on the BYU FHL's website. [10] The FHL also operates a YouTube channel with genealogy tutorials ...
Brigham Young University, which had begun teaching genealogy in 1921, had Bennett instruct starting in 1952, and taught two classes twice a week at BYU for 15 years, while also carrying on his other assignments. Bennett supervised the beginning of microfilming by the society. In 1946 Bennett was assigned by the Utah Genealogical Society to ...
The Immigrant Ancestors Project, sponsored by the Center for Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University, uses emigration registers and other documents to locate information about the birthplaces of immigrants to the United States and other countries. Such information may not be found in the port registers or naturalization ...
Gramps, formerly GRAMPS (an acronym for Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System), [2] is a free and open-source genealogy software. [9] It is developed in Python using PyGObject and utilizes Graphviz to create relationship graphs.
While some claim that RootsTech is an outgrowth of three former conferences, [2] the Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy, [3] the Family History Technology Workshop [4] and the FamilySearch Developers Conference, [5] these three conferences were invited to participate in the original 2011 RootsTech, but some of them remain in existence today.
Logo of the Genealogical Society of Utah. GSU, the predecessor of FamilySearch, was founded on 1 November 1894. Its purpose was to create a genealogical library to be used both by its members and other people, to share educational information about genealogy, and to gather genealogical records in order to perform religious ordinances for the dead.
Roger P. Minert was a professor of family history at Brigham Young University (BYU) until he retired in 2019. He is a professional genealogist and an emeritus AG (Accredited Genealogist). He is a professional genealogist and an emeritus AG (Accredited Genealogist).
Joseph L. Heywood (August 1, 1815 – October 16, 1910) was a local leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 19th century, and the founder of Nephi, Utah.