ROOTS & BRANCHES

Roger P. Minert is one of those heavyweights of the German genealogy field who practically needs no introduction. But for the benefit of those who haven’t encountered him or his work: Minert is a retired Brigham Young University family history professor who has a background in German language study and has published a variety of …

In the quarter century that I’ve been involved in the larger genealogical community, I’ve been exposed to a lot of organizations and repositories. I try to keep my criticisms muted (or at least constructive) when I see a group going awry, and I can be an unabashed cheerleader when see an outfit that’s lifting more …

As you’ll be reading this, I’m just getting back from an extended stay in Salt Lake City. My “good reason” was to be one of the presenters at the Foundation for East European Family History Studies conference, but let’s face it the “real” reason was doing research at the FamilySearch Library, both for clients and …

I’ve had a chance in some spare moments to pull out files (yes, this began-in-the-Gutenberg-age genealogist still has paper files!) from some of the files of my personal ancestry. OK, so it may have been connected to some new presentations I’m cooking up for next year’s family history conferences, but reacquainting myself with these ancestral …