Presented by Suzannah Beasley, AG
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Focused and deliberate genealogy research takes your research to a new level. Instead of wandering aimlessly through the genealogy records, going straight to the most pertinent records will give you better results. This class will focus on client research, but this can be applied to your personal research as well.

Suzannah received a degree in Family History – Genealogy from Brigham Young University and she is an accredited genealogist through the International Commission of Professional Genealogists. She started by working for the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston before starting my own company, Global Genealogists.

Being a professional genealogist has given Suzannah the opportunity to research families all over the world. She has completed research cases for hundreds of clients with research on all the populated continents. She also had the wonderful opportunity to be one of the professional genealogists researching for the television show Relative Race that airs on BYUtv. Suzannah loves teaching about genealogy, and previously guest lectured on genealogy at Harvard Law School. She is currently an online instructor of family history courses through BYU-Idaho.

Presented by Melissa Corn Finlay, AG and Julie Stoddard, AG
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The webinar will open with a discussion on improving your research and report writing skills, such as research planning and logs, creating a research reference guide, and writing professional client reports. Then the webinar will focus on the evidence analysis, correlation, and proof writing skills a genealogist must develop to become a successful candidate for Accreditation.

Melissa Corn Finlay, AG® gained a passion for genealogy research at a young age, asking for rides to the Idaho State Archives before she had a driver’s license. She earned her BA in Family History-Genealogy from Brigham Young University and is an Accredited Genealogist® professional in the Mid-South region of the United States through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen). Melissa has been teaching others how to discover and share their family history for over 20 years in classes, at conferences, and at her website Boundless Genealogy. Melissa serves on the Presentations, Testing, and Website Committees with ICAPGen, and as Vice President of Membership of the Lone Star Chapter of APG.

Julie Stoddard, AG® is accredited in the United States Mid-South region and she has been researching for over 15 years. She received a BA in Family History-Genealogy from BYU and is currently pursuing a master's degree in Genealogy from the University of Strathclyde, with a thesis on autosomal DNA. Julie serves on the Presentations Committee for the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen).