EDUCATION:

 

M.A. in European History

Brigham Young University (December 2006); thesis: "The Origin of the Bundschuh: A Study of the Historical Roots of a Medieval Peasant Symbol."

 

B.A. in German

Brigham Young University (December 1997)

 

Study Abroad

Vienna, Austria

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

Independent Researcher at the Salt Lake Family History Library

Salt Lake City UT (since January 2001)

q       Professional genealogist specializing in U.S. and Germanic Sources

q       Read ecclesiastical and civil records in German and Latin

q       Transcribe and Translate manuscripts in various Germanic dialects

q       Comprehend church and civil records in basic Dutch, French, Czech, and Polish languages

q       Conduct legal research for U.S. & Germanic missing heirs

q       Correspond with U.S. and European archives

 

Editor for the German Immigrants in American Church Records project

Provo UT (since March 2003)

q       Analyze handwriting in nineteenth and early twentieth century church books

q       Review and Offer final corrections of names, dates and places extracted from Indiana and Wisconsin parish records

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

q       German Immigrants in American Church Records, with Roger P. Minert, et al. Vol. 4, Wisconsin Southwest Protestant. Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 2007.

q       German Immigrants in American Church Records, with Roger P. Minert, et al. Vol. 3, Wisconsin Northeast Protestant. Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 2007.

q       German Immigrants in American Church Records, with Roger P. Minert, et al. Vol. 2, Wisconsin Northwest Protestant. Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 2007.

q       German Immigrants in American Church Records, with Roger P. Minert, et al. Vol. 1, Indiana Protestant. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 2005.

q       “Recording German Place Names,” with Roger P. Minert. Heritage Quest, 20:4 (Winter 2004/2005), 56-64.

q       “From Westphalia to Indiana: Johann E. Schmale, the Life of a German Immigrant.” Der Blumenbaum, 22:3 (January 2005), 125-131.

q       “Emigration Databases.” Der Blumenbaum, 22:1 (July 2004), 20-21.

q       Switzerland Place Name Indexes, with Roger P. Minert. Provo, UT: GRT Publications, 2004. Compact Disk.

q       “The Binding Symbolism of the Shoe in Medieval Europe.” Writings: Student Journal of Germanic and Slavic Languages 7 (1998), 25-41.