User:Elliealiese

=Ellie Vance=

Education

 * BA Brigham Young University: Family History and Genealogy/Russian, 2015-2019
 * Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration: Advanced Russian Language Program, 2018
 * Higher School of Economics: Intermediate Russian Language Program, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 2017

Experience

 * Russian/Slavic Research Specialist, FamilySearch Family History Library
 * Eastern European Genealogical Researcher, Legacy Tree Genealogists
 * Genealogical Intern, Международный Генеалогический Центр (International Genealogical Center), Moscow, Russia
 * Student Manager and Research Assistant to Jill Crandell, Nauvoo Project, BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy
 * Research Assistant to Roger P. Minert, German Immigrants in American Church Records, Brigham Young University

Credentials
Ellie is in the process of obtaining an AG from iCAPGen in Russian genealogical research.

Memberships

 * American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
 * BYU Family History Club

Upcoming Presentations

 * Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG): Salt Lake City, Utah, January 2021: Mother Russia: Research in the Countries of the Former Russian Empire and USSR
 * Russian Handwritten Alphabet
 * Metrical Records: Russian Orthodox and Jewish Records
 * Revision Lists and the 1897 Census
 * Germans from Russia
 * Locating the Ancestral Home and Record Jurisdictions Using Maps & Gazetteers
 * Roots Tech Connect, Virtual Conference, February 2021
 * Finding Jewish Ancestors in the Former Russian Empire
 * Federation of Eastern European Family History Studies, Virtual Conference, August 2021
 * Germans from Russia Courses TBA

Past Presentations

 * Family Roots, Virtual Conference, October 2020
 * Finding the Ancestral Hometown
 * Introduction to German Genealogy Using Meyer's Gazetteer and FamilySearch
 * Family History Library Russian Paleography Seminar, April 2020
 * The Russian Alphabet
 * Key Words, Common Vocabulary and Abbreviations in Russian
 * Deciphering Polish, German, and Russian Names Written in Russian
 * Reading Russian Documents: Revision Lists
 * Roots Tech: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 28 February 2020
 * Germans from Russia: Locating Church Records
 * Germans from Russia Lecture Series: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2019 - May 2020
 * Germans from Russia: An Overview
 * Germans from Russia: Locating the Town with Websites and Gazetteers
 * Germans from Russia: Revision List Records
 * Germans from Russia: Online Resources for Volga Germans
 * Germans from Russia: Published Works and Indexes for Black Sea Germans
 * Germans from Russia: Locating Church Records
 * Germans from Russia: Contacting Archives


 * Family History Library Russian Paleography Seminar: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2019
 * The Russian Alphabet
 * Deciphering the Handwriting and Understanding the Grammar
 * Reading Russian Documents: Polish Paragraph Birth, Marriage, and Death Records Written in Russian
 * Reading Russian Documents: Russian Orthodox Birth, Marriage, and Death Records


 * Family Roots Conference: St. George, Utah, September 2019
 * Finding the Ancestral Hometown
 * Utilizing American Church Records in Your Research
 * Painting a Picture of your Ancestor's Life
 * Introduction to German Genealogy Using Meyer's Gazetteer and FamilySearch


 * BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference: Provo, Utah, August 2019
 * Finding the Ancestral Hometown
 * Utilizing American Church Records in Your Research
 * Painting a Picture of your Ancestor's Life


 * American Historical Society of Germans from Russia: Lincoln, Nebraska, July 2019
 * Locating the Town with Websites and Gazetteers


 * Phi Alpha Theta Conference: St. George Utah, April 2019

Classes and Lectures
FamilySearch Germans from Russia Lecture Series:


 * An Overview
 * Locating the Town with Websites and Gazetteers
 * Revision List Records
 * Online Resources for Volga Germans
 * Published Works and Indexes for Black Sea Germans
 * Locating Church Records
 * Contacting Archives

FamilySearch Russian Paleography Seminar: Reading Russian Documents:


 * The Russian Alphabet
 * Deciphering the Handwriting and Understanding the Grammar
 * Key Words, Common Vocabulary, and Abbreviations
 * Reading Russian Documents: Polish Birth, Marriage, and Death Records Written in Russian
 * Reading Russian Documents: Russian Orthodox Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
 * Reading Russian Documents: Revision Lists
 * Deciphering German, Russian, and Polish Names Written in Russian.

Conference Classes


 * Introduction to German Genealogy Using Meyers Gazetteer and FamilySearch
 * Utilizing American Church Records in your Research
 * Painting a Picture of your Ancestor's Life
 * Finding the Ancestral Hometown
 * Russian Handwritten Alphabet
 * Russian Metrical Records
 * Revision Lists and the 1897 Census
 * Germans in Russia
 * Russia: Locating the Ancestral Home and Record Jurisdictions Using Maps and Gazetteers

Publications

 * The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918: A Defining Characteristic in the Life and History of the American Family: The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 48: Iss. 1, Article 4.
 * New Resource Available for the State Archive of the Saratov Oblast: Learn How to Use the Archival Finding Aid to Locate Church Records for Your Volga German Ancestor, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR) Fall 2020 Newsletter, no. 179, pg. 10.