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[[Image:Barbara Bell.jpg|139x186px]] Barbara Bell AG, CG℠
 Barbara (Bärbel) has been employed by the Family History Library since January 2001. She is accredited and certified in German research with special interests in Schleswig-Holstein, Freistaat Sachsen and Germany at large. She was born and raised in Germany and later immigrated to the United States.

Education
Paralegal, Technical College Kiel, Germany (1964)


 * Executive Secretary (1965)
 * German and International Studies, Brigham Young University, Utah (BA 1985)
 * German Studies and Philosophy, Birmingham University, Birmingham, England (MA 1989)
 * Interpreter Certification (1997)

Credentials

 * German Genealogical accreditation from BCG (2009)
 * German Genealogical accreditation from ICAPGen (2006)

Genealogical Experience

 * Lecturer for ICAPGen (2007)
 * Lecturer for Salt Lake Institute (2008)
 * Lecturer for 60. Genealogentag (2008)
 * Lecturer for FEEHFS (2010)
 * Ward Family History Consultant (present)

Publications

 * Master’s degree thesis (1989)
 * German Genealogical Digest, Colonization of Marshes and Heathlands in Jutland and Schleswig 1759-1765, 2004, Vol. 20 No. 2
 * German Genealogical Digest, Land Registers of the Lower Courts in the Kingdom of Saxony as a Family History Source, 2004, vol. 20 No. 4
 * Research in Schleswig-Holstein. Compilation of reference material at the International Counter of the Family History Library (2004)
 * The Court Records of Saxony, Practical Genealogy, (2006)
 * Zeitschrift für Mitteldeutsche Familiengeschichte, Ländliche Lebenswelten-Quellen jenseits der Kirchenbücher, Heft 1/2009.
 * German Handwriting. An interactive course, available through www.familysearch.org Research Series Classes online (2009)