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

 * German/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, 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

Presenter at the Following Conferences and Seminars
Upcoming Presentations


 * Roots Tech: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 28 February 2020 (click here to join the webinar)


 * Foundation for East European Family History Studies: Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2020
 * Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG): Salt Lake City, Utah, January 2021

Past Presentations


 * Germans from Russia Lecture Series: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2019-Current


 * Family History Library German/Slavic Paleography Seminar: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2019


 * Family Roots Conference: St. George, Utah, September 2019


 * BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference: Provo, Utah, August 2019


 * American Historical Society of Germans from Russia: Lincoln, Nebraska, July 2019


 * 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

FamilySearch Russian Paleography Seminar: Reading Russian Documents:


 * The Russian Alphabet
 * Deciphering the Handwriting and Understanding the Grammar

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

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.