User:VerityJohnson

=Verity Johnson=

Employment and Service

 * Research Specialist Intern at the FamilySearch Library on the U.S. and Canada Team (September 2023-Present)
 * Metadata Technician Intern for the FamilySearch Digital Library (June 2023-August 2023)
 * Volunteer, BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Repatriation Project (May 2023-Present)
 * Intern for the FamilySearch Research Wiki, Latin America Catholic Church Records Finding Aid Project (January 2023-April 2023)
 * Teaching Assistant, BYU History Department, Introduction to Family History Doctrine and Practice & Spanish/Portuguese Regional Family History (January 2022-April 2022)
 * Teaching Assistant, BYU History Department, The Family Historian's Craft (September 2021-December 2021)
 * Research Assistant, BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Repatriation Project (August 2020-May 2023)
 * Research Assistant, BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, The Welsh Saints Project (May 2020-August 2020)
 * Volunteer, FamilySearch Library, U.S. and Canada floor (July 2019-March 2020)

Education
BA, Family History & Genealogy, Brigham Young University (April 2023)


 * The Family Historian's Craft (HIST 217), Summer 2019
 * Introduction to Family History Doctrine and Practice (HIST 205), Fall 2019
 * Regional and Thematic Family History: Scottish Family History (HIST 206R), Fall 2019
 * Family and Law in American History (HIST 218), Winter 2020
 * Southern US Family History Research (HIST 281), Winter 2020
 * English Language Paleography (HIST 421), Winter 2020
 * Regional and Thematic Family History: Latter-day Saint Family History (HIST 206R), Winter 2020
 * Regional and Thematic Family History: African American Family History (HIST 206R), Spring 2020
 * Northern US Family History Research (HIST 280), Fall 2020
 * Genetic Genealogy (HIST 390R), Fall 2020
 * British Family History Research (HIST 283), Winter 2021
 * Regional and Thematic Family History: German Family History (HIST 206R), Winter 2021
 * Latin Paleography (HIST 420), Winter 2022
 * Seminar on Professional Family History Research (HIST 439), Fall 2022
 * Regional and Thematic Family History: Mayan Family History (206R), Winter 2023

Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburg (GRIP) - Practical Genetic Genealogy, June 2022

Credentials
Verity has plans to complete an accreditation for the United States Southwest region through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen)

Upcoming Presentations:

 * FamilySearch Library Class, Using the FamilySearch Wiki, 6 November 2023
 * FamilySearch Webinar, Overview of FamilySearch, 28 November 2023
 * FamilySearch Library Class, Record Hints and Sources, 20 December 2023

Classes and Lectures
Family History Workshops taught at Brigham Young University for Introduction to Family History Doctrine and Practice (January 2022-April 2022)

Memberships

 * Utah Genealogical Society (UGA)
 * National Genealogical Society (NGS)
 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP)
 * Fife Family History Society (SCIO)
 * The Ontario Genealogical Society: Ontario Ancestors, Kingston Branch and Kawartha Branch

Conferences Attended

 * RootsTech (2020, Salt Lake City, Utah)
 * RootsTech (2021, virtual)
 * RootsTech (2022, virtual)
 * RootsTech (2023, Salt Lake City, Utah)
 * Ontario Ancestors Diversity in Genealogy Virtual Conference (2023)