User:Marencburgess9

=Maren Burgess=

Employment and Service

 * Intern at FamilySearch Library on Latin American Team (2023-present)
 * Intern at Family Locket LLC (2023)
 * Intern on FamilySearch Data Quality Team (2023)
 * Teaching Assistant for Intro to Family History class at Brigham Young University (2021-2023)
 * Research Assistant at BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy on Nauvoo Community Project (2022)
 * Family History Consultant in Church for 3 1/2 years

Education

 * Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah, Utah, United States) - graduation December 2023
 * Family History - Genealogy (BA)
 * Spanish Language Certificate (Advanced-Mid speaking and writing)

Family History Coursework at Brigham Young University:


 * Seminar on Professional Family History Research (HIST 439), Winter 2023
 * Northern US Family History Research (HIST 280), Fall 2021
 * Southern US Family History Research (HIST 281), Winter 2022
 * Scandinavian Family History (HIST 285), Winter 2022
 * Scandinavian Research (HIST 206R), Fall 2021
 * British Family History Research (HIST 283), Winter 2022
 * Genetic Genealogy (HIST 388), Fall 2021
 * Family and Law in American History (HIST 218), Fall 2021
 * English Language Paleography (HIST 350), Fall 2022
 * The Family Historian's Craft (HIST 217), Winter 2021
 * Latter-day Saint Research (HIST 206R), Summer 2023
 * Capstone Research Seminar (HIST 490), Fall 2022

Credentials

 * Working on accreditation through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen™) in Mexico (Research in progress)

Upcoming Presentations:

 * FamilySearch webinar, 31 October 2023
 * FamilySearch Library class 14 November 2023
 * FamilySearch webinar, 5 December 2023
 * FamilySearch Library class, 12 December 2023

Classes and Lectures
Family History Workshops taught at Brigham Young University (August 2021-August 2023, repeated each semester):


 * Finding a Family and FamilySearch Family Tree
 * FamilySearch Family Tree and Purchasing Software
 * Genealogy Software (RootsMagic and Ancestral Quest)
 * Preliminary Survey and Locality Survey
 * Census Records
 * Country Diversity and Preserving Information
 * Probate Records and Land Platting
 * Vital Records and Vital Record Substitutes
 * Census Records part 2
 * Twentieth Century Records
 * History of Latter-day Saint Genealogical Practices
 * Understanding DNA

Publications

 * Maren C. Burgess and Jay H. Buckley, "Seeking Sacagawea: A Comparison of the Principal Accounts of the Birth, Life, and Death of Bird Woman," We Proceeded On, volume 49, number 3 (August 2023): 8-29.

Archives/Libraries Researched in

 * Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * Chester County Historical Society in West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania
 * Lebanon County Historical Society in Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
 * Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
 * Berks County Genealogical Society in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania
 * Delaware County Historical Society in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania
 * Cambridge City Public Library in Cambridge City, Wayne, Indiana
 * Morrisson-Reeves Library in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana
 * Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at Knox County, Tennessee Library
 * Church History Library in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
 * Brigham Young University L. Tom Perry Special Collections
 * FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Conferences Attended

 * National Genealogical Society (NGS) Conference, in Richmond, Virginia (June 2023)
 * RootsTech in Salt Lake City (2023)
 * RootsTech, virtual (2022)
 * RootsTech in Salt Lake City (2016)
 * RootsTech in Salt Lake City (2015)
 * RootsTech in Salt Lake City (2014)