User:Pysnaks



Sylvie Pysnak AG®

Sylvie Pysnak, AG® was born and raised in the Czech Republic. During her employment at FamilySearch, she worked as a Slavic Research Consultant in the International Research Consultation Unit at the FamilySearch Library and as a Wiki Project Supervisor on the FamilySearch Research Wiki Team. In addition to the Czech Republic and Slovakia (formerly Czechoslovakia), she was responsible for a number of Central/Eastern European countries.

Sylvie is accredited for research in Czechia, has working knowledge of many Eastern European languages and has researched on-site in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. She has been writing publications and has taught at various conferences since 1998.

Education
1979 - 1983 TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION Emphasis on Architecture and Civil Engineering Ostrava, Czech Republic

1983 - 1986 CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE Faculty of Civil Engineering Prague, Czech Republic

Specialized Training
1999 ICAPGEN Czech Republic Accreditation

2001 SALT LAKE INSTITUTE OF GENEALOGY Scandinavian Research Course

August 2003 FAMILYSEARCH Personal Ancestral File 5.2 Training Course

2004 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY History 422 Section 613 - German Documents

January 9-13, 2006 SALT LAKE INSTITUTE OF GENEALOGY Eastern Europe Course

2007 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Russian 2010-001

2008 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Russian 2020-001

March 9-13, 2009 FAMILYSEARCH Advanced Genealogical Methods Course with Thomas W. Jones

October 2010 FAMILYSEARCH Learning Web 2.0 Web Technologies Course

Specialized Certification
August 1, 2016 FAMILYSEARCH Find, Take, Teach, Certification

January 3, 2019 FAMILYSEARCH Heart Specialist Certification

Professional Experience
1992 - 1998 ST. GEORGE TEMPLE, St. George, UT Office Clerk

1998 - 2019 FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY, Salt Lake City, UT Slavic Research Consultant International Research Consultation Unit

Genealogical Experience
Presented at the following conferences:


 * 2006 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy:

Sources and Procedures for Genealogical Research in the Czech Republic Genealogical Sources of the Kingdom of Hungary: including modern day Hungary, Slovakia, Transylvania, and Slavonia


 * 2007 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy:

Use of Reference Tools in Germanic/Slavic Areas of Research Genealogical Research in Germanic/Slavic areas


 * 2007 IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy:

Eastern Continental Resources at the FamilySearch Center


 * 2007 FEEFHS Conference:

Finding Your Czech Ancestors


 * 2010 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy:

Czech Republic Research Slovak Research Hungarian Research

Attended following conferences:


 * 1999 BYU Genealogical Conference
 * 2001 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
 * 2005 BYU Computerized Genealogy Conference
 * 2005 FGS/UGA
 * 2006 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
 * 2007 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
 * 2007 IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
 * 2007 FEEFHS Conference

Areas of Responsibility

 * Albania
 * Bosnia-Herzegovina
 * Bulgaria
 * Croatia
 * Czech Republic
 * Hungary
 * Kosovo
 * Macedonia
 * Montenegro
 * Poland
 * Serbia
 * Slovakia
 * Slovenia

and...


 * Melanesia
 * New Caledonia
 * Oceania
 * Papua New Guinea
 * Solomon Islands
 * Vanuatu

Moderator for:


 * Czech Republic
 * Poland
 * Slovakia