User:DunnPB

Phillip Dunn, B.A. (British Local History), A.G.®, APG
Phillip is a genealogist with nearly 30 years professional experience in genealogical research procedures and is an experienced missing persons/heir-tracer, formerly for two major UK corporations and, more recently with a local law firm. The son of English parentage, he has lived, studied and lectured in the UK, and is a specialist in especially London, Lancashire and Cheshire, military, British subjects abroad, Nonconformists (i.e. Presbyterian &amp; Huguenots), England West Midlands, Emigration, and England's big cities research.

Education

 * Bachelors: British Local History, BYU (1983)

Minor: Public Relations &amp; Organizational Communications/Pipe Organ Pedagogy

Credentials
Accredited Genealogist® in England: 1983-present ICAPGEN, Salt Lake City, UT

Accredited Genealogist® in Scotland: 2007-present ICAPGEN, Salt Lake City, UT Currently working towards AG® in Ireland, late 2010 - with ICAPGEN, Salt Lake City, UT

Experience

 * Sr. Research Consultant, British Research Unit, The Family History Library: 1998-present
 * Sr. Project Manager, Family Records Extraction 1993-1998 [England 1851, Canadian 1881 censuses, Temple Ordinance Index, 1880 US census, Ellis Island Index projects; Key learnings: We'll produce more Indexes  faster  by extracting/indexing  only  the critically  necessary  fields in each record type, i.e. 'Ford Mustang' model? or big Cadillac?]
 * Family History Center Support Specialist over British Isles and (old) Commonwealth countries, N. Europe and South Pacific FHCs 1991- 1992
 * British Correspondence Specialist 1982-1991
 * Reference Consultant, British Reference Unit, Family History Library: 1979-1981
 * Reference Consultant, US/Canada: 1977-1979
 * Stake Extraction (Indexing) Director: England 1851 census 1995-1997

Lecturer and Presenter at the following locations:

 * BYU Family History Conferences: 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, etc.
 * BYU Education Week
 * FFHS Annual Conference on British Genealogy: 2004
 * BYU Computer Genealogy Conference: April, 2010
 * Guest Lecturer, "The London Workshop", Toronto, Ont. Chapt OGS: Nov 2008
 * Utah Valley University, Continuing Education, Genealogy Instructor: 2002-2010
 * Featured Lecturer, the St Augustine, FL Genealogical Society, British Gen Fair, Nov 2007
 * Family History Expos: Salt Lake City 2009, Mesa AZ 2010, Sheridan, WY 2009
 * Generations Project (PBS) series (KBYU TV): March 14th segment, 2010

Published

 * Journal of the British Isles Family History Society - U.S.A., 2009 " Tracing London and Big City Ancestors from Abroad"
 * Author: Guide to Ancestral Research In London (ISBN: 0-961260-7-4) 1987; revised 1995 &amp; 2009

Classes Taught

 * Tracing the British Abroad
 * England Genealogical Research
 * Tracing Elusive Ancestry in England's Big Cities!
 * Solving Old-case &amp; Hard-case Lancashire Ancestry
 * Finding 'Grace': Tracing English Nonconformist Ancestry
 * Legitimacy &amp; Illegitimacy in England Genealogical Research
 * Lost In London: How to Quick-Find Those Elusive London Ancestors!
 * Research in a Snap! Cutting-Edge &amp; Gateway Web Sites for British &amp; Irish Ancestry
 * Researching the 'Big Black Hole': Methods for Tracing/Proving Pre-1837 English Ancestry
 * Using England's Lesser-Used Records to Trace Ancestry. Lecture I: Poor-Law Records 1835-1925
 * Using England's Lesser-Used Records to Trace Ancestry. Lecture II: Tracing the Poor Before 1834 in Parish Chest Records!
 * Using England's Lesser-Used Records to Trace Ancestry. Lecture III: Land Tax Assessments, Electoral Rolls, Directories, Chancery, n' more

Associations
The Society of Genealogists, London

The Association of Professional Genealogists

The National Genealogical Society, Arlington, VA

Online Activity
Blogger: British Heritage Forum

FamilySearch Wiki

"Expert Connect": Ancestry.com

Professional Development Activities
Professional Genealogical Research

Currently compiling &amp; writing book on "Big City Ancestral Research in England"

Currently writing two articles (as of this update) for publication in professional journals: "Merchant Maritime Records for British Ancestry" and, "A New Critical Look at 'Compiled Sources': A Modern Review and View of the Most Ignored 'Step' in "The Preliminary Search!"'