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)
 * 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)

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 Commissions for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen™)

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)
 * Scottish Indexes Conference (September 2023, virtual)