User:Ginapalmer

=Gina Palmer=

Education

 * AAS, Brigham Young University-Idaho: Family History Research
 * MS, Alaska Pacific University: Outdoor and Environmental Education
 * BS, Brigham Young University: Zoology
 * Abitur, Germany

Employment and Service

 * Intern at the Family History Library (German area)
 * Contract Researcher, Price Genealogy
 * Contract Transcriber/translator, SK Translations
 * Contract Researcher, Legacy Family History, Inc.
 * Teaching Assistant, Brigham Young University-Idaho
 * Interpretive Park Ranger, Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
 * Lead Rocky Shore Interpreter, Haystack Rock Awareness Program
 * Office Manager, St. Herman Theological Seminary

Volunteer Service:
 * Monitor online webinars, Foundation for East European Family History Studies Family History Conference
 * Online consultations, International German Genealogy Conference
 * Family History Consultant
 * Conference volunteer, RootsTech
 * Archives volunteer, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
 * Kodiak History Detective, Baranov Museum/Kodiak Historical Society
 * Volunteer indexer and reviewer, FamilySearch Indexing
 * Family History Center assistant, San Diego, California
 * Conference volunteer, Genealogical Association of English Speaking Researchers in Europe (GAESRE)

Memberships

 * Germanic Genealogy Society (GGS)
 * Johannes Schwalm Historical Association (JSHA)
 * Utah Genealogical Association (UGA)

Upcoming Presentations:

 * Family History Library Czechia Seminar (via webinar), 3 November 2021
 * Pomeranian Special Interest Group of the Immigrant Genealogical Society (via webinar), 13 November 2021

Past Presentations:

 * German Genealogical Interest Group of the Inland Valley (via webinar), 8 September 2021
 * Family History Library (via webinar), 7 September 2021
 * Foundation for East European Family History Studies Family History Conference: (via webinar), 11-13 August, 2021
 * Family History Library (via webinar), 4 August 2021
 * Utah Genealogical Association (via webinar), 5 August 2021
 * Family History Library (via webinar), 27 July 2021
 * Mueller Park 1st Ward Genealogy Evening (via webinar), 27 July 2021
 * Family History Library (via webinar), 15 June 2021
 * German Genealogical Interest Group of the Inland Valley (via webinar), 9 June 2021
 * Family History Library (via webinar), 1 April 2021

Classes and Lectures

 * Introduction to GenTeam Gazetteer
 * Merging Duplicate Records in FamilySearch Family Tree
 * Jump-start your German research with Ortsfamilienbücher/Ortssippenbücher
 * What's New at FamilySearch
 * Attaching Sources to FamilySearch Family Tree
 * Hessian Soldiers: Their History and How to Find them in America and Germany

FamilySearch Learning Center video courses and other Recorded Webinars
Hessian Soldiers: Their History and How to Find them in America and Germany class mini-series
 * Hessian Soldiers: Introduction
 * Hessian Soldiers: Historical Background
 * Hessian Soldiers: Soldier Biographies
 * [ Soldiers: HETRINA Database]
 * Hessian Soldiers: Reference Indexes
 * Hessian Soldiers: Brunswick Resources
 * Hessian Soldiers: Ansbach-Bayreuth Resources
 * Hessian Soldiers: Additional Resources
 * Hessian Soldiers: Muster Rolls Online

Publications

 * "Resources for Hessian Soldiers Research." Germanic Genealogy Journal, forthcoming (Spring-Summer 2022).

Blog articles:
 * Research in German Archives
 * German Jewish Research - Parts One and Two
 * Godparents Provide Clues in German Research
 * German Civil Registration
 * German Genealogy: Learn About Your Ancestor's Life at a German Museum
 * German Census Records
 * German Naming Practices

FamilySearch Wiki Articles

 * Hessian Soldiers
 * Hesse-Nassau, Prussia Parishes pages for parishes in the Schlüchtern and Schmalkalden church districts, and several others.

Archives Researched in:

 * Archiv des Erzbistums Bamberg (Bamberg, Germany)
 * Archiv und Bibliothek des Bistums Würzburg (Würzburg, Germany)
 * Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (Munich, Germany)
 * Gesellschaft für Familienforschung in Franken e.V. (Nuremberg, Germany)
 * Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah)