User:Gublerjones

Education and Credentials

 * Brigham Young University, B.A. Family History, magna cum laude (2002)
 * University of Utah, M.S. History---Early Modern Europe (2014)
 * Accredited Genealogist in Switzerland and Germany

Employment and Service

 * German, Dutch, Eastern European, and South African Research Specialist at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City
 * Treasurer and Oral Review Co-chair, The International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen)

Presenter at the following Conferences and Seminars

 * Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS): Salt Lake City, 2022
 * PALAM, Denver, Colorado, 2022 (upcoming)
 * SLIG, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2022
 * RootsTech, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2021
 * PALAM, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2021
 * National Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, 2020
 * RootsTech, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2020
 * Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS): Salt Lake City, Utah, 2019
 * BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy: Provo, Utah, 2019
 * International German Genealogy Partnership (IGGP): Sacramento, California, 2019
 * RootsTech, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2019
 * Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG): Salt Lake City, Utah, 2019
 * BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy: Provo, Utah, 2018
 * Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS): Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2018
 * Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS): Salt Lake City, Utah, 2018
 * Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR): Athens, Georgia, 2018
 * Cochrane Family History Conference: Cochrane, Alberta, Canada, 2018
 * RootsTech: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2018
 * Ogden Family History Center 2017 Conference: Ogden, Utah, 2017
 * Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR): Athens, Georgia, 2017
 * Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS): Salt Lake City, Utah, 2017
 * Western European Family History Conference: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2017
 * European Family History Conference: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016
 * Foundation for East European Family History Studies: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016
 * Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015
 * Swiss Seminar: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2014
 * South Africa Seminar: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2014
 * Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013

General

 * How could Grandma be Wrong? Analyzing Family Records
 * Digging is Funner than Clicking: Finding Records in the FamilySearch Catalog
 * Finding European Ancestors: Records and Resources
 * Foreign Language Research: Tools for Reading Genealogical Documents

Nordic

 * Nordic National Archives: Websites for Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

Germany

 * At Home with German Records: Online Resources for Research in Germany
 * Advanced German Research Strategies
 * Solving Complex Genealogical Problems: The Case of Balthasar Weber
 * Complex Thinking: Using non-parish registers to solve research problems
 * Defending the Vaterland: German Military Records
 * Identifying towns in Germany (workshop)

Netherlands

 * Going Dutch: Finding Families in Online Records of the Netherlands

Poland

 * Polish Civil Registration
 * Polish Parish Registers
 * Polish Historical Geography

Switzerland

 * From the Alps to the Rhine: Beginning Your Swiss Research
 * Don't Miss Your Swiss! The Quirks of Researching in Switzerland
 * Finding the Father: Using Court Records to Identify Relationships

FamilySearch Classes and Online Learning Courses

 * Germany: Meyer's Gazetteer
 * Germany: Hansen's Map Guides
 * Germany: Reverse-Sort Gazetteers
 * Germany: Kartenmeister
 * Germany: 1905 Prussian Gazetteer
 * Germany: Spellings, Prefixes, and Translations
 * German Paleography: Introduction to German
 * German Paleography: Fraktur script
 * German Paleography: Capital Letters
 * German Paleography: Lowercase Letters
 * German Paleography: Reading German Names
 * Sweden: Places of Origin
 * Sweden: Church Records - Baptisms
 * Sweden: Church Records - Marriages and Burials
 * Sweden: Household Examination Records
 * Sweden: Moving In and Out Records
 * Sweden: Basic Research Strategy
 * England: Evaluating England Censuses
 * England: Locating England Civil Registration Records
 * Germany: Historical Geography
 * Netherlands: Dutch Research Before 1811
 * Netherlands: WieWasWie, Past the Index
 * Poland: Historical Geography
 * Switzerland: Compiled Genealogies
 * Switzerland: Court Records
 * Switzerland: Intro to Swiss Research
 * Switzerland: Records Online
 * Switzerland: Names and Places
 * Switzerland: Research Strategies
 * South Africa: Beginning Research
 * South Africa: National Archives
 * South Africa: FamilySearch Collections Online

Publications

 * "The Grain of Salt," Crossroads (Utah Genealogical Association)
 * "Swiss Immigrants", German-American Genealogy

Research Interests

 * South Africa genealogy
 * Eastern European research
 * Swiss town records
 * European royalty and nobility genealogy
 * Latin American research

Languages

 * German: speak, read, and write
 * Dutch: speak, read, and write
 * Latin, French, Italian, Spanish – reading ability

Online Activity

 * Africa Research Community
 * Austro-Hungarian Empire Research Community
 * Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands Research Community
 * German Research Community
 * Poland Research Community
 * Russian Empire Research Community
 * Switzerland Research Community

Miscellaneous things
Switzerland census records year 1757-1758 Baden, Aargau - 1185178, 1, 1079 year 1661, Rudgers Altorf, 1185179, 3, 85 - list of conversions.


 * Meyer's Gazetteer* - [[Media:1-Meyers-Instruction.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2-Meyers-Assignment.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3-Meyers-Answer_Key.pdf|Answer Key]]
 * Meyer's Online on Ancestry - [[Media:1-Meyers_Online-Instruction.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2-Meyers_Online-Assignment.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3-Meyers_Online-Answer_Key.pdf|Answer Key]]