User:HealeyJE

= Joan E. Healey, AG  =

Works as a research consultant at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah,for FamilySearch, a non-profit holding of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Experience
I have presented at conferences: National Genealogical Society (2010) Syllabus, Salt Lake Genealogy Institute, ICAPGen, Brigham Young University, Utah Genealogical Association, South Davis Family History Fair, Family History Expos, Riverton FamilySearch Library, Family History Conferences, and the Family History Library.

Education

 * BS, University of Utah, June 1974, Salt Lake City, Utah

Credentials

 * Accredited Genealogist Midwestern States 2001-present

Accredited Genealogist (AG) is a registered service mark of International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists® (ICAPGen), used under license by accredited associates who meet the genealogical competency standards of ICAPGen.


 * I nurture an interest in American Indian and African American records and research
 * Contributes to the Utah Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society, Newsletter
 * Past Board member of the Utah Genealogical Association, worked with the Pioneer Certificates and First Families of Utah

Current Wiki Projects

 * Currently contributing to the United States Colored Troops in the Civil War - Civil War Wiki Project
 * Currently contributing to the American Indian Wiki Project
 * Currently contributing to Illinois, Counties: Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Logan, Marshall, McLean, Piatt, Tazewell, Vermilion, and Woodford.

Conference Attendance
National Insitute Genealogical Research 2011, Washington D.C. 2011

Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research - "Researching African American Ancestors", Birmingham, Alabama, Samford University, 2010 and 2008

National Genealogical Society, "Follow Your Ancestral Trail", Salt Lake City, Utah 2010

The First International Black Genealogy Summit "Reconnecting Lost Links", Fort Wayne, Indiana 2009