User:SvareJM

Jeffrey Michael Svare, AG® Norway
Jeff was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and raised in Fargo, North Dakota. He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1976, and currently resides in West Bountiful, Utah. He began working for FamilySearch in 1987, and has been involved in records acquisitions in Asia, the Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Europe. Currently he is a Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer and the Historical Records Content Manager for the FamilySearch Research Wiki.

Long Bio: Jeff was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and raised in Fargo, North Dakota in a household filled with immigrants and the children of immigrants. He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1976, and currently resides in West Bountiful, Utah. He has a BA in History and is an Accredited Genealogist with ICAPGen in Norway research. He began working for FamilySearch in 1987, and has been involved in records acquisitions in Asia, the Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Europe. Jeff has taught classes at the FamilySearch Library, served as instructor and course coordinator four times for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and twice presented at RootsTech. He has performed extensive research in the Nordic countries using printed, microfilmed, and online records as well as in-person research in national, regional, and local archives. Currently he is a Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch and Historical Records Content Manager for the FamilySearch Research Wiki.