User:Mckennacooper

=Mckenna Cooper, AG®=



Education and Credentials

 * Accredited Genealogist® credential through ICAPGen for research in the following testing area: Scotland
 * MSc, Genealogical, Paleographic, and Heraldic Studies, University of Strathclyde (expected 2022)
 * BA, Anthropology (Sociocultural), minors in French and Family History, BYU (2015)

Employment and Service

 * British Research Specialist at Family History Library
 * Editor and Researcher at Legacy Tree Genealogists (2016-2020)
 * Project Coordinator at Ancestry (2016)
 * Research Assistant at BYU Family History and Genealogy Center (2014-2015)
 * Research Consultant Intern at Family History Library (2015)
 * Teaching Assistant, BYU (2012-2013)

Languages

 * Genealogical reading ability in Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, German, French.

Memberships

 * International Society for British Genealogy and Family History
 * Scottish Genealogy Society
 * Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International

Presentations at Conferences, Seminars, and Webinars

 * FamilySearch St. George's Research Seminar (2021)
 * FamilySearch St. Patrick's Day Research Seminar (2021)
 * Rootstech Connect (2021)
 * Foundation of Eastern European Family History Studies (2018, 2019)
 * BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference (2016)
 * Ogden Family History Conference (2015, 2016)

Classes and Lectures

 * England Research in the FamilySearch Wiki (FamilySearch webinar 2021)
 * Key English Resources on FindMyPast.com (FamilySearch webinar 2021)
 * Irish Civil Registration (FamilySearch webinar 2021)
 * Polish? Austrian? Czech? Making Sense of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Rootstech Connect)
 * Czech Records Part 1: Church Records and Archives (FEEFHS)
 * Czech Records Part 2: Language and Grammar (FEEFHS)
 * Early LDS Newspapers: an underutilized resource (Ogden)
 * Introduction to Family History (BYU)

Blog Articles

 * Horses Not Zebras: 5 Tips for Evaluating Conflicting Evidence
 * Mapire: A Free Tool for Historical Maps of Europe
 * The Statistical Accounts of Scotland: An Essential Tool for Scottish Family History Research
 * Lesson in History: How Did We Get the 1790 U.S. Census?
 * Tracing 20th Century Immigrant Ancestors
 * The Basics of Czech Research