User:ElizabethSnow

Bio
My name is Elizabeth Snow or Liz for short. I have always loved Family History. I grew up in Ohio with wonderful parents and 7 brothers and sisters. I have 6 children, 21 grandchildren and a great husband who supports all my family history endeavors. My husband and I now live in Utah. We have spent several of our anniversaries and birthdays at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I have traveled to England and Spain in search of ancestors researching in several different archives. I thoroughly love archival research where you get to see the original documents. I love to gather documents and learn about each person.

Education

 * BA in Family History from Brigham Young University, 2011.

Ancestral Origins

 * England
 * Spain

Research Expertise

 * England
 * Spain
 * Hispanic Countries
 * Tracing Latter-day Saint families

Contact Info
blsnow99@gmail.com

Classes I Have Taught
I love teaching about family history and helping others to find the connection that will spur them on to learning about and loving their own ancestors.


 * Church & Vital Records
 * How to do Latter-day Saints Research
 * Searching Latter-day Saints Membership Records Worldwide
 * Researching Ancestors in Scotland
 * Researching Ancestors in England
 * Researching Hispanic Ancestors
 * Searching the Census on the Internet
 * Spanish Parish Records
 * Using the FamilySearch Mobile Apps- Family Tree & Memories
 * How & Why to Use the FamilySearch - Free Partner Access
 * Descendancy Research on FamilySearch
 * How to use the Browse Records Feature on FamilySearch
 * Family History Activities for Youth
 * Creating a Summer Bingo Program
 * Genealogy Merit Badge
 * Family History Consultant- Magnifying Your Calling
 * How to: Sign on to FamilySearch
 * Compiling and Sharing Family Histories
 * Building Your 4- generation Pedigree Chart


 * Beginning Family History - Gathering What's Already Been Done
 * Beyond PAF: Comparing Rootsmagic, Legacy and Ancestral Quest
 * Computerized Reconstruction of a Spanish Village
 * US State Censuses
 * How to: Use the FamilySearch Research Wiki
 * Using Rootsmagic- Four Week Class
 * Using FamilySearch Indexing
 * How to Write an Excellent Client Report- ICAPGen Conference 2008 (Held at BYU)

Experience

 * 2004- Research at National Archives in England
 * 2005-2007- worked for MyFamily.com (now Ancestry.com) as Database Auditor
 * 2007- BYU Field Study - Spain
 * 2009- BYU Field Study - England and Spain
 * 2013-2016- Family History Center Director for YSA Provo 14th Stake
 * Currently working as a Genealogist

Current & Past Projects

 * Utah Wiki Project- enhancing the Utah county pages.


 * Village Reconstruction Project- I am working on a Village Reconstruction project in Spain, in the small town of Garganta la Olla, the birth place of my great-grandfather Meliton Gonzalez Trejo. You can read about that project on my website sites.google.com/site/gargantalaollaspain/ The goal of this project is to reconstruct the 500+ families that lived there prior to the Parish records before 1600.

Organizations and Associations

 * DUP- Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Camp Historian
 * Mormon History Association
 * Utah Genealogical Association
 * Meliton Gonzalez Trejo Family Organization, President &amp; Genealogist
 * Emuel and Rozella Hancock Trejo Family Organization, Genealogist