User:DespainMA

=  Marci A. Despain,  BA, CG, AG  =

Marci has been involved in family history since 1999 and has been a professional researcher since 2000. She has always loved reading about history and more especially the lives of her ancestors. While attending Brigham Young University, she decided to major in Family History with an emphasis in the British Isles. In 2003 she conducted an internship in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England and then in 2004 started working at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City where she is currently a British Research Consultant.

Education

 * Bachelor of Arts in Family History (British Isles), Brigham Young University (BYU), 2005
 * Minor in Marriage, Family, and Human Development, BYU, 2005

Credentials

 * Certified Genealogist, CG
 * Accredited Genealogist, AG® (England)

Experience
Brigham Young University


 * Family History Internship in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 2003
 * Family History Teacher's &amp; Research Assistant, 2000-2004

Family History Library


 * British Research Consultant, 2008-present
 * Information Commons Reference Consultant, 2006-2008
 * Library Attendant, 2004

Professional Genealogy Research


 * Conducting private client research since 2000

Research Trips


 * Illinois &amp; Missouri 2010
 * Auckland, New Zealand 2010
 * England 2009
 * Alberta, Canada 2007
 * Idaho 2005-present
 * Utah 2000-present
 * England &amp; Scotland 2003

Professional Activities
Leadership


 * Genealogy Roundtable Vice-Chair, Utah Library Association (ULA), Utah, 2009-2010

Publications


 * Shem Bevin Purnell and His Ancestors of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England: A First Generation Latter-day Saint and One of the First Pioneers of Franklin, Idaho (A fully source documented family history)
 * Photographic Memoirs of Shem Bevin Purnell and His Ancestors of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England (A compaion photo book to the above compiled family history)

Lectures


 * Family History Expo, Pleasanton, California, October 2010
 * ULA Fall Workshop, Brigham City, Utah, September 2010
 * Riverton FamilySearch Library, Riverton, Utah, August 2010
 * Family History Expo, Kansas City, Missouri, July 2010
 * Auckland City Library, Auckland, New Zealand, July 2010
 * New Zealand Family History Fair, Hamilton, July 2010
 * ULA Fall Workshop, Fillmore, Utah, 2009
 * BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah, 2009
 * BYU Computerized Family History and Genealogy Conference, Provo, Utah, 2008
 * Teaching monthly patron classes at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004-present

Conferences Attended


 * New Zealand Family History Fair, Hamilton, July 2010
 * Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008 &amp; 2009
 * BYU Conference on Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah, 2009
 * BYU Computerized Family History and Genealogy Conference, Provo, Utah, 2008
 * FGS Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006
 * FGS Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2005
 * ICAPGen Professional Conference at BYU, Provo, Utah, 2003
 * BYU Computerized Genealogy Conference, Provo, Utah, 2002

Genealogical Organization Memberships

 * National Genealogical Society, 2009-present
 * Wiltshire Family History Society, 2009-present
 * Utah Library Association, 2009-present
 * Utah Genealogical Association, 2008-present
 * Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 2008-present
 * International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH), 2008
 * Association of Professional Genealogists, 2003

Current Projects

 * Writing Purnell family histories for publication