United States and Canada Research Specialist

Beth Taylor

Beth Taylor, CG, was the manager of the United States and Canada Team at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Beth began her work with FamilySearch almost 20 years ago. The founder of FamilySearch's DNA Day, her specialties included DNA, Quaker research, land and probate records, and much more. Beth passed away shortly after RootsTech 2025, and we each celebrate her contributions and talents that have made family history better for each of us. She is deeply missed by her FamilySearch family and we know she is still helping us from the other side.

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Thumbnail for Forgotten Wives, Mothers, and Spinsters: Tracing Women in U.S. Research
Video duration is 1:09:40
Thumbnail for Getting Started with Research in the United States
Video duration is 52:51
Session was published in 2023

Getting Started with Research in the United States

Beth Taylor

Thumbnail for The Tired, the Poor, and the Huddled Masses: U.S. Immigration 1820-1954
Video duration is 1:00:08
Thumbnail for Getting Started with atDNA Part 2: Determining Relationships
Video duration is 50:23
Session was published in 2023

Getting Started with atDNA Part 2: Determining Relationships

Beth Taylor

Thumbnail for Getting Started with atDNA Part 1: Clustering
Video duration is 51:13
Session was published in 2023

Getting Started with atDNA Part 1: Clustering

Beth Taylor

Thumbnail for Are You Your Own Brick Wall? Common Genealogical Mistakes and How to Overcome Them
Video duration is 1:07:17