Associate Librarian Emeritus
Drew Smith, MA, MSDrew Smith is an associate librarian emeritus at the University of South Florida Libraries in Tampa. Co-host of The Genealogy Guys Podcast and host of the Genealogy Connection podcast, he writes a regular productivity column for the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly.
Drew’s books include Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques, Organize Your Genealogy: Strategies and Solutions for Every Researcher, and Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy.
He is a founder and administrator of The Genealogy Squad Facebook Group with over 45,000 active members.
In 2016, he received the Filby Award for Genealogical Librarianship, presented by the National Genealogical Society. In 2024, Drew received the Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck Distinguished Service Award from the Dallas Genealogical Society. In 2025, he received the History Section Genealogy / History Achievement Award from the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
Drew regularly speaks at conferences and meetings of national, state, and local genealogy societies, and many of his recorded presentations can be found at the Genealogy Guys Learn page at Legacy Family Tree Webinars.