Genealogist

Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH

Taneya Koonce is an enthusiastic genealogist with a long-standing passion for exploring family history and more than 20 years of professional expertise in information science, research, and information organization. Taneya volunteers extensively in the genealogy community, with current leadership roles in the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, the USGenWeb Project, and the National Genealogical Society. She is currently leading a crowdsourcing historical newspaper indexing project with an emphasis on Tennessee newspapers. Taneya also runs an active Facebook community for family history enthusiasts, the Academy of Legacy Leaders™

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