Genealogy Round Table (GENRT)

The Genealogy Round Table provides a forum serving the interests of genealogists and of librarians whose work is in, or related to, the field of genealogy. Its objective is to train and assist librarians who provide service to genealogists.

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Genealogy Round Table News

New GENRT Officers

Marissa Bischoff, Religion & Family History Reference Supervisor at the BYU Library has been elected as the new GENRT Chair.

Milan Pohontsch, Germanic and European Languages Cataloging Specialist at the BYU Library has been elected as the new GENRT Vice-Chair.

Webinars

If you have Webinar ideas, please let us know! We have plans for one in September and one in February.

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Join the Genealogy Round Table

1. Login to your Wild Apricot account.

2. Click on the person icon in the top right hand corner to view your profile.

3. Click on the “Edit profile” button.

4. Under the “Round Tables” section, check the box next to “GENRT- Genealogy Round Table.”

5. Click “Save.”

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GENRT Officers

Chair

Marissa Bischoff
Religion & Family History Reference Supervisor
BYU Library
(801)422-5398
marissa_bischoff@byu.edu

Vice-Chair

Milan Pohontsch
Germanic and European Languages Cataloging Specialist
BYU Library
(801) 422-9445 
milan_pohontsch@byu.edu

Member at Large

Paula Mitchell
Special Collections Curator
Southern Utah University
(435)586-7976
mitchell_p@suu.edu

Member at Large (Past GENRT Chair)

Joe Everett
Family History, Local History, and Microforms Librarian
BYU Library
(802)422-7661
joe_everett@byu.edu

 

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Social Media

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GENRT (Genealogy Roundtable, Utah Library Association) Public group Join Group Archive ULA 2020 Cancelled GENRT Activities at ULA 2019 At the ULA 2019 Annual Conference GENRT participated in these activities: Ate Thursday lunch at the GENRT Table Visited at the Annual Networking Social and Silent Auction Attended some great sessions related to genealogy and local history: In Libraries We Trust: The Role of Libraries in the 2020 Census (Thu 3:40) Religious Diversity in Salt Lake City: Historical and Contemporary Photographs at the University of Utah (Fri 1:30) Solving Family and Local History Mysteries Using Utah Digital Newspapers (Fri 2:30) ULA 2018 GENRT sponosored the following programs and events at the ULA 2018 Conference, May 16-18: GENRT Reserved Table at Thursday Lunch Hot Type: Utah Digital Newspapers, Tina Kirkham, Jeremy Myntti ULA General Social, Genealogy Round Table booth Building Creative Communities: How Small and Rural Libraries Can Contribute to Economic Development and Civic Pride Across Utah, Juan Tomás Lee Morales, Kerri Nakamura, Natalie Peterson, Roger Roper The FamilySearch Microfilm to Digital Transition, Joe Everett Exhibiting Local Collections Online: from Mothballs to Exhibition, Ray Matthews, Jen Hughes, Alison Gardner, James Kichas, Kinza Masood, Sam Passey Maps, Websites, and Apps, Ryan Combs, David Taylor, Tyson Thorpe Webinar on Library of Congress Resources GENRT sponsored the webinar “Hidden Genealogical Treasures in the Library of Congress” on September 7, 2017.