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 '''Careen Barrett-Valentine, BA, AG®''' has been doing professional European Family History research since 2007.  She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Family History from Brigham Young University and is accredited for research in the Germany region by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen).
-'''Mindy Jacox, BA''' is from Kaysville, Utah. She recently graduated from BYU with a degree in Family History/Genealogy with emphases in Germanic research and computer science. While at BYU she worked at the Center for Family History and Genealogy as the lead researcher on the Nauvoo Community Project. She also assisted with the German Immigrants in American Church Records project. She currently works for FamilySearch on the Content Development team preparing training and testing data for machine automated processes. As the co-director of the myFamily History Youth Camp she has a special interest in helping youth get excited about family history research. Family history is her passion and she loves sharing it with others!
+'''Mindy Jacox, BA''' is from Kaysville, Utah. She recently graduated from BYU with a degree in Family History/Genealogy with emphases in Germanic research and computer science. While at BYU, she worked at the Center for Family History and Genealogy as the lead researcher on the Nauvoo Community Project. She also assisted with the German Immigrants in American Church Records project. She currently works for FamilySearch on the Content Development team preparing training and testing data for machine automated processes. As the co-director of the myFamily History Youth Camp she has a special interest in helping youth get excited about family history research. Family history is her passion and she loves sharing it with others!
 '''Baerbel K. Johnson, BA, AG®''' works for FamilySearch, supporting the German-language family history centers in Europe and providing  research support within the international genealogical community. Previously, she had worked as reference consultant at the Family History Library for 20 years. She is accredited for research in the Germany region by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen) and is certified through the German organization ''Verband deutschsprachiger Berufsgenealogen''.
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 '''Daniel Rick Jones, MA, AG®''' is an Accredited Genealogist by the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen) for Switzerland and also specializes in Dutch and German research.  His interest in genealogy began when as a youngster he would pore of his mother’s Book of Remembrance, but his love of family history took off at the age of 13 when he earned his Genealogy merit badge as a Boy Scout.  He has been awarded a BA in Family History/Genealogy at Brigham Young University and a MS in Early Modern European History at the University of Utah. Daniel has been working professionally since 2003, with on-site archives research experience in Switzerland and a dozen other countries.  Daniel is currently a research specialist at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
-'''John de Jong, MBA, BA, AG®''' is an Accredited Genealogist in Dutch research. While on a three year assignment in Germany for the Procter & Gamble Company he conducted research in over 50 German archives, discovering his wife’s ancestral line back to 1675. This experience re-ignited his passion for family history subsequently leading to a position with FamilySearch International where he currently leads records acquisition negotiations of the North America team while continuing to seek out his own ancestors in all of his spare time.
+'''John de Jong, MBA, BA, AG®''' is an Accredited Genealogist in Dutch research. While on a three year assignment in Germany for the Procter & Gamble Company, he conducted research in over 50 German archives, discovering his wife’s ancestral line back to 1675. This experience re-ignited his passion for family history subsequently leading to a position with FamilySearch International where he currently leads records acquisition negotiations of the North America team while continuing to seek out his own ancestors in all of his spare time.
-'''Fritz Juengling, Ph.D., AG®''' received his Bachelor’s degrees in German Studies and Secondary Education at Western Oregon University, his Master’s and Doctorate in Germanic Philology with minors in both English and Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. He has taught all levels of German, English, Latin and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) at the high school and university levels. He is an Accredited Genealogist® for Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists and is certified through the German organization ''Verband deutschsprachiger Berufsgenealogen''.  He is a German, Dutch, and Scandinavian Research Specialist at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
+'''Fritz Juengling, Ph.D., AG®''' received his Bachelor’s degrees in German Studies and Secondary Education at Western Oregon University, his Master’s and Doctorate in Germanic Philology with minors in both English and Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. He has taught German, English, Latin and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) at the high school and university levels. He is an Accredited Genealogist® for Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists and is certified through the German organization ''Verband deutschsprachiger Berufsgenealogen''.  He is a German, Dutch, and Scandinavian Research Specialist at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
-'''Jilline Maynes, AA''' has been happily involved in family history for over 20 years. Currently, she is a student of Family History at Brigham Young University. Her emphasis is Germany and Midwestern states. She has worked for the Nauvoo Community Project at the Center for Family History and Genealogy at BYU researching LDS polygamous families. In the spring of 2015, Jilline had the opportunity to work as an intern researching German census records with Dr. Roger P. Minert at BYU. Presently, she is working on Dr. Minert’s German Immigrants in American Church Records project, where the goal is to identify the hometowns of German immigrants.
+'''Jilline Maynes, AA''' has been happily involved in family history for over 20 years. Currently, she is a student of Family History at Brigham Young University. Her emphases are Germany and Midwestern states. She has worked for the Nauvoo Community Project at the Center for Family History and Genealogy at BYU researching LDS polygamous families. In the spring of 2015, Jilline had the opportunity to work as an intern researching German census records with Dr. Roger P. Minert at BYU. Presently, she is working on Dr. Minert’s German Immigrants in American Church Records project, where the goal is to identify the hometowns of German immigrants.
 '''Sonja Nishimoto, AG®''' has been employed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, since 1986.  She has been a professional Germanic and Slavic researcher since 1982.  She is accredited in German and Swiss research and is the team lead for Guest Services.