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Doctor Juengling 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. Germanic Philology is a highly specialized field of study, combining languages, linguistics, paleography and history. For his graduate degrees, Dr. Juengling was required to demonstrate competence in English, German, Medieval Latin and two other modern languages. He chose Dutch and Norwegian. He also took courses in Old, Middle, and Early Modern English, Old and Middle High German, Old Norse (Old Icelandic), Gothic, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Middle Dutch. 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 certified by the''Verband deutschsprachiger Berufsgenealogen''. Dr. Juengling is a German, Dutch, and Scandinavian Research Consultant at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. | Doctor Juengling 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. Germanic Philology is a highly specialized field of study, combining languages, linguistics, paleography and history. For his graduate degrees, Dr. Juengling was required to demonstrate competence in English, German, Medieval Latin and two other modern languages. He chose Dutch and Norwegian. He also took courses in Old, Middle, and Early Modern English, Old and Middle High German, Old Norse (Old Icelandic), Gothic, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, and Middle Dutch. 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 certified by the''Verband deutschsprachiger Berufsgenealogen''. Dr. Juengling is a German, Dutch, and Scandinavian Research Consultant at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. | ||
== | == Gary Nelson == | ||
Gary Nelson’s publishing career spans 35 years and many publishers – including McGraw Hill, Harcourt Brace, ProQuest, Thomson Learning, Study.Net and Granite Mountain/Family Roots Publishing. Annette Nelson has been a Family History and Genealogical Research aficionado for over 30 years – deeply immersed in UGA, DUP, A Billion Graves, South Davis Family History Library, Bountiful City Cemetery and her own wonderful family history. Together (mainly Annette), they have raised four sons and adore their four daughters-in-law and twelve perfect grandchildren. | |||
== Gene Sessions Ph.D. == | == Gene Sessions Ph.D. == | ||
Gene A. Sessions is Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. A native of Ogden, he received his Ph.D. degree from Florida State University in 1974. He is the author and editor of numerous works, including ''Mormon Thunder: A Documentary History of Jedediah Morgan Grant'' (1982, 2008), ''Latter-day Patriots: Nine Mormon Families and Their Revolutionary War Heritage'' (1975), ''Prophesying upon the Bones: J. Reuben Clark and the Foreign Debt Crisis, 1933-39'' (1992), ''Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War'' (with Donald R. Moorman, 1992, 2005), ''The Search for Harmony: Essays on Science and Mormonism'' (with Craig J. Oberg, 1993), ''Utah International: A Biography of a Business'' (with Sterling D. Sessions, 2002, 2005), and ''Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle'' (1975, 1998), for which he received the Mormon History Association’s annual award for best edited work. He has also been a consultant on documentaries and committees exploring the Utah War and the Mountain Meadows Massacre and is past president of the Mountain Meadows Association. He and his wife Shantal have four children and seven grandsons. | Gene A. Sessions is Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. A native of Ogden, he received his Ph.D. degree from Florida State University in 1974. He is the author and editor of numerous works, including ''Mormon Thunder: A Documentary History of Jedediah Morgan Grant'' (1982, 2008), ''Latter-day Patriots: Nine Mormon Families and Their Revolutionary War Heritage'' (1975), ''Prophesying upon the Bones: J. Reuben Clark and the Foreign Debt Crisis, 1933-39'' (1992), ''Camp Floyd and the Mormons: The Utah War'' (with Donald R. Moorman, 1992, 2005), ''The Search for Harmony: Essays on Science and Mormonism'' (with Craig J. Oberg, 1993), ''Utah International: A Biography of a Business'' (with Sterling D. Sessions, 2002, 2005), and ''Mormon Democrat: The Religious and Political Memoirs of James Henry Moyle'' (1975, 1998), for which he received the Mormon History Association’s annual award for best edited work. He has also been a consultant on documentaries and committees exploring the Utah War and the Mountain Meadows Massacre and is past president of the Mountain Meadows Association. He and his wife Shantal have four children and seven grandsons. | ||
== Rachel J. Trotter == | |||
Has worked as a writer and newspaper reporter since her college days over 20 years ago. She loves telling people's stories. She lives in Ogden, Utah and is busy raising six children and loves working on family history alongside her husband, Mat. | |||
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