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''' | '''Forrest Emmett,''' BA, Forrest received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in Family History-Genealogy. His passion for Scandinavian research stems from the stories he heard as a child about his Norwegian immigrant ancestors. For the last year, he has interned with the Family History Library on the Nordic Research team. Before that, he also interned with the Norwegian Emigrant Museum in Ottestad, Norway and the Chester Fritz Library special collections at the University of North Dakota. | ||
''' | '''Geoffrey Fröberg Morris''', BA, AG<sup>®</sup> Geoffrey began family history research as a teen when he was mentored by his mother (a native of Sweden) who was accredited in Swedish research. He received a bachelors degree from the University of Utah in Philosophy with a minor in Swedish. He has been employed for over 15 years at the Family History Library as a member of the Nordic research team. Among his work assignments, Geoff has engaged in many archival visits in Sweden and Denmark. He has authored hundreds of pages to the Family Search Wiki, and presents at conferences routinely. | ||
''' | '''Liv H. Anderson''', CG<sup>SM</sup>, AG<sup>®</sup> a native of Kristiansund, Norway with her first encounter with genealogy at the Trondheim Archive when she was 12 years old. Liv has worked for FamilySearch for over 35 years. The first 5 years in the Evaluation Department, processing individual and marriage entry sheets; the next 11 years in the Cataloging Department, and since November of 1995 as a Scandinavian Research Consultant. Liv is a Certified Genealogist through the Board of Certified Genealogists, Washington, DC and has accreditation in Norwegian research through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists, ICAPGen. | ||
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