Reading Early American Handwriting by Kip Sperry

Biographical sketches appear in Contemporary Authors, Directory of American Scholars, Who’s Who in Genealogy and Heraldry, Who's Who in the West, and other biographical sources. He received graduate and undergraduate degrees from BYU and was presented the 2003 Richard Lloyd Anderson Research Award from BYU Religious Education. He has lectured at national, regional, and state family history and genealogy conferences and seminars, including BYU Annual Computerized Genealogy Conferences, BYU Annual Genealogy and Family History Conferences, BYU Campus Education Weeks, BYU-Hawaii, BYU-Idaho, Federation of Genealogical Societies, Mormon History Association, National Genealogical Society, and Sidney B. He is author of Abbreviations and Acronyms: A Guide for Family Historians Genealogical Research in Ohio A Guide to Mormon Family History Sources Kirtland Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources Reading Early American Handwriting other books, chapters, journal articles, and faculty advisor for two Internet tutorials: Personal Ancestral File ( ) and United States Census ( ). That’s enough post-nominals for several cans of alphabet soup! Continuing Sperry’s biography from a BYU web site: He is an Accredited Genealogist ® Certified Genealogist SM Certified Genealogical Lecturer SM Fellow, American Society of Genealogists Fellow, National Genealogical Society and Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association. Kip Sperry is a professor of family history in the Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, where he teaches American and LDS genealogical research methods and sources. The biography from Kip Sperry’s latest book begins:

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Reading Early American Handwriting by Kip Sperry