Jeffrey Vaillant

Genealogist, Fetzer and Associates Consulting

Genealogy Resume Formal Education: • B.A. in History with English minor from the University of Redlands • Graduate studies in American Studies (History, Literature, Art History) at the University of Delaware (3 years) • Graduate study in Business at the Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia • Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (Utah Genealogical Association) Course I on American Records & Research Focusing on Families=January 2008 • In Progress: NGS Home Study Course-Completed 8 of 16 Lessons with an A grade Genealogical Society Memberships: • Association of Professional Genealogists (http://www.apgen.org/) • Aberdeen & N. E. Scotland Family History Society (www.anesfhs.org.uk) • California Genealogical Society (http://www.calgensoc.org) • Charter-Pierce Memorial Internet Genealogical Society (http://www.charter-pierce.org/) • Hayward Area Genealogical Society ( • Highlands Family History Society [Scotland] (www.highlandfhs.org.uk) • Iowa Genealogical Society (http://www.iowagenealogy.org/) • Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society (http://www.l-ags.org/) • National Genealogical Society (https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/) • Nevada State Genealogical Society [Former Secretary] (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nvsgs/) • New England Historic Genealogical Society (http://www.newenglandancestors.org/) • P.O.I.N.T. [Italian Genealogy] (http://www.point-pointers.net/) Trade Journals Read Regularly: • NGS Quarterly • APGQ • Everton’s Genealogical Helper-monthly • Family Tree Magazine-monthly • Family Chronicle-monthly • Internet Genealogy-monthly • Digital Genealogist-monthly • Point-Pointers-quarterly • The NEHG Register Subscription Site Membership: • Ancestry.com-daily • World Vital Records-daily • Myfamily.com-monthly • Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter-daily Family Genealogy Studies: • Mayflower Descendant-13 Generations with 9 completely documented • African American descendant in progress • Italian Grandparents/Great Grandparents • New York Jewish family Continuing Education: Addicted to Courthouses with Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG=April 2007 Menlo Park FHC New Genealogy Seminar (One Day)=March 2008 The New Family Search by Jay Verkler The Power of DNA by Dr. Scott Woodward They Came from Eastern Europe—But Where? European Emigration Records Obtaining Records for Mid-Europeans Alternate Sources for US Vital Records US Land & Probate Records Scottish Records Scottish Immigrants to the US Root Cellar-Sacramento Genealogical Society Spring Seminar (One Day) with Geoff Rasmussen=March 2008 Timelines and Chronologies: Secrets of Genealogical Success Genealogist’s Guide to Working with Digital Images Insider’s Guide to Legacy Family Tree: Tips and Tricks Research Guidance: GenSmarts, Family Search and Legacy Sonoma County Genealogical Society Spring Seminar (One Day) with Rhonda R. McClure=April 2008 Getting the Most from Online Research Newspapers: Finding the Buried Treasures Old and New: Combining the best of the Internet and Traditional Research If I Knew them what I Know Now… California Genealogical Society Book Repair Workshop (Half Day)=April 2008 California Genealogical Society A Day of Irish Information with Nora Keohane Hickey=9 July 2008 Debunking Some of the Myths of Irish Genealogy How to Extract….Information form Griffiths’ Valuation Little Know and Under Used Irish Genealogical Sources Ecclesiastical and Civil Divisions of Locations Six children, five grandchildren, four houses, three mortgages, two cats and one wonderful wife.