Melinde Lutz Byrne
Director of the Genealogical Research Program
Instructor: Forensic Research
- Fellow and former President, American Society of Genealogists
- Author and editor
- National lecturer
- Editor, New Hampshire Genealogical Record
- Vice President, Massachusetts Genealogical Council
- Co-editor, National Genealogical Society Quarterly
- Cultural anthropologist and archivist
- Donald Lines Jacobus Award Winner
- CEO, The Graceful Companies
Thomas W. Jones
Instructor: Evidence Evaluation and Documentation
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogist℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogical Lecturer℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- International lecturer
- Director, Association of Professional Genealogists
- Trustee and past President, Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Co-Editor, National Genealogical Society Quarterly
- Winner, Professional Achievement Award and Grahame T. Smallwood Jr. Award of Merit, Association of Professional Genealogists
- Ph.D. in Education, University of Pittsburgh
- Fellow, American Society of Genealogists
- Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association
- Fellow, National Genealogical Society
- Course coordinator, Institute for Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University
- Course coordinator, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
- Course coordinator, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh
Elissa Scalise Powell
Instructor: Foundations of Genealogical Research, Professional Genealogy
- Co-Director of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogical Lecturer℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogist℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Regional and national lecturer
- Author and editor
- Appeared in the PBS series Ancestors 2
- President, Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Recipient of 2010 National Genealogical Society’s President’s Citation
- Coordinator, Professional Genealogy course at the Samford University Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research
- Co-director of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh
- Course coordinator and instructor, Institute for Genealogy and Historical Research
- Instructor, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
- Former Director, Association of Professional Genealogists
- BS in Mathematics, Gannon University
Allison Ryall
Instructor: Foundations of Genealogical Research, Problem Solving Techniques and Technology
- Modern records research expert
- Technology specialist, online research
- Grader, National Genealogical Society’s Home Study Course
- Program Director, NERGC 2011
- FGS Ancestors Road Show co-chair
- B.A. in History, University of Southern Maine
- B.A. in Russian Studies, University of Southern Maine
- M.A. in American and New England Studies, University of Southern Maine