User:Dwsmith2

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Position

I am a wiki volunteer, handling broken and double redirects and also moderating Alabama, United States Genealogy and Central America countries. I also serve on the wiki's community council.

I am a former user guidance intern with FamilySearch's User Guidance Unit, working there from November 2013 to August 2014.

Biography

I graduated from Brigham Young University in August of 2012 with my bachelor's in philosophy. I am in BYU's public administration program (MPA).

Family History Experience

I am a family history hobbyist and amateur. I research mainly in the southeastern United States.

I have given the following presentations:

• ICAPGen, November 2013 (Provo, Utah)
  • "Engaging Young Single Adults in Family History"
• UGA, April 2014 (Woods Cross, Utah)
  • "FamilySearch Wiki Collection Articles"
  • "Writing a Quality Family History"
• BYU, July 2014 (Provo, Utah)
  • "Writing a Quality Family History"
  • "Engaging Young Adults in Family History"
• RootsTech 2015
  • "Google Searching and Genealogy Research"

Updated 22 February 2015