John Althouse
John Althouse was born in Canora, Saskatchewan in 1946 and lived his first ten years there. In 1956, his parents moved their family to Edmonton, Alberta where he has lived since. John is a graduate of the University of Alberta and has worked as a classroom teacher in the Edmonton Catholic School District for nearly thirty-five years. He has always had a strong interest in heritage and history. He has been especially interested in the history of the Canadian West. John has served as the President of Edmonton Branch AGS, the editor of Relatively Speaking and later Clandigger, created the genealogy for youth resources of AGS. He is a regular contributor of articles to Relatively Speaking and the SGS Bulletin. He has delivered presentations on genealogical topics across Alberta and Saskatchewan and has taught courses for the Tracing Your Family Tree program. He remains active in the German Special Interest Group. This seems natural as much of his ancestry can be traced back to German roots, both directly to Germany (Paderborn and Eichsfeld) and indirectly to it via Volga Russia (Büches-Büdingen and Birkenfeld via Denmark). In additon, He also possesses Ukrainian roots, with his ancestral family having departed from the village of Antoniv south of Czortkow for Canada in early 1902. John continues to be constantly amazed by the discoveries and he makes and the stories of his own families and the families of many settlers who chose to make the Prairie Provinces of Canada their home.Session:
Germans in Alberta: the Background and Resources for Genealogists in Search of Their German Roots in Our Province
Liz Audenart
I have been exposed to Family History since I was a young child. I remember my dad getting information on his family from the genealogist in England that he paid to do research. Much later my mother was called to do what is now extraction, but back then they wrote all the information down from Microfiche records, I think. About 6-7 years ago I was called to be a Family History Consultant in our ward and asked to work in the Family History Centre once a week. It was there that I began to learn how to enter names and dates, find, review and attach records and learn more of my family. My favorite is helping other people get started. I get so excited when I can find a name to attach to someone’s tree—someone they did not have. I remember finding some information for someone who told me their mother had been looking for years and hadn’t found anything. That is so exciting. I am not great when people have a full tree with lots of information. I like it much better to help get started.
I have been exposed to Family History since I was a young child. I remember my dad getting information on his family from the genealogist in England that he paid to do research. Much later my mother was called to do what is now extraction, but back then they wrote all the information down from Microfiche records, I think. About 6-7 years ago I was called to be a Family History Consultant in our ward and asked to work in the Family History Centre once a week. It was there that I began to learn how to enter names and dates, find, review and attach records and learn more of my family. My favorite is helping other people get started. I get so excited when I can find a name to attach to someone’s tree—someone they did not have. I remember finding some information for someone who told me their mother had been looking for years and hadn’t found anything. That is so exciting. I am not great when people have a full tree with lots of information. I like it much better to help get started.
Session: LDS Session
Jessie Dial
Born and raised in Red Deer, Alberta, Jessie fondly remembers her grandmother telling stories of growing up on the family homestead in Westlock, Alberta. Listening to tales of riding on horseback to school in the summer and on horse drawn sleigh in the winters sparked her interest in history. However, it was the stories of her great grandfather, who grew up in England and her 2x great grandparents who would visit from Scotland, that truly sparked Jessie’s interest in family history.
Jessie is pursuing her Certificate in Genealogical Studies through the International Institute of Genealogical Studies and has been serving as the president of the Alberta Genealogical Society Red Deer Branch since 2023.
Session:
Jessie DialBorn and raised in Red Deer, Alberta, Jessie fondly remembers her grandmother telling stories of growing up on the family homestead in Westlock, Alberta. Listening to tales of riding on horseback to school in the summer and on horse drawn sleigh in the winters sparked her interest in history. However, it was the stories of her great grandfather, who grew up in England and her 2x great grandparents who would visit from Scotland, that truly sparked Jessie’s interest in family history.
Jessie is pursuing her Certificate in Genealogical Studies through the International Institute of Genealogical Studies and has been serving as the president of the Alberta Genealogical Society Red Deer Branch since 2023.
Session:
Beyond the Big 4
Larry EldrethLarry is an American by birth and a Canadian by choice.
Larry was born in Texas in 1953. His father, born in Virginia, was a young airman in the United States Air Force and his mom was a recent high school graduate from Knoxville, Tennessee.
Mom and dad had four more kids. Mike and Steve were twins, Beverly was the only girl, and David was the baby. Sadly, Mike, Steve and David are gone now.
Larry entered the United States Air Force in 1971 and served for four years. He earned an Honorable Discharge and the rank of Sergeant.
After leaving the military, Larry went to Simpson Bible College in San Francisco, California. Here he met and fell in love with Melody Jamieson. Melody was from Calgary and was attending Simpson to earn a degree in music.
Larry ended up immigrating to Canada to marry Melody in October 1976.
Larry has always been in sales. He is currently a manufacturer’s sales representative for a Canadian furniture company located in Quebec. He is a traveling rep now managing a territory that stretches from Cranbrook to Winnipeg.
Together, Larry and Melody now have three beautiful daughters and seven incredible grandkids.
If all goes well, Larry is planning to retire at the end of this year to downsize and to be able to focus on his and Melody’s family history as well as to continue as a volunteer photographer for Find A Grave.
Larry has been a very active volunteer photographer for Find A Grave having now fulfilled over 1,100 photo requests.
Session:
How to Become a Volunteer Photographer for Find A Grave . . . and Why You Should!
Marion Rex HowardMarion Rex Howard has been teaching K-9 for the past 45 years in Evergreen Catholic Schools. An award-winning teacher at the local, provincial, national and international levels, she is currently teaching Gr. 5 at St. Thomas Aquinas in Spruce Grove. She has been doing genealogy since 1994 when her sister died of cancer and she realized that she would be the one in her generation to take up the quest for the family’s genealogy. She has served as President of Edmonton Branch, AGS Provincial Treasurer, Grants and Other Funding Chair, and Genealogy4Youth Chair. She’s been giving sessions for the Edmonton Branch Tracing Your Family Tree course since 2002 and is the only instructor who brings a “tickle trunk” to her sessions.
Session:
Using Canadian Census Records to Find Your Ancestors
Lianne KrugerLianne Kruger is a professional genealogist and speaker specializing in Canadian records, homesteading for U.S. and Canada, family history videos, and using technology in all aspects of genealogy such as Google Maps, Google Drive, and Evernote.
She is a member of the board and CFO for mitoYDNA.org, program chair for the East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference, and on the Ancestry.ca advisory board. She has volunteered with Alberta Genealogical Society (AGS) for 10 years. She was awarded the AGS President’s award in 2020.
She earned a computer degree and has taught computer software courses since 1982. She recently earned a Bachelor degree from Brigham Young University Idaho which included a Certificate and Associate degree in Family History Research.
Lianne began genealogical research as a teenager, then researching her paternal line back to the first European land owner of Canada. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and webinars including RootsTech, Legacy FamilyTree Webinars, FamilyRoots, THE Genealogy Show (UK), NGS, Vivid-Pix, Ontario Ancestors, AGS, Ancestry, BIFHSGO and Canadian genealogical societies in five provinces. She has published articles in BYU Studies Quarterly, FamilySearch, Ancestry, LDSTech, SK Translations, ISBGFH, and AGS Relatively Speaking. She earned the Peter Staveley Memorial Award for Best Relatively Speaking Article in 2022. Lianne’s blog is iFamilyHistory.blogspot.ca
Sessions:
One Ancestor at a Time: The Process of Research
Why Y and mitochondrial DNA?
Christmas Catalog for Genealogists: FamilySearch Catalog and Wiki
Why Y and mitochondrial DNA?
Christmas Catalog for Genealogists: FamilySearch Catalog and Wiki
Jeannine PowellJeannine Powell has been referred to as the “GenQueen”. She is passionate about Family History, especially when it comes to searching online and the use of technology in the process. She has spent 28 years honing research skills while doing family history for her immediate family and occasional commissioned jobs for others in a variety of areas, including Canada, England, Scotland, Iceland, Italy, and the United States. She has been fortunate enough to be a presenter on multiple topics for many years, including workshops with the Qualicum Beach, Nanaimo and Victoria Genealogical Societies, the Vancouver Island Regional Library (Cowichan), Cowichan Elder College, Nanaimo Stake and Duncan Family History Centres, and more recently for the Alberta Genealogical Society Red Deer Branch. Additionally, she has presented various topics at regional genealogy conferences and for privately
arranged workshops. She has twice been interviewed by CBC News online for comment on related
topics. She has a special interest in using software to manage research and was a facilitator for the
Legacy [Family Tree] User Group for several years. Prior to moving to Red Deer, AB in Aug 2021, she served as a Family History Consultant for 24 years.
Sessions:
"When to Pay and When to Stay” – Optimizing your experience at Scotland’s People
“Philing Phoibles” – Creating Order out of Chaos
Ellen Thompson-JenningsEllen Thompson-Jennings is the self-proclaimed Family History Hound. She has been interested in genealogy since her teens when she interviewed her great-grandmother. Ellen loves the thrill of the hunt, so it is appropriate her blog is called; Hound on the Hunt. She will tell you that her three passions are: genealogy, genetic genealogy (DNA), and preserving her family photo legacy and she loves to share. Through family history, Ellen has discovered numerous cousins, learned who her ancestors were, and, in some cases, she’s learned why they did the things they did. Along the way, she discovered a passion for genetic genealogy and although she says she's not an expert her deep dive into the subject has help her own genealogy as well as others.
Ellen is a member of the Alberta Genealogy Society and DNA Special Interest Group.
Sessions:
Autosomal Genealogy - I've Tested Now What
Saving Your Genealogy FOREVER
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