17 December 2018

Mondays' Meet The Speakers - Jamboree 2019


Jim Brewster

Family Tree DNA

Jim Brewster holds a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from Northern Arizona University and works for Family Tree DNA as the Group Projects Assistant Manager. He enjoys making genetic testing understandable.


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Tony Burroughs, FUGA

Founder and CEO of The Center for Black Genealogy, and author of "Black Roots." He has appeared on PBS, CBS, ABC, BBC, Discovery Channel, History Channel and Who Do You Think You Are? He researched Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Johnson’s family history, consulted on the genealogies of Oprah Winfrey, Smokey Robinson, and Reverend Al Sharpton. He has also consulted for several television programs including: Who Do You Think You Are?; African American Lives; The Real Family of Jesus.


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Angie Bush, MS

Angie Bush, MS, is the Region 1 Director for the National Genealogical Society, and a full-time senior genealogist researcher with AncestryProGenealogists in Salt Lake City. Angie has been interested in her genealogy since she was very young. Although she spends much of her time working on recent unknown parentage cases, her favorite type of research involves breaking through decades-old “brick walls” using a combination of traditional records and genetic evidence.


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Bruce Buzbee

RootsMagic

Bruce Buzbee is the founder and president of RootsMagic, Inc. and the author of RootsMagic genealogy software. For over 25 years Bruce has been writing genealogy software, having originally written the popular Family Origins program. Bruce has taught thousands of users the ins and outs of RootsMagic, from the basics for beginners to advanced topics for the genealogy professional.


Presentations:


Southern California Genealogical Society
50th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree

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