Executive Committee
President
Kelli Allen
Brigham Young University
Kelli Allen, MSc, QG, is an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University. She holds a BS in Business Management (Finance) from BYU and an MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographic, and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde. She is a member of the Register of Qualified Genealogists. Her specialties include English, Scottish, and Australian family history research and early 19th-century emigration. She developed the curriculum for BYU’s first Australian, New Zealand, and Polynesian Family History course and enjoys helping students develop a love for genealogical research.
President Elect
Rhiannon Lloyd
University of Strathclyde
Rhiannon Lloyd is a genealogist and family historian based in Somerset, England. She undertakes research in the South West counties of Somerset, Dorset and Devon, whilst also being able to travel to The National Archives (Kew) and other London based archives. Her passion is in Medieval genealogy and her MSc Dissertation with the University of Strathclyde focused on how Inquisitions Post Mortem can aid research into Somerset Medieval women (1475-1500). Palaeography is also a passion and there is nothing more than Rhiannon likes to do than puzzle out the text of old documents. Previously, Rhiannon worked as a musician (gaining her BMus and MA from Cardiff University), but now she combines client work with Teaching Fellow duties at the University of Strathclyde on their PG Genalogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies course.
Secretary
Fiona Fitzsimons
Trinity College Dublin
Fiona Fitzsimons is an adjunct instructor in Trinity College Dublin, teaching a two-year course in Irish Family and Social History. She is a co-founder of Eneclann, a Trinity College Dublin campus company, and the Irish Family History Centre in EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. Since 1996 she has led the Eneclann research team. Under her guidance, their research output is a benchmark in Family History in Ireland and internationally. Between 2012 and 2017, she implemented the Genealogical Advisory Service in the National Library of Ireland and introduced the popular Summer talks series. Between 2014 and 2020, she convened the monthly Expert Workshops to provide support and continuous professional development for Family Historians. She writes for History Ireland Magazine, and Irish Lives Remembered.
Treasurer
Lynn Broderick
The Single Leaf
Lynn Broderick, also known as the Single Leaf, is a writer by birth, a teacher by profession, and a researcher by passion. She enjoys researching individuals of the past in the context of family, community, and social history for the generations.
She began her formal genealogical education at the age of 15 and she has been mentored by many noted genealogists. Over the years she has been a member of many societies and associations to support their good work. She champions genealogy ethics & standards in the community.
Past President
Tahitia McCabe
University of Strathclyde
Tahitia McCabe, PG Dip (Genealogical Studies), MLS, QG, FHEA, FRSA, is the Head of the Strathclyde Institute of Genealogical Studies at the University of Strathclyde. She holds an MLS from Syracuse University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Genealogical, Paleographic and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde. Her research interests include immigration, social networks and American and British genealogy. She is currently a PhD candidate working on a study of Americans in Scotland, 1850-1900.
Board Members
Amy Harris
Brigham Young University
Amy Harris, PhD, AG®, is the current Family History Program Coordinator at Brigham Young University. She has published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, in the Genealogists’ Magazine, and on the history of genealogical practices. Her historical research focuses on families, women, and gender in eighteenth-century Britain. Her first book, Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England (Manchester, 2012) explored sibling relationships and their connections to political and social ideas of equality. Her forthcoming work, A Single View: Family Life and the Unmarried in Georgian England (Oxford, 2023) is a case study of family life from the perspective of those who do not marry, marry late, or do not have children. Amy is a tenured professor in the BYU Department of History where she teaches history and family history/genealogy courses.
Graham Holton
University of Strathclyde
Graham S Holton, BA, MCLIP, FHEA, LRAM, LTCL, FSA Scot, has had a lifelong interest in family history which eventually developed into a second career following many years as a professional librarian. He is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and holds a postgraduate diploma in librarianship from the Robert Gordon Institute of Technology, Aberdeen. As one of the original members of staff involved in the development of the postgraduate courses in genealogical studies at the University of Strathclyde, which began in 2007, he is currently Lead Tutor for the MSc dissertation level of the Course, within the Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies. Particular areas of interest are medieval genealogy and genetic genealogy. His involvement in the latter has included leading the Battle of Bannockburn and Declaration of Arbroath Family History Projects, editing Tracing your ancestors using DNA and responsibility for the genetic genealogy research activities undertaken by the University.
Benjamin Hollister
Lutheran Church of Australia Archivist
Ben Hollister (History Helper) is a qualified librarian, adult educator and historian. He’s a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders and was previously a Member of the Association of Community Directors Australia. Ben holds a Graduate Diploma in Local, Family and Applied History from University of New England (Australia). He currently teaches family history programs at the Workers Educational Association in South Australia.
Todd Knowles
FamilySearch
W. Todd Knowles, AG®, has been at FamilySearch for almost 25 years, and serves as a Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer. One of his key projects at FamilySearch, to honour his own roots, was to create an online data-base of almost 1.5 million records, documenting eastern European Jews (knowlescollection.blogspot.com). Todd has served 4 years as president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Utah and is currently a Trustee of the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH).
Michael W. McCormick
BYU-Idaho
Michael W. McCormick, MSc, AG®, has been involved with AGES since the first conference in 2020, and the BYU-Idaho Family History Research program until it transferred to BYU-Pathway (20+ semesters). He’s a Middle Tennessee State University doctoral candidate, and a graduate of the University of Strathclyde’s genealogy MSc program. Michael is experienced
in working with boards and volunteering on committees for genealogical and historical organizations. He holds an ICAPGen credential since 2015.