Executive Committee
President
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 Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies course.
President Elect
Michael W. McCormick
Independent
Michael W. McCormick, MSc, AG®, has taught genealogy courses for BYU-Idaho for over 20 semesters, holds an MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde, and holds the Accredited Genealogist® credential from the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists. He served on the AGES board and as the chair of the website/ publications committee since 2024. The online members-only area, and membership directory were developed with his leadership.
Secretary
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.
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
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.
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.
David Grawrock
BYU-Pathway Worldwide
David Grawrock, CG®, retired from Intel as a Senior Principal Engineer, Security Architect. In that role he helped create Trusted Computing and the Trusted Platform Module. David fulfilled various roles in the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) including workgroup chair, and vice chair of the technical committee. David sat on the board of directors for two companies that Intel invested in. For either Intel or TCG David taught a wide variety of classes from basics to internal hardware details to a wide variety of audiences. The audiences ranged from small technical groups to keynote speaker at major conferences. David is the holder of over 80 patents related to Trusted Computing. As a genealogist, David started working on his own family as a teenager. Between his lines and his wife’s lines he’s dealt with Norway, Germany, Northeast England, 1600’s Dutch immigrants, Southwest England, 19th and 20th century Dutch, Dutch Jews, and Southern States. Through the years David has served in FamilySearch libraries in many capacities including center director and teacher. When not doing genealogy David now hikes in Southern Utah and watches soccer when he can. David is on staff at BYUI in the Pathway program teaching various genealogy courses.
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).
Calista Williams
University of Strathclyde
Calista Williams, PhD, AFRHistS, is the current Course Director for the MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies at the University of Strathclyde. She holds a PhD in History from the Open University and for over a decade has taught historical and genealogical research skills. She runs family history workshops in the wider community and gives talks on a wide variety of topics, in-person and online. She is chair of the AGES Curriculum Committee. In 2023, Calista was elected as an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her current research explores the development and function of the Cottage Homes model within the Poor Law system in England and Wales, c.1875 – 1905.
Jacques du Plessis
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Jacques du Plessis, PhD, first visited the archives in his native South Africa as a 16-year-old, researching his Pommeranian ancestry. He has a PhD from Utah State University, and has been on the faculty at the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee since 2002. He teaches the genealogy course for public librarians and has presented his research in family history in the USA and South Africa. Most recently he contributed a chapter on the ethics in writing a family history for the Oxford Handbook of Family History and Genealogy. Jacques was a founding board member and the first president of AGES.