Washington DC Family History Center
2009 Family History ConferenceWelcome to the Washington DC Family History Center
3rd Annual Conference
Presenter Bios
| Bartlett, Jim Mr. Bartlett has been an active genealogist since 1974. In the last 10 years he has expanded his research tools to include the Tax Lists and DNA. He is an avid fan of both, and can offer insights into how to use them to expand your genealogy. He has been the Administrator of the BARTLETT-DNA Project (150 participants) for over 10 years and enjoys teaching this simple, yet powerful, new tool to other genealogists. He can be contacted at Jim4bartletts@verizon.net. |
| Coldren-Walker, Julia Ms. Coldren-Walker began personal research 1967 although with only sporadic activity until 1987 when it became a passion. She began internet genealogy in 1990 with Compuserve Genealogy Forum. She has served as Registrar Toaping Castle Chapter NSDAR 1993 2000, 20022206 and 20082010. She began genealogical lecturing in 1999 as part of the Prince George's Genealogy Society Library series. She has lectured at the Baltimore Stake FHC every year since 2001 and at the Kensington FHC since 2006. Julia is a graduate of the National Institute for Genealogical Research at NARA as well as attending NGS Conference in 1990, 19931997, 19992000, 2003 & 2007. She is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and the Association of Professional Genealogist. She has a B.A. in History and in Government & as M.A. in International Relations. |
| Gravelle, Adrian J. Mr. Gravelle has been a lawyer for almost forty years and has spent most of his time in the practice of criminal law in the Army. He has been a prosecutor, defense counsel, instructor of criminal law and appellate attorney. Colonel Gravelle served the last seven years of his military career as an appellate judge on the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, Falls Church, Virginia, and participated as a judge in over two thousand felony appellate cases. He is the author of over sixty published judicial opinions and several hundred unpublished opinions. He has been a genealogy researcher for over thirty years, and since his retirement in 1997, has been a full-time researcher and occasional instructor, specializing in French-Canadian genealogical research. He is an active volunteer at the LDS Family History Center in Columbia, Maryland. |
| Koford, Rebecca Ms. Koford lives with her husband and three wonderful children in Burtonsville, Maryland. Rebecca has been interested in genealogy ever since she could read, but has been pursuing it since 1989. Rebecca has been working professionally, lecturing locally, and taking clients in US Genealogical research for the last 7 years. Rebecca is currently teaching genealogy classes for the Howard County Community College at the Laurel College Center. She is a former assistant director of the Columbia Family History Center, and still substitutes there regularly. She is a member of the National Genealogical Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Washington DC Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists. |
| Loos-Noji, Pamela, Ph.D. Like many others Pamela Loos-Noji comes to genealogy from another field � medieval art history. In past years, she taught at the college level and lived in Europe. For the past three years she�s been researching families mostly in the Northeast. She is a volunteer at the Family History Center in Kensington and a recent graduate of the NIGR course. Her memberships include: NGS, NEHGS, and two lineage societies - the NSDAR and the Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor (CT). |
| McGhie, Angela Ms. McGhie has a passion for researching family history, her own and for others. She is a graduate of the NGS American Genealogy course, the National Institute of Genealogical Research and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. Angela enjoys teaching Internet Genealogy at Howard Community College, serving as Assistant Director of the Columbia Maryland Family History Center and as a Volunteer Genealogist for the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and many genealogy societies. |
| Minor, Lorraine Dutcher Ms. Minor is president of the Genealogy Club of the Montgomery County Historical Society and has served as chair of the Education Committee. Ms. Minor has completed the National Genealogical Society home study course and several Family History courses from Brigham Young University and attended the National Institute on Genealogical Research. She is a volunteer at the Washington DC Family History Center in Kensington, MD and teaches classes and speaks locally on basic genealogical subjects. She is currently doing research on her ancestors from Maine, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio and helping her husband with research in Tennessee and Kentucky. |
| Mortensen, Ken Mr. Mortensen began his genealogy experience innocently copying pedigree charts from his grandparents when in his teens. Later when his own family was small he copied the sheets into Personal Ancestral File and shared it with family members. He has benefitted from two sets of grandparents that were active in collecting genealogy and both left the family with large "Books of Remembrance." Ken volunteers at the Kensington family history center. He has over 20 years experience as a computer system analyst working for Cray Research and Silicon Graphics and has supported several large supercomputing centers. He has a Bachelor�s degree from Brigham Young University in Computer Science and a Master�s of Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh. |
| Prince, Gregory A., D.D.S, Ph.D. Dr. Prince was born and raised in Los Angeles. After graduating as valedictorian from Dixie College (St. George, Utah) in 1967, he served for two years in the Brazilian South Mission. Upon his return, he attended the UCLA School of Dentistry, graduating as valedictorian in 1973. An interest in medical research led him to pursue a second doctorate degree, and he received a Ph.D. in pathology at UCLA in 1975. In 1975, Dr. Prince and his wife JaLynn moved to Maryland where he began a 15-year career in medical research at the National Institutes of Health. His research focused on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the primary cause of infant pneumonia throughout the world. In 1987 he and two pediatricians formed Virion Systems, Inc., to commercialize his discoveries in this field. Those discoveries led to the development of Synagis�, a drug that is now given to a quarter-million premature infants throughout the world each winter to prevent RSV pneumonia. He continues, as CEO of the company, to pursue research in the prevention and treatment of viral diseases, and has published over 130 scientific papers. Dr. Prince is the author of Power from On High: The Development of Mormon Priesthood, and co-author of David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism. In addition to his medical research and historical writing, Dr. Prince pursues a strong commitment to higher education, currently serving as chairman of the National Advisory Council of Dixie State College, and as a member of the Montgomery College (Maryland) Foundation Board. In 1999 he was inducted into the Dixie State College Hall of Fame. |
| Shelton, Ilene Mathews Ms. Shelton was born in Washington D.C. of parents who began their genealogical research soon after they were married. She has fond memories of going to the Archives and looking at the original census records. Grandparents added to her family history knowledge by writing down memories of their families and ancestors. She enjoys hunting for more information when she isn't involved in teaching, family and church service. |