TEACHING FAMILY HISTORY - BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED

• AIGS 1991 - 1997
• Ringwood Library 1991 (Classes & Consultancy)
• Box Hill Library 1991, 1993
• Information Victoria 1992
• Ferntree Gully Library 1993
• Council of Adult Education 1995, 1996
• Vermont South Community House 1997-1998
• Monash Public Library 1997-2001 (Glen Waverley) (Classes & Consultancy)
• Swinburne TAFE 1999-2001 (Croydon Campus)

FAMILY HISTORY ON THE INTERNET

• Heathmont Secondary College 1998
• Highvale Retirement Village 1999
• Fiddlers Green Retirement Village 1999
• Swinburne TAFE 1999-2001 (Croydon Campus)

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Family history research since 1980
• Member of AIGS since 1982
• AIGS Secretary 1983
• AIGS Oakleigh Area Administrator 1988-90
• AIGS Public Relations Officer 1989-90
• AIGS Vice President (Public Relations) 1991
• Reference Officer PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF VICTORIA 1991-1993
• AIGS President 1992-1994
• AIGS Senior Vice-President 1999 - 2000
• Director Blackburn LDS Family History Centre 2000 - 2005
• LDS Family History Consultant 1999 - 2007
• LDS Area Support Family History Missionary 2007 - current

COMMITTEES

• Family Search Steering Committee-SLV (1991-1993)
• First Victorian Family History State Conference (1995) Committee (1993-1994)
• Federation/Pioneer Index Committee-Registry of BDMs (1993-1997)
• Third Victorian Family History State Conference (1999) Committee (1997-1999)

THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

In 1999, while I was on the Third Victorian Family History State Conference Committee, I met Sister Lesle Berry, who was then Director of the Blackburn LDS Family History Centre. She invited me to serve in the FHC as a librarian, and I began to understand the LDS emphasis on family history. FAMILIES CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER. I was baptised and confirmed a member of the Church that year. I know that family history is sacred work, and look forward to the day when I will be reunited with my loved ones who have gone before.