Genealogical Research Instructor Profiles
Melinde Lutz Byrne
Director of the Genealogical Research Program
Instructor, Forensic Research
- Fellow and President, American Society of Genealogists
- Author and editor
- National lecturer
- Editor, New Hampshire Genealogical Record
- Vice president, Massachusetts Genealogical Council
- Co-editor, National Genealogical Society Quarterly
- Cultural anthropologist and archivist
- Donald Lines Jacobus Award Winner
- CEO, The Graceful Companies
Elissa Scalise Powell
Instructor, Foundations of Genealogical Research,
Professional Genealogy
- Co-Director of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogical Lecturer℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogist℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Regional and national lecturer
- Author and editor
- Appeared in the PBS series Ancestors 2
- President, Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Recipient of 2010 National Genealogical Society's President's Citation
- Former instructor, Community College of Allegheny County
- Course coordinator and instructor, Institute for Genealogy and Historical Research
- Instructor, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
- Former director, Association of Professional Genealogists
- BS in Mathematics, Gannon University
Allison Ryall
Instructor, Foundations of Genealogical Research,
Problem Solving Techniques and Technology
- Modern records research expert
- Technology specialist; online research
- Grader, National Genealogical Society's Home Study Course
- Program director, NERGC 2011
- FGS Ancestors Road Show co-chair
- BA in History, University of Southern Maine
- BA in Russian Studies, University of Southern Maine
- MA in American and New England Studies, University of Southern Maine
Thomas W. Jones
Instructor, Evidence Evaluation and Documentation
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogist℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogical Lecturer℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- International lecturer
- Trustee and Past president, Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Co-editor, National Genealogical Society Quarterly
- Winner, Professional Achievement Award and Grahame T. Smallwood Jr. Award of Merit, Association of Professional Genealogists
- PhD in Education, University of Pittsburgh
- Fellow, American Society of Genealogists
- Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association
- Fellow, National Genealogical Society
- Course coordinator, Institute for Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University
- Course coordinator, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
- Course coordinator, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh
Pamela Sayre
Instructor
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogist℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogical Lecturer℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Popular speaker at genealogical seminars in more than thirty states
- Former director of education and publications for National Genealogical Society
- Course Coordinator, Institute for Genealogy and Historical Research, Birmingham, Alabama
- Course Coordinator, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Co-author of Online Roots: How to Discover Your Family's History and Heritage with the Power of the Internet and Research in Missouri
- Former director on boards of the National Genealogical Society, Federation of Genealogical Societies, and Genealogical Speakers Guild
- Former editor, Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly
- B.U.S. (emphasis in history, sociology, English), Eastern New Mexico University
- Member Phi Kappa Phi national honorary society
Mary Ann Boyle
Instructor, Forensic Genealogical Research
- Holds the credential of Certified Genealogist℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®
- Specialist in tracing heirs and background investigating
- Licensed private detective, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Education consultant and national lecturer
- Former constable, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Former BU professor and department chairperson
- PhD in Neurophysiology
- Master's degree in Education
