Katie Rebecca Garner Genealogy
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About Me
I was introduced to genealogy through volunteering with FamilySearch as a young missionary in 2014. I took my newfound love of family history to college and earned an Associate degree of Applied Science in Family History Research from BYU-Idaho in 2018. I continue my education through Heritage Genealogical College, SLIG, Roots Tech, and self-directed study.
I write genealogy articles for multiple companies, including Price Genealogy, GenealogyBank, Family Tree Magazine, and the MyHeritage Wiki. In my creative writing pursuits, I write genealogy ghost stories.
I married my wonderful husband in 2024. We live together in Orem, Utah. After I put away my genealogy projects for the day, I spoil my husband with my cooking. We like to watch movies and anime together, during which I will either be knitting or crocheting. Otherwise, I’ll bury my nose in a book.
About Me
I was introduced to genealogy through volunteering with FamilySearch as a young missionary in 2014. I took my newfound love of family history to college and earned an Associate degree of Applied Science in Family History Research from BYU-Idaho in 2018. I continue my education through Heritage Genealogical College, SLIG, Roots Tech, and self-directed study.
I write genealogy articles for multiple companies, including Price Genealogy, GenealogyBank, Family Tree Magazine, and the MyHeritage Wiki. In my creative writing pursuits, I write genealogy ghost stories.
I married my wonderful husband in 2024. We live together in Orem, Utah. After I put away my genealogy projects for the day, I spoil my husband with my cooking. We like to watch movies and anime together, during which I will either be knitting or crocheting. Otherwise, I’ll bury my nose in a book.
Genealogy Blogs
Newspapers in Research
This article is also posted on Price Genealogy. Newspapers are the ancestors of Facebook. Our ancestors used newspapers to keep up with the world around them, much like we use social media today....
Death Records
This article is also posted by Price Genealogy. A good genealogist will use various record types in researching their ancestors, and this includes records created around a person’s death. What could...
Genealogy Tip: Finding & Using Probate Records
This article is also posted on GenealogyBank. When a person dies, their possessions and property go to their relatives. The probate process is the legal proceedings through which this is...
Genealogy Tip for Halloween: Cemetery Research
This blog is also posted on GenealogyBank. Cemeteries are one of the many spooky things associated with Halloween, to the pleasure of genealogists. For family historians, a cemetery is a source of...
U.S. History Research in Different Time Periods
Different periods of U.S. history present various challenges. Pre-1850 The first U.S. census to name every household member, not just the head, was 1850. Most places did not have civil registration...
Genealogy Tip: Death Certificates
This blog is also posted by GenealogyBank Death certificates hold a wealth of information for family historians, and should be one of the key documents in a genealogist’s search. Photo: Eddie August...
Organizing Genealogy: avoiding a mess
Having an organizational system for your genealogy helps prevent it from becoming a mess of information. There are different ways to organize things; each person has one way or another that works...
Genealogy Tips: U.S. Census Records, 1790-1840 (Part I)
This blog was also posted on GenealogyBank. When the United States was created, the founding fathers decided it was necessary to make a count of the population every decade. The first census was...
Researching a Random Execution Case
I have been transcribing a record from a 1787 murder case. I needed to see such a record for creative writing research. I searched for a newspaper clipping about an execution that took place in...
Newspaper Research Backs Up Old Family Story
This article was also published by GenealogyBank. A good researcher will combine evidence from multiple sources to get a picture of what life was like for their ancestors. One such resource is an...
When in Research Fun?
I’ve been verifying the lineage on a few of my ancestral lines. I’m going through the Garner line for a lineage application to First Families of Pennsylvania. I’m going through the Herr line to...
German Influences in the United States Part 2
This blog is also posted on Price Genealogy. If you have German American ancestors, understanding the practices discussed in the last blog will help you know what to expect when researching them....
Married How Many Times???
One of the more interesting projects I embarked on this week was that of Mary J Wakeman-Saunders-Powers-Gordfrey-Gray-Lindley-Crowther-LePage. Yes, that is eight married names and sadly, no maiden...
German Influences in the United States – Part One
This blog was also published with Price Genealogy. Many Americans have German roots somewhere in their family tree. Until recently, German Americans largely stuck to their own communities in the New...
Making the Most of Your Genealogy Research Time
This article was also posted on Family Tree Magazine. Both experienced genealogists and casual hobbyists want to know as much as possible about their ancestors. While there are many discoveries to...
Mid-Atlantic Newspapers for Genealogy
This article was also published on GenealogyBank Before the internet and social media, people kept track of community goings-on via newspapers. Local papers could contain everything from election...
U.S. Regions: Upper South
Americans today whose ancestors settled in the early Virginia and Carolina colonies may be connected to some of our nation’s important historical events. Virginia and North Carolina colonists loved...
U.S. Regions: North Central
The Little House on the Prairie series follows the Ingalls family as they move from Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, and eventually to the Dakotas. The book series was written by Laura Ingalls Wilder...
U.S. Regions: Mid-Atlantic
Pennsylvania can claim to be the birthplace of the United States, as that was where the continental congress was held which wrote the declaration of independence and later formed the constitution....
U.S. Regions: Great Lakes
Home of Wisconsin cheese and Chicago deep dish pizza, the land around the Great Lakes has attracted settlers with its fertile soil and many rivers. The Great Lakes region of the U.S. includes the...
U.S. Regions: New England
Many American history classes begin with New England settlement. Even though other colonies which are now part of the U.S. were being settled around that time, the colonies comprising New England...
WWII US Research
Not many decades ago, everyone’s grandpa had been involved in World War II. Now that it’s the 2020s, the WWII veterans are dying off, and their stories need to be remembered. This is easy to do if...
Food: Connecting Families
As we finish off the last of the holiday leftovers and begin our new year’s resolutions, do we appreciate where the family recipes fueling our holiday menus come from? Both my parents have passed...
Cemetery Research
Halloween approaches, and with it the image of abandoned cemeteries illuminated only by the light of the moon. While this scene may be eerie, genealogists do not associate cemeteries with...
Immigration and Naturalization: Part 2
Aside from what remains of the indigenous population, the U.S. is peopled with immigrants and descendants of immigrants. Some immigrant ancestors are as recent as parents or grandparents while other...
Immigration and Naturalization Research: Part 1
Family stories may have been passed down about an immigrant ancestor. Or the immigrant ancestor is discovered after tracing the family back several generations in the U.S. In either case,...
Newspaper Research
Newspapers are the ancestors of Facebook. Our ancestors used newspapers to keep up with the world around them, much how we use social media today. Newspapers contain political, sports, and social...
Finding Children Who Died Young
Family history is about learning of the lives of those who lived before us. Some of those lives were shorter than others. With the advent of modern medicine, life expectancy has increased while...
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