Kristin R. Wenger

Education

• African American Genealogy Methods and Strategies
January 2023, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG)
Course coordinator: LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, CGL, FASG

• Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum
October-November 2021, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG)
Course coordinator: Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA

• Advanced DNA Evidence
July 2021, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP)
Course coordinator : Blaine T. Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D.

• GenProof Study Group (Mastering Genealogical Proof)
January - March 2021
Mentor: Jan Joyce, CG, CGL, AG

• The Pennsylvania German and Research in the Keystone State
January 2021, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG)
Course coordinator: Michael Lacopo
Attended with Grand Prize, 2020 Ancestry ProGenealogists Scholarship Program

• DNA and the GPS: Research and Writing Study Group
September - October 2020
Leaders: Dana Leeds and Mary Kircher Roddy, CG

• Mastering Genealogical Documentation
July 2020, Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP)
Course coordinator : Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG

• Certification Discussion Group
January – March 2020
Facilitator: Margaret Fortier, CG

• NGSQ/MGP (National Genealogical Society Quarterly/ Mastering Genealogical Proof) Study Group
January – December 2020
Facilitator: Cari Taplin, CG

• ProGen Study Group, Discussion leader, ProGen40
February 2019 – February 2020
Mentor: Melissa A. Johnson, CG

• Advanced Genealogical Methods
January 2019, SLIG
Course coordinator: Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG

• Women and Children First! Research Methods for the Hidden Half of the Family,
July 2018, GRIP
Course coordinator: Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL

• Genealogical Research Certificate
December 2017
Boston University, Center for Professional Education: 4.0

• Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Concentration: Theatre
December 1998
Messiah College, Grantham, PA; Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.99/4.0