About the Authors


The Internet For Genealogists: A Beginner's Guide

Barbara Renick


Barbara Renick brings more than 15 years of online experience to this publication. She has been active in genealogical research for more than 26 years. She is an author, lecturer, PAF instructor, and contributing editor to the NGS/CIG Digest. She is a frequent lecturer at national genealogical conventions.

She is currently pursuing her MA in History at California State University, Fullerton. She is on staff at the LDS Regional Family History Center in Orange, California. She is the Vice-President of the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists. She has memberships in the National Genealogical Society, the Genealogical Speakers Guild, the California State Genealogical Alliance, the Association of Professional Genealogists, as well as many local genealogical societies.

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Richard S. Wilson


Richard S. Wilson brings more than 16 years of online experience to this publication. He is the owner of Compuology, a genealogical-based computer company. He has been doing genealogical research for more than 20 years. He received his Bachelors Degree from the California State University Long Beach. He has taught a monthly Computer Interest Group for the Whittier Area Genealogy Society (WAGS) from 1992 to 1997. He is the author of Publishing Your Family History on the Internet and is a contributing editor to the NGS/CIG Digest.

He is the state coordinator for the California USGenWeb Project on the Internet. He is the past president of the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists.

Richard is a nationally known genealogical lecturer. He has spoken at the 1997 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Dallas Texas, the GENTECH 1998 Conference in Fort Wayne Indiana, the 1998 Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) annual conference in Salt Lake City Utah in April 1998, the National Genealogical Society's 1998 Conference in the States at Denver Colorado in May, 1998, the National Genealogical Society's 1999 Conference in the States at Richmond Virginia in May, 1999.
This year Richard will be speaking at the GENTECH 2000 National conference in San Diego in January 2000, the National Genealogical Society's Conference in the States at Providance, Rhode Island in May-June, 2000 and the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah in September 2000.

He has memberships in the National Genealogical Society, the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Genealogical Speakers Guild, the California State Genealogical Alliance, a life membership in the Whittier Area Genealogy Society, as well as many other local genealogical societies.