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• Family History Research
• Speaking / Presenting
• Writing /Publishing

Allyson is a genealogy speaker, writer, and consultant.  She lectures on pictures, methodology and writing. She spoke at national and state conferences including Salt Lake Institute for Genealogy and RootsTech. She wrote several articles for The Crossroads Magazine. She holds an Accredited Genealogy credential in the Southwest Region from ICAPGen and a BS from Idaho State.  She is a UGA board member. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. She enjoys pictures and writing, which she shares on rememberingrelatives.weebly.com/. She lives in Salt Lake City.

Publications/Media
"Life Sketch of Sarah Ellen (Loveless) Wight" Crossroads Magazine (Winter 2025)
“Wyoming Girl: Mary Theodora Wedemeyer’s Childhood” for Crossroad (Fall 2024)
“Ten Years of Fibro” for Bateman Horne support group self-published (Sept 2023) https://rememberingrelatives.weebly.com/memoir.html/
A View from Here a book of poems by six moms published May 2023 Amazon
“Salt Lake Institute for Genealogy Scholarships” for Crossroads (winter 2023)
“Digging for Death Records” self-published (2022)
 

Lectures
Allyson speaks and holds workshops on photographs, methodology, and writing. A list of her presentations are located at https://rememberingrelatives.weebly.com/presentations.html
When Pictures Talk given at RootsTech
https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/session/when-pictures-talk​
Schedule 2025
Idaho Genealogical Society- January "Add a Snapshot to your Research"
SLIG instructor- January "Digital Photographing/Scanning"
Utah Genealogical Society- February "A Last Name for Mary Ann"
Clark County Nevada Genealogical Society- February "A Last Name for Mary Ann- Finding maiden names for women"
Southern California Genealogy Society- March "Solving Your Picture Problems"
RootsTech- March "I Spy- Photo Discovery Workshop"
Niagara County Genealogical Society- March "Solving Your Picture Problems"
Ontario Ancestors 2025 Webinar Series- April "Solving Your Picture Problems"
Wisconsin State Genealogical Society- April "Clutter to Clean"
Nebraska State Genealogical Conference- April "A Last Name for Mary Ann"
Polk County, Florida History Center and Genealogical Library-April "Sharing Your Family with Your Family"
Southern California Genealogy Society- June "A Last Name for Mary Ann"
North San Diego County Genealogical Society Programs- September "Solving Your Picture Problems"
 

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century

Languages
Spanish

Honorifics/Credentials
Accredited Genealogist in Southwest
Bachelors in Secondary Education

Certificates
Accredited Genealogist 2024
GenProof 2023
ProGen 53 2022
SLCC Genealogy Research and Writing Certificate 2019

Affiliations
Utah Genealogical Association
National Genealogical Society
Association of Professional Genealogists