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Kathy Kirkpatrick earned her B.A. in History from Humboldt State University at Arcata, California. She is currently President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Utah. Kathy has written family histories, genealogical and Italian research instruction, and volumes on American Prisoner of War Camps since 1986. Kathy speaks locally and Internationally on a variety of topics since 1993, including at RootsTech and the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS). Kathy's research takes her on-site to Italy (including the Vatican Secret Archives since 2015), Sicily, Greece, the United Kingdom, and France as well as close to home in the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. Her extensive websites are at www.gentracer.com for genealogy and www.gentracer.org for military research and cemeteries.

Geographic Specialities
Italy
USA

Testimonials
see http://www.gentracer.com/references.html

Publications/Media
Kathy wrote Basic Genealogy (1995, 1997), The Descendants of Timothy Meeker (1987-1991, a six volume series), The Descendants of John Robert Kirkpatrick (1986), Agrigento, Palermo and Catania Provinces (Italy) - A Reference for Researchers (2003), Italian Prisoners of War in the Continental US on 31 March 1945 (A-B), (C-D), (E-I), (J-M), (N-R), (S-Z) (2003-2004), Prisoners of War in Utah During World War II (2004), Sicily, Parts 1 and 2 (2008), and Prisoner of War Camps Across America (2012). American Prisoner of War Camps in ID and Utah (2018), American Prisoner of War Camps in AZ and NV (2018), American Prisoner of War Camps in Southern California (2018), American Prisoner of War Camps in Northern California (2019), American Prisoner of War Camps in Washington and Oregon (2019), American Prisoner of War Camps in Montana and Wyoming (2019), American Prisoner of War Camps in Colorado (2020).

Lectures
see www.gentracer.com/presentations.html and www.gentracer.org/wwpresentations.html

Repositories
Family History Library, Vatican Secret Archives, many Italian national, provincial, town, and military repositories, National Archives in London, National Archives in College Park (MD) as well as Perris (CA) and Denver (CO), Library of Congress, Arizona State Library, Utah Archives and Public Records, University of Utah, Utah State Univ., LDS Church Library and Archives

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century
• 17th Century
• 16th Century and Earlier

Languages
Italian, Latin, English

Affiliations
Utah Jewish Genealogical Society
Utah Cultural News

Degrees
BA (History), Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA