David E. Rencher, AG ® , CG ® , FUGA, FIGRS, FNGS, is employed as the Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch. He is the Irish course coordinator and instructor for the GRIP Genealogy Institute and the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1980 with a BA in Family and Local History.

He is president of the National Genealogical Society and past president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the Utah Genealogical Association. He is a fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association, the Irish Genealogical Research Society, London and the National Genealogical Society. He is the past chair of the joint National Genealogical Society and International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies committee for the Record Preservation and Access Coalition; he serves as a counselor for the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Irish Immigration into the Midwest

This session discusses the migration of the Irish and Scots Irish into the Midwest, including the social history and sources for identifying emigration and migration paths.

Strategy for Irish Research 1800–1930

With the massive emigration of much of the Irish Catholic population during the famine of the 19th century, research can be problematic. Learn the techniques to identifying your ancestral homeland and extending the research into the records of Ireland.