The National Genealogical Society Announces New Director: Robert Raymond
Arlington, VA
24 APRIL 2012: The National Genealogical Society (NGS) announces the appointment of Robert Raymond to the Board of Directors. Robert, a resident of Utah, was selected to serve as an NGS Director at Large by President Ann Christnacht Hilke. Ms. Hilke stated, “We are pleased that Robert Raymond has agreed to join the board of NGS as he adds to the breadth of excellent business, technology, and genealogical skills our organization has set as goals for our future board development.”
24 APRIL 2012: The National Genealogical Society (NGS) announces the appointment of Robert Raymond to the Board of Directors. Robert, a resident of Utah, was selected to serve as an NGS Director at Large by President Ann Christnacht Hilke. Ms. Hilke stated, “We are pleased that Robert Raymond has agreed to join the board of NGS as he adds to the breadth of excellent business, technology, and genealogical skills our organization has set as goals for our future board development.”
Robert
Raymond is a deputy to FamilySearch Chief Genealogical Officer, David
Rencher, helping to increase genealogical soundness of FamilySearch
products and improving relationships with the genealogical community.
Additionally, Robert helps set the record acquisition and publication
strategy.
Robert
is a popular speaker and writer. His blog (authored pseudonymously) has
won many awards and recognitions and is consistently ranked among the
top ten genealogical blogs. He is the author of an acclaimed family
history website where he has published hundreds of digitized
genealogical records and personal histories, written numerous articles,
and created several maps. Before FamilySearch, Robert worked at
Ancestry.com and before that he was vice president of an award-winning
technology company.
Robert
is a genealogy technologist with more than forty years experience in
genealogy, and thirty years in technology. Robert holds over a dozen
technology patents and earned a masters degree in electrical (computer)
engineering from Brigham Young University where he was honored as a
Kimball Scholar. He is a volunteer at a FamilySearch Family History
Center where he can be found in the trenches every Wednesday night.
Founded in 1903, the National Genealogical Society
is dedicated to genealogy education, high research standards, and the
preservation of genealogical records. The Arlington, Virginia-based
nonprofit is the premier national society for everyone, from the
beginner to the most advanced family historian, seeking excellence in
publications, educational offerings, research guidance, and
opportunities to interact with other genealogists.
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