Roots Expert
Katie Rebecca Garner Genealogy
Katie Rebecca Garner
Utah's Professional Genealogist – Breaking Brick Walls Since 2018
- Phone
- 1-385-472-7979
How they can help
- Remote research
- Heritage travel
- In person
- APG member
- Researches in
- United States
- Based in
- United States · Utah
- Languages
- English
- Time periods
- 1790-1850 · 1850-1940 · 1950s · Civil War era (1861-1865) · World War I · World War II · Colonial America · Revolutionary War era
About
Degreed professional genealogist based in Orem, Utah, specializing in American ancestry research, genealogical brick wall breakthroughs, and narrative family histories for clients across the United States.
Katie Rebecca Garner is a professional genealogist based in Orem, Utah, specializing in American ancestry research, genealogical brick wall breakthroughs, and narrative family histories for clients across the United States. She holds an Associate degree of Applied Science in Family History Research from BYU-Idaho (2018) and has continued her professional education through Heritage Genealogical College, the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), RootsTech, and ongoing self-directed study. She began her genealogical work in 2014 as a FamilySearch volunteer missionary. Katie is a published genealogy writer, contributing research articles to Price Genealogy, GenealogyBank, and Family Tree Magazine. She uses census records, vital records, immigration and naturalization documents, probate files, military records, and DNA evidence to piece together verified genealogical relationships backed by original source documents.
Specialties
- brick wall breakthroughs
- immigrant ancestors
- census records
- vital records
- immigration and naturalization
- probate records
- military records
- DNA evidence
- narrative family history
- American genealogy
- name variation research
- newspaper research
- marriage records
- tax records
Additional credentials
Associate degree of Applied Science in Family History Research from BYU-Idaho (2018); published genealogy writer; Heritage Genealogical College graduate; Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) attendee
Orem, Utah, United States
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