Kip Sperry is a professor of family history at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, where he teaches American and LDS genealogical research methods and sources. Kip was born in Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio, holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from BYU, and previously worked at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. He is an Accredited Genealogist, Certified Genealogist, and a Certified Genealogical Lecturer. His national awards include Fellow, American Society of Genealogists; Fellow, National Genealogical Society; and Fellow, Utah Genealogical Association, among others. He received the Richard Lloyd Anderson Research Award from BYU in 2003. Kip is author of A Guide to Mormon Family History Sources; Kirtland, Ohio: A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources; Genealogical Research in Ohio; Reading Early American Handwriting, and other books, chapters, and journal articles. He has lectured at national, regional, and state family history conferences and seminars, including BYU computer and family history conferences. His areas of research interest are American and LDS family history; New England states; Ohio and other Midwestern states; Western Reserve in northeastern Ohio; England, Scotland, Isle of Man family history; and paleography (reading early handwriting).Kip is teaching "Latter-day Saint Family History Research" Friday at 8:00am, "Tips for Field Research for Family Historians" Friday at 4:00pm, and "Finding Your Ancestors in U.S. Census Records" on Saturday at 8:00 am.
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