Jenny Tonks, MA, AG

~ Credentials ~

• B.A. in Family History from Brigham Young University, Italian research specialty
  
• M.A. in English from Northern Arizona University, biographical literature specialty
• Accredited Genealogist® with the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists.
  
• Member, Association of Professional Genealogists
• Member, Association of Personal Historians
• Member, International Society of Family History Writers and Editors
• Member, National Genealogical Society
  
• Member, New England Historic Genealogical Society 

~ Professional History ~

• Current Adjunct professor of Family History at BYU-Idaho (online)
• Current accredited genealogist for more than twelve years
• Current memoir manuscript reader/reviewer at The Bent Agency
• Current Biographical essay instructor/editor at the Carlbrook School
• Former grant writer for the Isadora Duncan Cultural Exchange
  
• Published author, including articles in New Era and Ensign magazines, which boast a readership of approximately half a million.
• Taught interdisciplinary teaching methods at the Intermountain Graduate Conference in 2009
• Taught classes at the BYU-Idaho Family History conference
• Lectured at the National POINT Conference
• Former online Italian research class instructor for MyFamily.com
• Published a database of 19th century Italian birth records on the Ancestry site
• Former Acquisition Genealogist at Ancestry.com
• Former archivist intern at the Archivio di Stato in Naples Italy
• Italian instructor at Brigham Young University MTC
• Research assistant to BYU Family History professor Dr. George Ryskamp
• Vice president of the BYU Italian Club