Lianne Kruger

Lianne Kruger is a professional genealogist and speaker specializing in Canada, homesteading for U.S. and Canada, video recording family history, and using technology in all aspects of genealogy such as Google Maps, Google Drive and Evernote. She is a member of the board and CFO for mitoYDNA.org, and program chair for East Coast Genetic Genealogy Conference. Lianne is currently President of Alberta Genealogical Society (AGS). She previously served six years as 1st VP of AGS and two years as President of Red Deer Branch. She earned the AGS President’s award in 2020. Lianne is a member of Associate of Professional Genealogists and is on the Ancestry.ca advisory board. She earned a computer degree and has taught computer software courses since 1982. She recently earned a certificate and Associate degree in Family History Research with her BSc from Brigham Young University Idaho. Lianne is a frequent speaker at conferences and webinars including RootsTech, NGS, Legacy Family Tree Webinars, FamilyRoots, THE Genealogy Show (UK), Ontario Ancestors, AGS, Ancestry, UGA Summit of Excellence, and We Are Cousins. She has published articles in BYU Studies Quarterly, FamilySearch, Ancestry, LDSTech, SK Translations, ISBGFH, AGS Relatively Speaking, and her own blog at iFamilyHistory.blogspot.com.