Presenter: Yvette Hoitink, CG®, QGTM is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer from the Netherlands who specializes in researching Dutch ancestors. Her Dutch Genealogy website has helped thousands of people find their ancestors from the Netherlands. Yvette has a background in computer science and business studies and worked as an IT consultant and project manager for the National Archives of the Netherlands. In 2012, Yvette became a professional genealogist, working for clients with ancestors from the Netherlands or its former colonies. She has a postgraduate diploma in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee and is certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists. Yvette lectures about research in the Netherlands, methodology, emigration, and related topics. She won excellence awards for her articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly.

 Mary Kircher Roddy, CG, became interested in family history in 2000 in anticipation of her husband’s sabbatical at the University of Limerick in Ireland. While she didn’t learn everything about her ancestors while they lived there, she was hooked! Since then she earned a certificate in Genealogy and Family History from the University of Washington and her Certified Genealogist credential in 2019. She is a co-founder of the Applied Genealogy Institute, whose motto is “Learn by Doing.” She served as treasurer for the Association of Professional Genealogists from 2018-2021. She is a trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. Mary is also co-editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.