Category: NGGN Information

NGGN Welcomes Outreach Coordinator

The NextGen Genealogy Network welcomes volunteer Kristin Britanik as Outreach Coordinator.

Kristin Britanik

Britanik replaces co-coordinators Jen Baldwin, a 2013-2016 Leadership Team member, and Mike Quackenbush, a 2016-2017 Leadership Team member. NGGN’s Outreach Coordinator works with volunteers to host meetups at genealogy conferences and events worldwide, as Britanik will do herself this September at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Britanik is a genealogist and digitization professional based in Pennsylvania. She is employed at the Andy Warhol Museum and previously worked in archival digitization for Ancestry.com and was a researcher at the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

She can be found online at DeepGenes.com and on Twitter @DeepGenes. Contact her at the NextGen Genealogy Network at [email protected].

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NGGN Welcomes Content Coordinator

The NextGen Genealogy Network welcomes volunteer Becky Zoglmann as Content Coordinator.

Becky Zoglmann

Zoglmann replaces Melanie Frick, a member of the NextGen Genealogy Network’s Leadership Team since 2013 and 2015-2017 Content Coordinator. Frick says, “It has been a wonderful experience to take an active role in our mission of empowering young genealogists. I’ve enjoyed curating and creating content for our blog, newsletter, and social media, and look forward to the fresh perspective that Becky will bring to the position.”

Zoglmann, a native of England, resides in Georgia. An avid genealogist, she is a current participant in ProGen 35 and brings experience in nonprofit leadership from her local chapter of the International Mom’s Club.

She can be found online at RJZ Genealogy and on Twitter @rjzgenealogy. Contact her at the NextGen Genealogy Network at [email protected].

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NextGen Genealogy Network Featured on Discovering Your Past

The NextGen Genealogy Network was recently featured on Discovering Your Past thanks to an interview with Melanie McComb, who volunteers on the Leadership Team as a Social Media Assistant. Melanie was interviewed by Dan Young of Discovering Your Past at the 2017 New England Regional Genealogical Consortium in Springfield, Massachusetts:

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