MEET AUTHOR Tanya Neider

Some of Tanya’s earliest memories were traipsing through cemeteries, knocking on doors of potential relatives, and looking at giant books in courthouses. Many of the family “vacations” were devoted to reunions and visiting extended family. It seems as if doing family history is a tradition in Tanya’s family. Not only both sets of grandparents and some of their progenitors did research, wrote their histories, and were keepers of the family genealogy, but also aunts, uncles, cousins, and Tanya’s mother, Olivia. Tanya has continued the family tradition and is one of the keepers of her family’s genealogy. She also serves as the Family History Chair for one of her extended family organizations, and was their reunion president for 4 years.

Tanya has served as a Temple and Family History Consultant for many years. She also worked at the Washington D.C. Family History Center for a dozen years before moving to North Carolina where she is once again involved in family history. In 2015, Tanya began serving a Family History Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on the FamilySearch Research Team. She is currently serving on the Community & Social Media Mission Team moderating FamilySearch’s Genealogy Research Communities on Facebook.

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