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Gerald Haslam


Associate Professor of History
Office: 2073 JFSB
Phone number: (801) 422-6082

Schooling


  • BA in Print Journalism, University of Utah
  • MA in History, University of Utah
  • PhD in History, Brigham Young University

Areas of Specialty


  • Scandinavia

Accreditation


  • Danish

Languages


  • Danish
  • Norwegian

Published Materials


Books

  • N.F.S. Grundtvig's fædrenearv (1783-1815). (Aarhus, Denmark: The Theological Faculty, 1998).
  • Clash of Cultures: The Norwegian Experience with Mormonism, 1842-1920. American University Studies, series IX (History), vol. 7 (New York, Berne, Frankfurt a/Main: Peter Lang, 1984).
  • Editor, Cannonball in the Redwoods (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1983), with Pamela A. Stewart.
  • The Whites: Soldiers to Statesman-The Story of the Paternal Ancestry of Byron Raymond White, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Family History and Genealogical Research Center, 1982).

Articles

  • "Scandinavian Emigration History and Sources." Genealogical Journal 27, nos. 3-4 (1999): 100-15.

Chapters

  • "Danish Research," "Approaches to Research Problems," "Using Neighbors," "Linkage," and "Nordic Handwriting." Genealogy and Family History Conference (Provo, Utah: BYU Conference Center/Division of Continuing Education, 4-7 August 1998), 40-42, 185-90, 202-4, 398-400.
  • "Professional Report Writing for Clients," "Scandinavian Paleography," "Scandinavian Military Records," and "The Records Burned! Scandinavian Research When the Church Registers No Longer Exist." Genealogy and Family History Conference Syllabus (Provo, UT: BYU Conference Center, 3-6 August 1999), 171-2, 199-201, 267-70, 400-02.
  • "Scandinavian Sources for Emigration/Immigration," and "Research in the Large Cities of Norway." Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy Syllabus (Salt Lake City: Utah Genealogical Association, 2001), np.
  • "Scandinavian Sources: Emigration/Immigration," and "Writing Professional Research Reports." BYU's Annual Genealogy and Family History Conference Syllabus (Provo, UT: BYU Conference Center, 31 July-3 August 2001), 53-6, 139-44.

Reviews

  • Review with George Ryskamp and David Pratt of Federation of Family History Societies in Great Britain current publications, no. 2 of series "Projects in Progress." In Genealogical Journal 26, no. 4 (1998):182-88
  • Review of Jens Rasmussen, "Kampen for Indflydelse i Statskirken. Nicolai Faber Fyns Biskop 1834-1848." Studier i Statskirkens Organisation, Bispeembede, Præstestand & Menighedsliv (Odense, Denmark: Udgiverselskabet for Historisk Samfund for Fyns Stift, 1996). In Scandinavian Studies (forthcoming).
  • Review of Mats Wahlberg, ed., Den nordiska namnforskningen I går, i dag, i morgon: Handlingar från NORNA:s 25:e symposium i Uppsala 7-9 februari 1997. (Uppsala, Sweden: NORNA-Förlaget, 1999). In Scandinavian Studies (forthcoming).

Family History Courses Taught


  • Hist 332 - Scandinavian History
  • Hist 425 - Scandinavian Language Handwriting and Documents
  • Hist 408R - Scandinavian Family History
  • Hist 480 - Seminar on Professional Family History Research
  • Hist 496R - Academic Internship: Family History
  • Rel C 261 - Introduction to Family History (Genealogy)
  • Rel C 293R - Scandinavian Family History

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