Trish Tolley, BA

Trish Tolley, B.A. (Family History – Genealogy) is a professional genealogist and lecturer living in Salt Lake City. Trish has been working professionally as a genealogist for nearly 10 years. She began her genealogy career after graduation working as a genealogist for the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation. There she worked with scientists, bioinformatics specialists, and those collecting DNA samples from volunteers to develop databases and technology for DNA interpretation.

Trish’s love for teaching others about genealogy and research was fueled by teaching beginning genealogy workshops to Brigham Young University (BYU) students, while completing her own undergraduate work. Upon graduation, her teaching background led to lecturing at genealogy conferences. Trish’s favorite lecture topic is using DNA for genealogy research, and has shared her knowledge of it with audiences from Las Vegas to Brussels, Belgium.

During one of her internships with BYU, Trish worked with the Historica Preservation Department at the Utah State Historical Society. her work there included formatting and updating transcriptions from over 100 Utah cemeteries for the Historical Society's website. The transcriptions are now part of a searchable database, available at http://history.utah.gov/apps/burials/execute/searchburials  [called the Utah Cemetery Inventory]. Trish also photographed many headstones from several Utah cemeteries, and they can be viewed at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tolleygenealogy/  [Utah cemeteries].

Her training at BYU was focused on the Mid-Atlantic United States, but her research specialties also include:

Ms. Tolley is looking forward to helping you with your genealogical research needs in her areas of expertise. She can be reached at ttolley@progenealogists.com or, simply request a free estimate!

Trish Tolley is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists.