Gordon L. Remington
Researcher
Gordon L. Remington, FUGA, FASG, a native of Rochester, New York, is a professional genealogist residing in Salt Lake City, where he has maintained a practice since 1980. He attended Wesleyan University (Middletown, Connecticut), the University of Rochester (New York), and graduated from the University of Utah with a B.A. in History in 1984. He is also a 1983 graduate of the National Institute on Genealogical Research in Washington, D.C.
A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists since 1979, he has served three terms on its board (1987-1988, 1991-1992, and 1995-1995). He has also served as APG regional vice-president (1991-1992), as vice president of APG's Salt Lake City Chapter (1994), and on APG's professional review board (1989-1992). He has served twice as president of the Professional Chapter of the Utah Genealogical Association (1984 and 1987), on UGA's board (1987-1989, 2003-present), as UGA vice president (1987) and as editor of UGA's Genealogical Journal (1988-1993). He was a contributing editor of The National Genealogical Society Quarterly (1993-1999), is a contributing editor to The American Genealogist (1997-present). In those journals, as well as in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, and other national and regional periodicals, he has published over forty articles.
He has lectured at two international, eighteen national, and numerous regional, state, and local genealogical conferences and seminars. In 1992 he was named a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association, an honor given in recognition of "meritorious service rendered to the advancement of Genealogy and Family History," and in 1993 he received the UGA Annual Award for "outstanding service and contribution to the field of genealogy." In October of 1999, he was elected the 145th Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (FASG), an organization limited to fifty living members with election based on the quantity and quality of their published compiled genealogy. Also in 1999, he was made a Life Member of the Rochester (his hometown) Genealogical Society (RGS) in recognition of his achievements.
He was a contributing author to Ancestry's The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy (1984, 1997, 2005), and The Library: A Guide to the LDS Family History Library (1988). In 2002 he published New York State Probate Records: A Genealogist's Guide to Testate and Intestate Records, and New York State Towns, Villages, and Cities: A Guide to Genealogical Sources under the auspices of the New England Genealogical Society.
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