Meet our professional genealogists!
Mary Koeven has a B. A. in Genealogy from Brigham Young University. She has conducted genealogy research in archives in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, and England, as well as online and at archives in the United States. Her area of expertise is the Midwestern United States and German immigrants to the US. Mary previously worked as an online genealogy instructor for BYU-Idaho, teaching professional family history research methodology to students all over the globe. She has chosen to focus her time now to client research and raising her two young children. She lives in Fernley, Nevada.
Memberships:
- National Genealogical Society
- Association of Professional Genealogists
- New England Historic and Genealogical Society
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Nevada State Genealogical Society
- BYU Family History Alumni
- ProGen 64 Alumni
David C Moberly is the founder and two-time President of the Family History Club at the University of Minnesota and volunteer at both the St Paul Minnesota Family History Center and the Minnesota Genealogy Center. He has a B. A. in English from Brigham Young University, an M. A. in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His genealogy research experience deals primarily with the Great Plains, Midwest, and Southern US regions, as well as the United Kingdom. He is proficient in Arabic, Spanish, French, and Latin. David works from his home in St Paul, Minnesota, alongside his wife and children.
Memberships:
- National Genealogical Society
- Association of Professional Genealogists (Northland Chapter)
- Minnesota Genealogical Society
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
- New England Historic and Genealogical Society
- DNA Doe Project
- General Society of Mayflower Descendants
- International Society of Genetic Genealogy
“David Moberly and Mary Koeven of The Handwritten Past bring passion and enthusiasm to their work in family history. They were able to find some documentation indicating what happened to one of my ancestors during the American Civil War. We knew about the guy and that he was discharged, but had not been able to find anything about the circumstances surrounding it, and David and Mary were able to find the records that added more context and enriched the story surrounding his service. Great work that has enriched my understanding of where I am coming from!”
Samuel S.
To order genealogy research services, contact us via email at research@thehandwrittenpast.com.