Kahlile B. Mehr M.A., M.L.S.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

      •     LDS Church Family History Library

Manager, Member Research Guidance (2002-present)

Collection Development Specialist (1995-2002): Developed the collections for eastern Europe, Spain, Portugal, and the Pacific; visited the archives in eastern Europe on nine separate acquisition trips.

Cataloging Supervisor (1986-1995): Directed the work of twenty to twenty-five catalogers and technicians handling materials for Europe, Asia, and Latin America

Senior Catalog (1983-1985): Reviewed and correcting the work of seven catalogers describing records of Europe and the British Isles

Cataloger (1980-1983) – British and German cataloger

MILITARY

Officer, U.S. Army Reserve (1998-2001)

Officer, Utah National Guard (1980-1998)

Officer, U.S. Army (1973-1976)

LANGUAGES

Speak Russian and Portuguese, and read various Germanic, Romance and Slavic languages.

PERSONAL

Born in Logan, Utah; raised in southern California; Eagle Scout; LDS mission to Brazil; married with five children.

PUBLICATIONS

Hearts Turned to the Fathers: A History of the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1894-1994.  Provo: BYU Studies, 1995. (Co-authored)

“Estonian Genealogical Research,” FEEFHS Journal 10 (2002): 41-43.

“Family History Library,” in International Dictionary of Library Histories (Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001): 1:318-319.

“Latvian Record Sources,” FEEFHS Journal 8 (2000): 63-68.

“Lithuanian Genealogy,” FEEFHS Journal 7:3-4 (Fall/Winter 1999): 115-119.

“Russian Genealogy Primer,” Genealogical Helper 53:5 (Sept-Oct 1999): 50-54.

“Macedonia Genealogy,” FEEFHS Quarterly 7:1-2 (Spring/Summer 1999): 50-52.

“Latvian Revision Lists Index and Listing,” FEEFHS Quarterly 6:1-4 (1998): 50-71.

“Yugoslavian Genealogical Sources,” FEEFHS Quarterly 6:1-4 (1998): 72-73.

“Russian Archival and Historical Terminology,” Avotaynu 12:3 (Fall 1996): 35-37.

“German-Russian Genealogical Records,” Genealogical Journal, 22:1 (1994): 1-8.

“Genealogical Sources and Filming Activities in Eastern Europe,” Genealogical Journal, 21:3-4 (1993): 126-134.

“International Activities and Services of the Genealogical Society of Utah,” Archivum, 37 (1992): 148-157.

“Name Extraction Program,” in The Encyclopedia of Mormonism, v. 3 (New York: Macmillan, 1992): 979-980.

“The Price Family of Southport,” Genealogical Journal 13:1 (June 1984): 22-31.

“Russian Censuses,” Genealogical Journal 8:2 (June 1979): 82-90.

“Genealogical Sources in Soviet Archives,” Genealogical Journal 7:2 (June 1978): 65-76.

Compiled following genealogies:

      • Army Chief of Staff Gordon R. Sullivan

      • Commander of the U.S. Army Edwin Burba

      • Test Pilot Chuck Yeager

      • Adjutant General of Colorado John France

      • Army Chief of Staff Maxwell Thurman

      • Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh.

OTHER

Adjunct Instructor BYU Independent Study Program and Family History Conference (1994-1998).  Delivered papers at Federation of East European Family History Societies, Federation of Genealogical Societies, American Library Association, Society of American Archivists, Mormon History Association, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.

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