My Biography

Lianne Kruger, BSc, is a professional genealogist and speaker specializing in Canadian records, homesteading for U.S. and Canada, family history videos, and using technology in all aspects of genealogy such as Google Maps, Google Drive, and Evernote.

She is a member of the board and SFO for mitoYDNA.org. She is on the Ancestry.ca advisory board and is the social media chair for Alberta Genealogical Society (AGS). She previously served six years as 1st VP of AGS, webmaster, database chair, and two years as President of Red Deer branch. She earned the AGS President’s award in 2020.

She earned a computer degree and has taught computer software courses since 1982. She recently earned Bachelor degree from Brigham Young University Idaho which included a Certificate and Associate degree in Family History Research. She received the Margaret Kay Memorial Bursary Scholarship in 2019. 

Lianne is a frequent speaker at conferences and webinars including RootsTech, Legacy FamilyTree Webinars, FamilyRoots, THE Genealogy Show (UK), Ontario Ancestors, AGS, Ancestry, Vivid-Pix, NGS,  BIFHSGO and five Canadian provincial genealogical societies. She has published articles in BYU Studies Quarterly, FamilySearch, Ancestry, LDSTech, SK Translations, ISBGFH, and AGS Relatively Speaking.


Bio in 100 words

Lianne Kruger is a professional genealogist and speaker specializing in Canadian records, U.S. and Canadian homesteading, video recording family history, and using technology such as Google Maps and Drive, MicrosoftOffice and Evernote. She has spoken for RootsTech, NGS, Legacy FamilyTree Webinars, Ancestry, FamilyRoots, THE Genealogy Show, Ontario Ancestors, AGS, BIFHSGO, live and webinars. She has published articles in BYU Studies Quarterly, FamilySearch, Ancestry, SK Translations, and ISBGFH. After earning a computer degree she has taught computer software courses since 1982. She has a  Bachelor degree which included a Certificate & Associate Degree in Family History Research from Brigham Young University-Idaho.

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