J. H. (“Jay”) Fonkert, CG®

J. H. (“Jay”) Fonkert, CG, specializes in 19th-century Kentucky and Midwest family history research. His passions are family migrations and historical geography. He was Coordinator for the Midwest course for the 2024 NGS GRIP Institute, and he has taught in the Practicum and the Great Plains courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG). Jay served fifteen years as Editor of Generations (formerly Minnesota Genealogist) and he has published six articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly (NGSQ).

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