Student
Accomplishments!
Three of our students have had articles
published in genealogical publications.
Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
A Look at Some Original Documents
From Heritage Quest Magazine May/June 2003
To go along with the article, Heritage Genealogical College students applied for and won a grant from Salt Lake Community College to bring two Jefferson descendants - one white and one black to lecture about their experience of finding out that they were related to each other. They now work together to promote peace between the races.
Shay Banks-Young (Left) and Julia Jefferson Westerinen (Right)
This event was held on Friday October 10, 2003.
Race in America: Conversation in Black & White
12 pm Salt Lake Community College
Free public presentation. Descendants of Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings. Julia Jefferson Westerinen & Shay Banks-Young. Julia's ancestor is Eston Hemings, who changed his name to E.H. Jefferson, moved to Wisconsin and passed for white. Shay's ancestor is Madison Hemings, who stayed in Ohio in the black community & was active in the Underground Railroad. Redwood campus 4600 S. Redwood Rd. - Student Center, Oak Room
Featured Students
Marietta Glauser, Diana Harvey, Carol Ouelette
Five students have been placed with professional genealogical firms in Salt Lake City, UT and do non-superivsed and supervised research for pay while they continue their education. (Students: Ralph Oldland, Jonette Brown, Shawn Magnuson, Sandra Charles, and JoAnne Billings.)
Three additional students have begun their own professional genealogical research companies and do genealogical research for their own private clients while attending classes. (Students: Marietta Glauser, Diana Harvey, and Sandra Charles) One of these two students (Diana Harvey) worked for The Taylorsville Clipper, Taylorsville, Utah, writing the Genealogy Column for several months before the paper went out of business and taught genealogical research through the Granite School District Continuing Education Program.
Three students were published (two students more than one article) in genealogical publications and received payment for their articles. Their articles were written as class assignments and submitted and accepted by magazines unaffiliated with Heritage Genealogical College. (Students: Marietta Glauser, Diana Harvey, and Carol Ouelette) See the featured students above.
Former student, (Annette Nelson), has been employed by a cemetery in Bountiful, Utah. She researches unused gravesites to find the current owners and buys them back to resale or to offer them for sale by owner. She took two classes from HGC and classes from another genealogy program. She uses the skills that she obtained in the Missing Heirs class at HGC for her job at the cemetery.
