

His family history research and writing interests include Ohio and other Midwestern states, Western Reserve in Northeastern Ohio, New England states, American and English paleography, Isle of Man, and Great Britain. He formerly worked at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and was former Associate Director, BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy. and Susan Easton Black Outstanding Publication Award from BYU and was presented the Richard Lloyd Anderson Research Award from BYU in 2003. Kip was born in Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio, and holds a graduate degree in Library and Information Science (M.L.S.) and two undergraduate degrees in American genealogy from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He is Professor Emeritus of Family History, Department of Church History & Doctrine, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, where he taught family history and American and LDS genealogical research methods and sources for over twenty-five years.


Kip Sperry is an Accredited Genealogist professional in the Midwestern states with the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists.
