Researching in Salt Lake City by GRSEC member, Patrick Mattson

Ten-yearGRSEC member Patrick took a research trip to Salt Lake City this summer. Join us as he shares his experience along with tips and tricks of researching.

Pat was born and raised in Eau Claire, the 2^nd oldest of 11 children and graduated from Memorial High School. College degrees were in the fields of Aviation, Business Studies, and Instructional Design, among others. Pat enlisted in the Air Force and was trained as an Air Traffic Controller; he retired with 10 years active duty in the Air Force.  Pat is also a retired Professor of Aviation at St. Cloud State University, MN.  He is the author of "Air Traffic Control Career Prep".

Pat has been active in genealogy research since 2011 when his mom passed away. This is his 2^nd trip to the Family Search Library in Salt Lake City; the first was during Roots Tech in 2016 and this time was for 5 days with the Ancestor Seekers genealogy research group.  His DNA results suggest that his ancestors come from these six regions: Norway 67%, Germanic Europe 16%, Sweden & Denmark 11%, Wales 3%, The Balkans 2%, and Baltics 1%.

Our presenter’s best genealogy find (thus far) is an autographed copy of “In the Footsteps of Immigrants” by Arnold Bakken (1922‐2019). On the cover is a pencil drawing of Pat’s 2^nd great‐grandfather Ole Olsen Røe’s family farm in Soknedal, Sor‐Trondelag, Norway.