Re-imagining your Family History Leader/Consultant Calling

Marlene Hall

Marlene Hall graduated with a bachelor's degree from BYU-Idaho in Professional Studies focusing on Family History Research in December 2023. She grew up on the family homestead in Almo, Idaho where the granite monoliths of the City of Rocks whispered the names written in axel grease of those who passed on the Oregon Trail. She is passionate about seeing the extraordinary in ordinary things and recording them for future generations. She loves to teach others to look at Family History work in a new way and help ignite a passion for learning about your own family. She currently serves as the Assistant Temple and Family History Leader in her local church congregation and enjoys teaching at local and regional Family History conferences. She volunteers with the Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation and with the ICAPGEN Resources Committee. She interned as a Research Assistant with the Eminent Women of the St. George Temple Project. She is currently enrolled in the ICAPGen Level 1 Study Group and is in the process of becoming accredited as a professional genealogist. She also loves reading great stories found in historical fiction, dark chocolate, and spending quality outdoor time with her husband and six children. Marlene lives in a tiny Southern Idaho town with way more cows than actual humans, which is how she likes it. Well, she could make do with even fewer cows.