Louis Kessler
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- Business Name
- Behold Genealogy
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- Non-Research Specialties
- Archivist
- Lecturer/Presenter - On-site
- Technologist
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- Research Specialties
- DNA Specialist
- Jewish
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- Research Provinces / States
- Manitoba, Canada
- Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Research Countries
- Romania
- Ukraine
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- Research Time Periods
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
Louis started his genealogy over 40 years ago, about the same time he started computer programming. His University degrees in Statistics and Computer Science have given Louis a very different and innovative perspective on Genealogy research. Louis spent many years as Chair of the Archives Committee, as a Board Member and then as President of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada. He built his website in 1997 and designed and operates the www.GenSoftReviews.com website where people go to review and rate their genealogy software. Louis has given talks on genealogy technology at RootsTech, on genealogy cruises and at other special genealogy events. Louis developed Behold, genealogy software for viewing (and soon editing) genealogy data, and Double Match Triangulator, a program for autosomal DNA analysis. Louis lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with his wife Cheryl and two daughters. He retired in 2016 after a 36 year career as programmer, forecaster and finally Manager at Manitoba Hydro, his province's electric and gas utility company. Genealogy and programming, formerly his afterwork passions, now are his full time after-family endeavors. More info at: http://www.lkessler.com/genealog.shtml
Services
Louis is an experienced genealogist and a genealogy software developer. He sells the software he develops at www.beholdgenealogy.com and www.doublematchtriangulator.com
Geographic Specialties
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Romania, Ukraine
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- Degrees
- MSc (Computer Science), BSc Hons. (Statistics)
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- Testimonials
- See www.beholdgenealogy.com/feedback.php for some testimonials and reviews of Behold and www.doublematchtriangulator.com for some testimonials and reviews of DMT.
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- Lectures
- For speaking topics, see: http://www.lkessler.com/speaker.shtml
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- Publications
- Louis has written bi-weekly articles on genealogy for a local newspaper. He wrote an 8 page article on the best genealogy software for an Australian genealogy magazine. He has contributed papers to FHISO (Family History Information Standards Organisation). Louis blogs about many issues in genealogy and genealogical software development at his blog at www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog. He contributes to discussions on various genealogical web sites.
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- Affiliations
- Genealogical Speakers Guild, Association of Software Professionals, Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada (Past President, Board Member, Archives Chair, Genealogical Institute Chair), Manitoba Heritage Grants Advisory Counsel (2 Terms)
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- Blog
- Blog link
Contact
- Website: www.beholdgenealogy.com
Work Contact
Phone: | Please email me |
Email: | lkessler@lkessler.com |
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City: | Winnipeg |
State/Province: | Manitoba |
Country: | Canada |
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