Roger P. Minert

Roger P. Minert received his doctoral degree from The Ohio State University in German language history and second language acquisition theory. He taught German language and history for ten years, and then became a professional family history researcher. Accredited by the Family History Library for research in Germany and Austria, he worked for twelve years as a private genealogical researcher. In August 2003, he became a professor of family history at Brigham Young University. The author of ninety books and articles, he just finished a book under the title German Census Records 1816–1916. Readers of BYU Studies might know his two histories of the LDS Church in Germany during World War II: In Harm’s Way and Under the Gun.