Jim Tyrrell- is the author of the Ancestors research guidebook, "Ancestors - A Guide To Discovery." He also serves as a content consultant for Ancestors, including on-location content evaluation for the Ancestors television series.

As both an instructional designer and accomplished family historian, Jim's expertise in tying family history information to a reliable, proven research process is at the core of the Ancestors project. His vision for the world-wide application of family history principles and processes has been a guiding force in the preparation of some of the Ancestors products for translation into other languages.

Jim has developed courses, organized seminars and conferences, designed a variety of instructional materials and taught thousands of trainers in the principles and processes of helping others with their family history research.

Executive Producer-
John L. Reim

Executive Producer-
Marcy Brown

Producer-
Craig Steiner

Director-
Matt Whitaker

Host-
Scott Wilkinson

Instructional Design-
Jim Tyrrell

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