Since being introduced to family history in 1998, Barry J. Ewell has researched his family roots in the United States, United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Germany, and Russia. His focus has been to preserve the record of his family by doing oral and written histories, artifact preservation, and genealogy research. Barry has mentored 1,000's of genealogists the world over in fundamentals of genealogy and family history. He has published extensively, and has been a popular presenter at local, regional, and national conferences.