Asia Content Strategist

Kelly Renee Summers, AG®, AGL

Kelly Renee Summers is an Accredited Genealogist® and an Accredited Genealogist Lecturer™. She holds five premier genealogical credentials through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen), demonstrating expertise in genealogical research and lecturing.

Kelly currently works at FamilySearch as a Content Strategist for Asia, with responsibilities for many Asian countries including China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. She has a deep passion for helping individuals with Chinese ancestry discover their roots in China.

She has served as president of the Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) and as the Testing Committee Chair for ICAPGen. Kelly was the SLIG Course Coordinator for Chinese Genealogy: Research Methods & Sources—offered both in person (2020) and virtually (2021).

Her research interests include kinship research in primary source records and rural community reconstruction.