Owner of GenTracer
Kathy Kirkpatrick, B.A.Combining a background in history and genealogical research, Kathy Kirkpatrick offers clients professional genealogical research services and publications. She earned her B.A. in History from Humboldt State University at Arcata, California. Ms. Kirkpatrick is a past president of the Salt Lake Chapter (now part of the Utah Chapter) of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Currently, she serves as the President of the Utah Jewish Genealogical Society (see www.ujgs.org/blog).
Kathy wrote Italian Prisoners of War in the Continental US on 31 March 1945 (A-B), (C-D), (E-I), (J-M), (N-R), (S-Z) (2003-2004), Prisoners of War in Utah During World War II (2004), Sicily, Parts 1 and 2 (2008). Her book Prisoner of War Camps Across America (2012) is now available on Amazon. American Prisoner of War Camps in Idaho and Utah, American Prisoner of War Camps in Arizona and Nevada, and American Prisoner or War Camps in Southern California were published by Arcadia Publishing in 2018. American Prisoner of War Camps in Northern California, The Transcontinental Railroad in Utah, American Prisoner of War Camps in Washington and Oregon, and American Prisoner of War Camps in Montana and Wyoming were published in 2019. The series continues with American Prisoner of War Camps in Colorado in 2020.
Kathy's experience includes research for many clients and genealogists from beginning through advanced levels. Her research takes her on-site to Italy, Sicily, Greece, the United Kingdom, and France as well as close to home in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Kathy obtained access to the Vatican Secret Archives for her military research in 2015, and continues that research today.
