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Biography of Kyle J. Betit

Kyle J. Betit is a professional genealogist, lecturer and author residing in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born in Texas, was raised in Juneau, Alaska, and has resided in Salt Lake City since 1987. He is a descendant of Irish, Scottish, English, French, and German immigrants who came to North America. His ancestors include Irish Catholics from the Ards Peninsula of County Down who emigrated to Pennsylvania and Irish Protestants from County Laois (Queens County) who emigrated to Ontario, Canada.

Editing and Publishing

With Dwight Radford, Kyle was co-editor of the popular genealogical journal The Irish At Home and Abroad (1993-1999). The journal published ground-breaking articles on topics such as Irish Masonic records, place name sources, freeholders’ records, and records of Irish Catholic priests and religious. Kyle and Dwight co-authored A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors, published in 2001. This book devotes half its content to records of the Irish abroad and half to records generated in Ireland. Kyle and Dwight also co-authored a chapter for the 2003 publication The Family Tree Guide Book to Europe.

Kyle has published articles in Family Tree Magazine , Ancestry Magazine, Irish Roots Magazine, Family Chronicle Magazine, New England Ancestors, and Heritage Quest Magazine, among others.

Research

Kyle specializes in Irish and immigration research. Kyle makes frequent trips to Ireland and Europe and throughout the United States and Canada to conduct research for clients and give lectures. He is Research Director of the genealogy research firm ProGenealogists, Inc., in Salt Lake City. He operates the Irish Research Pages of Ireland.ProGenealogists.com. These pages include many pages of information on Irish research sources and strategies, tools, links, and databases.

Kyle is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists , the Genealogical Speakers Guild, the National Genealogical Society, and the National Writers Union . His other research interests include American and European church and religious records, especially records of the Roman Catholic Church; records of fraternal, political, and charitable societies; tracing immigrant origins; and combining the genealogy and genetics fields.

Teaching and Lecturing

Kyle is often invited to speak on Irish and immigration research topics at genealogical conferences and to societies in North American and Europe. He has delivered lectures to the National Genealogical Society (USA) , the Federation of Genealogical Societies (USA), the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC, the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (Canada), the Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland (APGI), the Irish College in Paris (France) and many other groups.

Kyle is an instructor in the American Research Department of the Internet genealogy courses offered by the University of Toronto and the National Institute of Genealogical Studies. His courses include American Church Records, American Immigration Research, and American Land Records. He also leads interactive chat sessions with students studying in the Irish Research Department, NIGS.

Genetics

Kyle studied biology and chemistry at Dartmouth College and holds a bachelor of science degree in biology from the University of Utah (minors, chemistry and philosophy). His science interests are in molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics. He is involved in the application of genealogy research to medical genetics studies at the Universities of Utah and Vermont. He also lectures on topics related to "genealogy and genetics."

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