Charlotte Noelle Champenois

Charlotte Noelle Champenois, AG®

Education & Credentials

• BA, Brigham Young University: Family History–Genealogy and German Studies, with minors in both Editing and Scandinavian Studies
• Accredited Genealogist through ICAPGen for Germany Northwest region

Employment & Service

• German and Scandinavian Research Specialist for the Family History Library (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Associate Records Analyst for the German Immigrants in American Church Records (GIACR) project
• Transcription and translation assistant for SK Translations, German-English Genealogy Translations
• Freelance genealogist and translator

Presenter at the Following Conferences and Seminars

Upcoming Presentations:

• International German Genealogy Conference (recorded classes), July 2021
• Foundation for East European Family History Studies (FEEFHS) (online), August 2021

Past Presentations:

• San Diego Genealogical Society German Interest Group (online), April 2021
• RootsTech (recorded classes), February 2021
• Family History Library German Handwriting Seminar (online), October 2020
• Sacramento German Genealogy Society Virtual Fall Seminar (online), October 2020
• Family History Library German Paleography Seminar (online), October 2019
• International German Genealogy Conference (Sacramento, CA), June 2019
• Federation of Genealogical Societies (Fort Wayne, IN), August 2018
• International German Genealogy Conference (Minneapolis, MN), July 2017

Classes & Webinars

• Catholic Church Records on Matricula-Online*
• Danish Church and Census Records: Using Dansk Demografisk Database (ddd.dda.dk) and Arkivalieronline to Find Your Ancestors*
• Family History Research in the Territories of Modern Austria Since 1500
• Finding Records Online for Germans in Alsace‐Lorraine*
• German Paleography Seminar (Old German Script Alphabet; Reading German Civil Records)
• Kirkebøger og folketællinger på Danish Family Search
• Kirkebøger på Arkivalieronline
• Mecklenburg Censuses
• MeyersGaz kennenlernen
• Poznan Marriage Project
• Schleswig-Holstein Censuses
• Schleswig‐Holstein Germans: Finding, Searching, and Browsing Online Census Records*
• Who Is Guillaume, and Where Is Wilhelm? Overcoming Translated Given Names*
• Württemberg Family Books

Genealogical Publications

Co-Author

• Champenois, Charlotte Noelle, and Roger P. Minert. "An In-depth Look at Matricula-Online: An Invaluable Tool for Genealogical Research of Catholics in Germanic Europe." Der Blumenbaum 38, no. 3 (March, April, May, June 2021): 127–134, 139–140.
• Minert, Roger P., and Charlotte Noelle Champenois. Austrian Family History Research: Sources and Methodologies. Orting: Family Roots Publishing, 2019.
• Crandell, Jill N., and Charlotte N. Champenois. "The Immigrant Ancestors Project: Gathering and Indexing 900,000 Names." Genealogy 2, no. 4:51. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy2040051

Research Collaborator

• German Immigrants In American Church Records, volume 33: Cincinnati Ohio Protestant II. Ed. Roger P. Minert. Orting, WA: Family Roots Publishing, November 2020.
• German Immigrants in American Church Records, volume 31: Southern Ohio Protestant. Ed. Roger P. Minert. Orting, WA: Family Roots Publishing, October 2020.
• German Immigrants in American Church Records, volume 30: West Central Ohio Protestant. Ed. Roger P. Minert. Orting, WA: Family Roots Publishing, July 2020.
• German Immigrants in American Church Records, volume 29: Dayton Ohio Protestant. Ed. Roger P. Minert. Orting, WA: Family Roots Publishing, July 2020.
• German Immigrants in American Church Records, volume 28: Northeast Ohio Protestant. Ed. Roger P. Minert. Orting, WA: Family Roots Publishing, December 2019.
• German Immigrants in American Church Records, volume 26: Northwest Ohio Protestant. Ed. Roger P. Minert. Orting, WA: Family Roots Publishing, 2019.
• German Immigrants in American Church Records, volume 25: Missouri (St. Louis VI). Ed. Roger P. Minert. Orting, WA: Family Roots Publishing, 2018.
• German Immigrants in American Church Records, volume 24: Missouri (St. Louis V). Ed. Roger P. Minert. Orting, WA: Family Roots Publishing, 2018.

Memberships

• Sacramento German Genealogy Society (SGGS)
• National Genealogical Society (NGS)

Languages

• Danish: native speaker
• German: speak, read, write
• Latin, Swedish, Norwegian: genealogical reading ability

FamilySearch Class Handouts & "How to" Guides

• FamilySearch Left-Side/Right-Side Images - Instruction, Activity, Answer Key
• Alsace-Lorraine: Converting French Republican Calendar Dates
• Alsace-Lorraine: Department Archive Records Online
• Alsace-Lorraine: Translating German and French Names and Place Names
• Alsace-Lorraine Activity and Answer Key
• Schleswig-Holstein Censuses
• Mecklenburg Censuses
  
• Family Books in Württemberg - Instruction, Activity, Answer Key

FamilySearch Learning Center Videos

• German Paleography Seminar: Introduction
• German Paleography Seminar: The Alphabet
• German Paleography Seminar: Paleography Websites
• German Paleography Seminar: Key Words
• German Paleography Seminar: Key Abbreviations
• German Paleography Seminar: Process of Deciphering Records
• German Paleography Seminar: Practice Reading A German Church Record
• German Paleography Seminar: Practice Reading A German Civil Record
• German Paleography Seminar: Spelling Variations, Names, and Places
• German Paleography Seminar: Practice Reading Using FamilySearch Community
• Family Books in Württemberg: Introduction
• Family Books in Württemberg: History, Creation, and Layout
• Family Books in Württemberg: Information in the Records
• Family Books in Württemberg: Locating a Specific Person
• Schleswig-Holstein Censuses: Introduction
• Schleswig-Holstein Censuses: Border Changes, Counties, and Census Years
• Schleswig-Holstein Censuses: Availability, Indexing Status, and Navigating Censuses on Websites
• Schleswig-Holstein Censuses: Locating a Specific Person