Karen Mauer Jones, CG®, FGBS, FUGA, of Monroe, New York, is an editor, author, lecturer, and professional genealogist. She served as editor of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record from 2011 until her retirement at the end of 2017. She was named a fellow of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in November 2012, and has served on the NYG&B Family History Advisory Committee (formerly the Education Committee) since 2011. Karen was made a fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association in 2019. She has lectured at national, state, regional, and local conferences, and coordinated institute courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, and the Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research. She holds an MA from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in History Museum Studies (State University of New York, Oneonta), and served on the boards of APG and FGS.
Courses
- 2026 – Researching New York: Resources and Strategies
- 2024 – Course Four – Writing and Publishing for Genealogists
- 2023 – Course Four – Writing and Publishing for Genealogists
- 2023 – Course Thirteen – Researching New York: Resources and Strategies
- 2022 – Course Four – Writing and Publishing for Genealogists
- 2021 – Course Four – Writing and Publishing for Genealogists
- 2020 – Course Four – Writing and Publishing for Genealogists
- 2020 – Course Thirteen – Researching New York: Resources and Strategies
- 2019 – Course Four – Writing and Publishing for Genealogists
- 2018 – Course Four – Writing and Publishing for Genealogists
