Gerald (Jerry) Smith, researches in Pennsylvania families. He has served as the metes & bounds land platting course coordinator for IGHR, GRIP, and SLIG. Other institute teaching includes topics in various military, map, and land record institutes. He has published a number of books and articles, including abstracts of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Court of Quarter Sessions records. While he resided and researched for many years in Pennsylvania, he recently moved to Illinois to make sure his granddaughter grows up appreciating her family history.