Jeff Svare, AG, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in Fargo, North Dakota in a household filled with immigrants and the children of immigrants. He moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1976 and currently resides in West Bountiful, Utah. Jeff holds a BA in History and is an Accredited Genealogist with ICAPGen in Norway research. He began working for FamilySearch in 1987 and has been involved in records acquisitions throughout Asia, the Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Europe.

Jeff has taught classes at the FamilySearch Library, served as instructor and course coordinator four times for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and twice presented at RootsTech. He has conducted extensive research in the Nordic countries using printed, microfilmed, and online records, as well as in-person research in national, regional, and local archives. He currently serves as Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch and as Historical Records Content Manager for the FamilySearch Research Wiki.