Published on July 9, 2006 at 7 p.m. by William Nunnelley  

A dozen genealogy students from seven states are studying family ancestry in England and Ireland in Â鶹¹û¶³'s annual British Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research.

The students are researching their family roots in major genealogical repositories in London, Dublin and Belfast during a three-week session that began June 29. While in London, they are based at Daniel House, Â鶹¹û¶³'s London study centre.

Professional genealogist David Rencher of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Â鶹¹û¶³ library director Jean Thomason are leading the group. Students are enrolled from Oregon, Georgia, North Carolina, Utah, Arizona, Delaware and Alabama.

The program is an offshoot of Â鶹¹û¶³'s annual Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, which attracts several hundred genealogy students from around the nation to the campus each June.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.