Suzanne Russo Adams

SUZANNE RUSSO ADAMS, MA, AG®, is an Accredited Genealogist® with more than 25 years of experience specializing in Italian research. She is a contributing author to The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy (3rd edition) and Becoming an Excellent Genealogist.

Adams holds a B.S. in Sociology, a B.A. in Family History and Genealogy, and an M.A. in European History, all from Brigham Young University. She serves as Associate Professor of Family History and Director of the Center for Family History and Genealogy at BYU, having joined the history faculty in June 2024.

When she’s not writing, Adams serves on the boards of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Utah Genealogical Association, and as a commissioner for ICAPGen. She was a lead researcher for Season 1 of NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?

Suzanne lives in Utah.

Suzanne Russo Adams’s books are published by Ancestry.com, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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