Author: Craig R. Scott, MA, CG, FUGA

Craig Roberts Scott, MA, CG, FUGA, is the author of The ‘Lost Pensions’: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838 (Revised) and Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Inventory 14 (Revised). His most recent work is Understanding Revolutionary War and Invalid Pension Ledgers, 1818 – 1872, and the Payment Vouchers They Represent. He has authored seventeen books and several articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, the Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, and other genealogical publications. He is the President and CEO of Heritage Books, Inc.

He hosts the @JustGenealogy YouTube channel, which has hundreds of videos available for viewing.

A professional genealogical and historical researcher for more than thirty years, he specializes in the records of the National Archives, Quakers, Publishing, and Problem Solving. He is a member of the Company of Military Historians and on the editorial board of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. He is a former Treasurer and Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists. He was a faculty member for several years at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Samford University, and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and once at the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh. He is currently the Guidance and Consultation Track Coordinator for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy.

He coordinated the Annual Heritage Books Genealogical Conference and Cruise for several years.

He was awarded the Grahame T. Smallwood, Jr. Award in 2008 and UGA Silver Tray Award in 2009. He became a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association in 2014.