Richard Woodruff Price is an Accredited Genealogist in English research (International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists) and specializes in the research problems of English-descended families, with special emphasis on Colonial American and Norfolk families. His associates have professional expertise in lineage problems that span the globe and most record types over the past five centuries. He has been involved in genealogy professionally since 1969 and has made regular research trips to England since 1974. He was a contributing author to The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy and has presented papers for the National Genealogical Society and Utah Genealogical Association conferences. He was a founder and president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and president of Utah Genealogical Association, Professional Chapter. He was awarded a Master of Arts degree in Family and Local History from Brigham Young University in 1984. His thesis studied English child-naming patterns 1558-1740.