​     I am passionate about working with you to discover, create and preserve fact-based, biographical records for future generations to treasure.​ I offer clients my training as an historian, excellent writing skills, research experience, careful eye for detail, and most of all, my compassion for the human experience. In my work, I uphold the standards and best practices set out by genealogists and oral historians.

     In addition to having online access to records and collections across the United States and Canada, I am also in close proximity to the Library and Archives of Michigan in Lansing, the Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, as well as Ingham County records in Mason, Michigan, and other mid-Michigan repositories. I am also familiar with the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Education:
  • B.A. Smith College, History, 1997
  • Certificate in Genealogical Research (OL25), Boston University, 2017
  • ProGen Study Group (ProGen 41), 2020
  • Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG):
                   The Third Coast - Research in the Great Lakes Region, 2018              
                   Corpus Juris - Advanced Legal Concepts for Genealogy, 2021
                   Bridging the Gap - New England to the Midwest, 1780-1850, 2023
  • Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP): Walking in Penn's Woods - Pennsylvania Research, 2021
  • Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR): Research in the South - Colonial States, 2022
  • National Genealogical Society Family History Conference, 2018

Memberships:
  • Association of Professional Genealogists
  • National Genealogical Society
  • Oral History Association and Michigan Oral History Association
  • Utah Genealogical Association
  • International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG)
  • Lansing Area African American Genealogical Society
  • Ingham County Genealogical Society
  • ​Eaton County Genealogical Society
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, Lansing Chapter

I look forward to learning your stories, and preserving them for those who are yet to come.
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