Currently accepting clients for...

• Family History Research
• Writing /Publishing

Amy E. K. Arner specializes in Western Pennsylvania research and editing genealogical works. She has served on the Association of Professional Genealogists' Board of Directors and previously was the president of its Great Lakes Chapter. She is a content editor the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly and co-edited the North Hills Genealogists (of Pittsburgh) newsletter for twelve years. Her early interest in a box of old family documents led to her taking courses through Brigham Young University and at the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. She has applied her knowledge in researching both personal and clients' families.

Geographic Specialities
Western Pennsylvania

Publications/Media
Books

• Abstracts of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Tax Records 1815

Articles

• "A Goal Buddy, a System, and a Couple of Apps: How Two Professionals Get Things Done" (co-authored with Catherine B. W. Desmarais), Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, September 2012
• "Completing a Transcription Book Project: One Approach," Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, September 2015
• "Every Writing Project Needs a Good Editor," Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, September 2017
• "Poor Children in the 1825 Tax List [of] Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County",  Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3-4 (2010)
• "Topics from the APG-L" (column), Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, 2007-2012

Repositories

• Allegheny County Courthouse
• Armstrong County Courthouse
• Butler County Courthouse
• Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
• Heinz History Center
• University of Pittsburgh, Archives & Special Collections
• Westmoreland County Courthouse
• Westmoreland County Historical Society

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century

Honorifics/Credentials
CG®

Certificates
Certificate in Editing (University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies)

Degrees
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (Westminster College)