Genealogist for fifty+ years; Certificate in family history from BYU, NSDAR Genealogic Consultant certificate. Have extensive experience in Pennsylvania, -Central and Eastern Pennsylvania. Have completed many DAR/SAR/CAR/SR/Welcome Society of Pennsylvania, First Families of Pennsylvania, Founders and Patriots, Mayflower,DUVCW Lineage papers that have been accepted for membership. NSDAR Genealogical Consultant, PSSDAR Speakers Bureau, Duart One-Name Study; Verifying Genealogist for The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania

Services

Will do research for DAR/SAR/CAR/SR/DAC/SAC lineage papers. Research families of Central Pennsylvania. Record pickup. Cemetery photographs. Lectures on various topics of genealogical research, NSDAR, Patriot Homes.

Geographic Specialties

PA

Publications/Media

1. Shoemaker and Packard History: A Letter from James Doty to Arthur Shoemaker, Hummelstown, 3P.LTD Publisher, 2012
2. They Forged OUr Path to Freedom: Patriots, Founders, Members 125 Years of Pride 1893-2019, Harrisburg Chapter NSDAR, 2019
3. Revolutionary War Patriots' Historic Houses of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Chapter NSDAR, Harrisburg: Armstrong Printery, Inc, 2012
4. Hershey Family History Index: Companion to Hershey Family History by Henry Hershey - 1929.Wyandotte, OK: Gregath Publishing Company, 2007

Lectures
Preserving our Heritage, DAR Workshop on Publishing Family histories; DAR Workshop on Historic Preservation; Genealogy Workshop (6 sessions)Derry Church, Hershey, PA. Lecture on Derry Cemetery, Hershey, PA. PSSDAR-Regent 101. Revolutionary War Patriot Homes in PA. Derry Presbyterian Church Cemetery and the Revolutionary Soldiers Buried There. Derry Church Stained Glass Windows, Madonna of the Trail, Women of the Revolutionary War

Repositories
Dauphin County Historical Society; The Perry Historians,Lancaster and York County Archives, Derry Township Historical Society,Lancaster Historical Society,Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society,Pennsylvania Archives,Pennsylvania State Library

Research Time Periods

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

Languages
English

Certificates
Certificate in British Research (Brigham Young University)

Affiliations
Harrisburg Chapter DAR; Genealogical Society of PA; NEHGS; Lancaster History Org.: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society; Lycoming County Historical Society; One-Name Study Guild; Historical Society of Dauphin County; The Perry Historians; Cumberland County Historical Society; The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania; Daughters of U.S. War of 1812

Degrees
RN, BSN (Hematology/Oncology Research)