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Diane M. Boumenot CG

Researcher, Writer, and Editor
Warwick, Rhode Island
United States
Currently accepting clients for...
  • Family History Research
  • Speaking / Presenting
  • Writing /Publishing
Family History Research
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  • Family History Research
  • Immigration / Naturalization
  • Military
  • Tutor / Coach
Speaking/Presenting
  • Family History Research
  • Methodology & Resources
  • Writing & Publishing
  • Available for in-person events
  • Available for virtual events
Writing/Publishing
  • Author/Writer
  • Editor
  • Publisher
Other Speciality
  • Document Translation
  • House Historian / Local History
  • Handwriting / Palaeography
I am an experienced researcher specializing in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and migrations outward from those locations; I hold the credential of Certified Genealogist®. I serve as editor of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society's journal, Rhode Island Roots. The author of several books and articles, I am also available for speaking locally or remotely. I take clients occasionally, particularly for work 1700-1880, and I can readily go to the Rhode Island repositories. I have a degree in History from Wesleyan University, including experience there with Anglo-Saxon and Middle English, so I also enjoy deciphering and transcribing old New England handwriting as well as using the context of New England history to help with hard genealogical problems.
Geographic Specialities
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Testimonials
The National Genealogical Society 2023 Lou D. Szucs Distinguished Service Award, June, 2023.  

The Robert M. Sherman Award for Exemplifying High Qualities of Scholarship and Genealogy. Rhode Island Genealogical Society, June, 2023.
Additional specialities or search keywords
Rhode Island, Providence, Kent, Bristol, Washington, Newport
Publications/Media
BOOKS
Research in Rhode Island, a volume in the National Genealogical Society's Research in the States states series, was published in 2018 by Maureen Taylor and me. It is available for sale at the NGS bookstore.
Rhode Island State Census for Genealogists by Diane Boumenot, self-published, 2021, available on Amazon.
ARTICLES
Diane M Boumenot, "Additions to the 1777 Military Census in Providence," Rhode Island Roots 48:2 (June 2022), 76-78.
Diane M Boumenot, "Rhode Island Probate Research," NGS Magazine 48:2 (April-June 2022), 44-45.
Scott Andrew Bartley and Diane M Boumenot, "Sorting out the Several Daniel Lanphere Men," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 175 (Spring 2021), 139-147.
Diane M Boumenot, "A Tale of Two Adoptees" Rhode Island Roots 47:2 (June 2021), 59-77.
Lectures
To see my current talks, visit:
https://onerhodeislandfamily.com/presentations/
Repositories
Rhode Island Historical Society
Rhode Island Judicial Records Center
Rhode Island State Archives
Research Time Periods
  • 19th Century
  • 18th Century
  • 17th Century
  • 16th Century and Earlier
Languages
English, Middle English, Anglo-Saxon
Honorifics/Credentials
Certified Genealogist, (CG®)
Certificates
ProGen 28, ProGen 68 (Mentor)
Affiliations
Member, Rhode Island Genealogical Society
Massachusetts Society of Genealogists
National Genealogical Society
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Association of Professional Genealogists (+ New England Chapter).
Degrees
B.A., Wesleyan University (History & English)