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Diane Warmsley is a professional genealogist and family historian with 30 years of experience. She enjoys researching her southern U.S. roots and West Indian lineage while launching others on their family history adventures—through classes, lectures, and private client services.

Diane holds a certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University’s Center for Professional Education and an MS degree in Education. Her areas of specialization include African American genealogy, Genealogy for beginners, and English-speaking West Indian genealogy.

Diane has presented at many private organizations, genealogical societies, and national institutes, including the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, and the New York State Family History Conference. She has also presented at the State of the Tourism Industry Conference in Nassau, Bahamas. In 2024-25, Ms. Warmsley was invited to serve as the sole genealogist on an African American burial ground project for Stony Brook University, NY. 

Diane is a member of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, the National Genealogical Society, the New York Genealogical Society, and the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage lineage society.
 

Geographic Specialities
English-speaking West Indies

Lectures
Ties That Bind: African American Family History
Resources & Strategies for West Indian Family Research
Peoples of the West Indies & Their Histories

Repositories
New York Municipal Archives
NYC Public Library/Milstein Division
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center

Research Time Periods

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

Certificates
Professional Genealogical Research (Boston University) certificate (2012)
SLIG - 1619-2019: Four Hundred Years of African American Genealogy (2019)
SLIG - Genetic Genealogy (2021)

Affiliations
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society
Association of Professional Genealogists
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
National Genealogical Society
Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage lineage society.

Degrees
B.F.A. (Performing Arts)
M.S. (Administration & Supervision in Higher Education)