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Elizabeth Jane Sherman B.S.; C.G. 1995-2010; Professional Genealogist

Professional Genealogist in VA for 30 years
E. J. Sherman Professional Genealogist
(540) 280-2727


  • Family History Research
  • Speaking / Presenting
  • Writing /Publishing

  • Document Retrieval / Record Agent
  • Family History Research
  • Heraldry / Lineage Societies
  • Military

  • Family History Research

  • Author/Writer
  • Editor
•PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST -- Expertise:  FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH in USA and preparing HEREDITARY SOCIETY APPLICATIONS (especially, Jamestowne Society, DAR, SAR, UDC, SCV...). 
•Military Research:  especially, Revolutionary War and Civil War. 
•Proof Editor for book publication;
•Keynote Speaker: Old Augusta County, VA;  How to Research Ancestors;  Genealogy Workshops. 

Research to USA to include specialty areas:  VIRGINIA Research, especially OLD AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA-- prior to the REV WAR, Augusta County, VA, stretched westward from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Mississippi River and northward to the Great Lakes--HUGE county that included western VA, WV, KY, IN, OH, PA, etc.. Early Records for this HUGE TERRITORY begin in 1745 to present day, and is not a burned courthouse. 

( See my website: www.augustagensearch.com )

Old Augusta Co., VA (records beg 1745) and Hereditary Society Applications

Author:   "Augusta County, VA, Earliest Will Index, 1745 - p1900," pub. Gateway Press, 2008, by Elizabeth Jane Sherman, CG.
                 [Book order: $40 includes shipping]
Magazine articles:   "American Spirit Magazine" (NSDAR) and "Shenandoah Magazine"

KEYNOTE SPEAKER (Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, and for many Hereditary Lineage and Genealogical Societies);
PRESENTER:  2-day Genealogy Workshops in VA, TN, WV, KY, GA.

Augusta County VA Courthouse, Staunton VA Courthouse; NSDAR Library, Washington, D.C.; Library of VA, Richmond, VA; Rockingham County, VA Courthouse; Shenandoah County, VA Courthouse; Staunton Public Library; Waynesboro Public Library;

  • 20th Century
  • 19th Century
  • 18th Century
  • 17th Century

Certification: C.G. (Certified Genealogist) fm 2000-2015;  
Certification:  Education for Ministry:  4-yr program (fm Univ of the South).

Member - 40+ Hereditary Societies--including Jamestowne Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, First Settlers of the Shenandoah Valley, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of Union Veterans, Order of the Blue & Gold, Desc. of Colonial Physicians, Daughters of Colonial Bench & Bar; Desc. of Colonial Sheriffs, Guild of Artisans & Tradesmen, Fam of Presidents & First Ladies, First Families (TN, MD, PA), Colonial Dames of America, Dames of Colonial Cavaliers, Colonial Dames of the VII Century, Southern Dames of America, Order of Antebellum Planters, Huguenot Society, Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, Order of Merovingian Dynasty, Desc. of Knights of the Bath, Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland, Military Order of the Crusades...and have prepared applications for men's societies:  SAR and SCV...and more. 

B.S. Degree : Secondary Education (English and Sociology) 
Certification: C.G. (Certified Genealogist) fm 2000-2015;  
Certification:  Education for Ministry:  4-yr program (fm Univ of the South).