Currently accepting clients for...

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

Ellen Del Colle is a Westchester native who has been a writer and researcher for about four decades. Drawing on her interest in history, she transitioned from a career as a business writer to one of a researcher and writer. By undertaking only one-to-two projects at a time, Ellen provides consierge service to ensure each client’s goals are met or exceeded. She traces ancestors, seeks missing heirs and creates family trees, applying her investigative skills to explain family relationships. In recent years she has been a research consultant for an Emmy-award winning TV series; an international genealogical research corporation; attorneys; private investigators; executors and bank officers. Projects have required inquiries and record searches in the U.S., Canada, Italy, Germany, Ireland, France & Puerto Rico. All work is performed in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the Association of Professional Genealogists & the Guidelines of the National Genealogical Society.

 

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century
• 17th Century
• 16th Century and Earlier

Languages
English; Latin; Intermediate Spanish; Beginner German;

Certificates
Project Management & Advanced Project Management, American Management Association and Halcomb Associates

Affiliations
APG member; National Genealogical Society member; German Genealogical Group (GGG); Westchester County Historical Society; Board of Directors, Eastchester Historical Society; Find A Grave volunteer; Association for Gravestone Studies member; Friends of The Ward House, Tuckahoe, NY; Eastchester-Tuckahoe Chamber of Commerce

Degrees
M.A., Public Communication, Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, NY B.A., Communication, University of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY