While not currently taking clients, Joseph continues to work on a major research/writing project entitled "Enslaved at Oakley & Beyond." His research traces the people held in bondage by his ancestors in northern Virginia. One of the goals of the project is to write and publish narrative genealogies for all the families who were enslaved.
Besides African American and slavery-era research, Joseph's extensive research experience includes the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States, as well as
Ireland and Poland. One of his favorite aspects of researching is combing through archives in manuscript collections. Joseph has presented to in-person and virtual audiences. He has a BA in history with a concentration in American history. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Project Leader, Enslaved at Oakley & Beyond Project
Chapter Representative, Mid-Atlantic Chapter of APG
Genealogist and Member, Howe House Historians Committee (Friends of the Howe House, Montclair, New Jersey)
Member, Black History Committee (Friends of the Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia)
 

Repositories
Thomas Balch Library (Leesburg, VA); Library of Virginia; Virginia Museum of History and Culture; Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County (The Plains, VA); Loudoun County Historic Records Division, Leesburg, VA; Fairfax County Historic Records Center, Fairfax, VA; Gott Library (Marshall, VA); Fauquier County (VA) Circuit Court Records Room; Clarke County Historical Association, Berryville, VA; Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library (Univ of VA, Charlottesville); Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Germantown (PA) Historical Society; Chestnut Hill (PA) Historical Society; Free Library of Philadelphia; Philadelphia Register of Wills (Philadelphia City Hall); Philadelphia City Archives; Historical Society of Montgomery County (PA); Pennsylvania State Archives

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century

Affiliations
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of APG; New Jersey Chapter of APG; APG Writer's SIG; APG Advocacy SIG; National Genealogical Society; New England Historic Genealogical Society; New York Genealogical & Biographical Society; Bucks County (PA) Genealogical Society (Lifetime Member); Virginia Genealogical Society; Hudson County (NJ) Genealogical & Historical Society; Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area Association; Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia; Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County (Lifetime Member); African American Genealogy Group of Philadelphia; Family Quest Society (Philadelphia Chapter AAHGS); Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. (AAHGS); Montclair History Center (NJ); Howe House Historians and Friends of the Howe House (NJ); Black History Committee, Friends of the Thomas Balch Library (VA)

Degrees
BA (History with a concentration in American History)