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Genetic genealogist, researcher and presenter, Kathleen is the 2024-2025 DAR Arizona Volunteer Genealogists' Committee co-Chair. She is also a subcontractor for Probate and Heir Research.

Previously, she was the Editor of the Pima County Genealogy Society's newsletter, their DNA-SIG co-coordinator, and led their "Genetic Genealogy in Practice" study group for two years.

She has conducted on-site research at libraries, archives, and cemeteries across the US. Kathleen has attended a number of Institutes, and is on the SLIG committee. She has also organized several reunions and is an experienced event planner.

SPECIALTIES:

• Genetic Genealogy - Unknown Parentage
• Presentations about Genetic Genealogy, Research, and Methodology
• Documentation for Lineage Society Applicants
• Coaching Beginning & Intermediate Genealogists and Family Historians 
• Look-ups at Arizona Archives and Newspapers
• Organizing Family Reunion Events

Geographic Specialities
New England, Nova Scotia, Quebec

Testimonials
     Despite having a great adoptive family, I always wanted to find my birth family. Kathleen quickly located my mother in the Channel Islands, my brother in New Zealand, and two sisters in England and Jersey.
     We all met in England, and my family welcomed me warmly. We spent two joyful weeks together in St Brelade, Jersey, where my parents had run a beach business. We shared meals, laughter, and even took a ferry to France. Kathleen also connected me with a cousin in Australia.
     Coincidentally, my birth father was named Robert, the same name my adoptive family gave me. I discovered my parents were acrobats, which explained my love for running. My mother, Dawn, still plays badminton regularly. We now chat often on WhatsApp and plan more visits worldwide.
     I am deeply grateful to Kathleen for reuniting us. This gift is beyond anything I ever imagined.
             - Robert A Cook...Proud to be a British American!

Additional specialities or search keywords
Forensic Research, Circus History Research

Publications/Media
Genealogical Research of the William Hobson family for "The Greatest Tent-Maker on Earth" by Brian Hollifield. (Bandwagon: The Journal of the Circus Historical Society, Vol. 68, No. 2, 2024, p.6-27.)

Lectures
2024 - ASDAR Volunteer Genealogists (three) & ASDAR Lineage Club Presentations (three)
2023 - "How to Start a Successful Forensic Genealogy Business" - NERGC
2018-2020 - "Genetic Genealogy in Practice" Study Group Coordinator - Pima County Genealogy Society

Previous Presentation Titles:
*Introduction to Genetic Genealogy
*DNA 101 
*All About Ancestry.com DNA, Parts I & II
*Y-DNA & Mitochondrial DNA
*DAR "How to..." Series
*Introduction to Quaker Research
*Introduction to French Canadian Research
*DNA Ethics and Privacy
*Those Unreliable Records!
*Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters

Research Time Periods

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

Affiliations
*Daughters of the American Revolution  
*National Genealogical Society
*New England Historical Genealogical Society
*Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (committee member)
*Pima County Genealogy Society
*Association of Professional Genealogists

Degrees
BA - University of Arizona (Journalism)