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Kathleen W. Hinckley, Certified Genealogist, has been certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists, Washington, DC, since 1984, renewing certification every five years. She was Executive Director of the Association of Professional Genealogists, 1995-January 2023.

Kathy is a court-approved expert witness in California, Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Florida, and Rhode Island. She is an approved genealogist for the U.S. Army and Air Force to locate DNA-qualified family members of MIAs and POWs from WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam, and has extensive experience locating lost family members and heirs.

She is author of Your Guide to the Federal Census for Genealogists, Researchers, and Family Historians (Betterway Books, 2002), and Locating Lost Family Members & Friends: Modern Genealogical Research Techniques for Locating the People of Your Past and Present (Betterway Books, 1999).

Services

FORENSIC GENEALOGY SERVICES

• Locate unknown or missing heirs
• Locate owners of unclaimed property
• Testify as expert witness
• Prepare due diligence affidavits
• Evaluate kinship evidence
• Research direct and indirect family lines
• Verify relationships for DNA testing

GENERAL GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH SERVICES

• Census Study
• Health History
• Project Management
• Find Your Cousins
• Organize Your Papers/Photographs
• Consultation [For more information, go to www.familydetective.com]

ALL SERVICES INCLUDE
Review and analysis of information provided by client, development of research plan, research (includes Internet research and/or onsite research), report (includes details of negative and positive results), analysis and recommendation for future research. Photocopies, certified copies, transcriptions, or abstracts of documents included.

Geographic Specialties

CO, KS, MT, NE, NM, SD, WY, Midwest, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, West, Denver

Geographic Specialities
Colorado
Denver, Colorado

Additional specialities or search keywords
Expert Witness

Publications/Media
NGS Research in the States Series: Colorado (Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 2008)

Locating Lost Family Members & Friends (Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 1999).

Your Guide to the Federal Census for Genealogists, Researchers, and Family Historians (Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 2002).

Research Time Periods

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

Honorifics/Credentials
CG®

Affiliations
National Genealogical Society
Colorado Genealogical Society