Currently accepting clients for...

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

PhD in geography from UCLA. I have worked as a genealogical/historical researcher for over thirty years. Specialties include problem solving, analysis, organization of client research and writing. I perform research or develop research plans for clients on an hourly basis. I also search and obtain modern public records (nineteenth century to the present) from Northern California courthouses, libraries and archives. A list of research and speaking topics is available at my website. I'm available to lecture via Zoom or via other presentation software. 

Geographic Specialties

CA, West, San Francisco, Oakland, Central Valley

Geographic Specialities
California

Publications/Media
Book: Walking With Your Ancestors, A Genealogist's Guide to Using Maps and Geography (F & W Publications,2005), and a variety of articles genealogical and geographical publications.

Lectures
NGS, FGS, IGHR, and SLIG

Repositories
California State Library, California State Archives, Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley), UC Davis, Society of Pioneers (San Francisco), Special Collections, CSU Chico, Shasta County Courthouse, Tehama County Courthouse

Research Time Periods

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

Certificates
Hayward Award, Excellence in Education, Academic Senate, California Community Colleges

Affiliations
Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, National Daughters of the American Revolution, Shasta County Historical Society, California Genealogical Society,

Degrees
PhD (Geography), Masters (Geography), BA (Geography)