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Paula is a professional genealogist who has been researching for more than two decades in primarily southern US states and has been using DNA to solve problems for more than a decade. She has studied at IGHR, SLIG, GRIP, and the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed). In addition, she's a board member of the Virginia Genealogical Society and of the Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia (GRIVA) and is the facilitator for the latter's DNA Special Interest Group. She has taught at the IGHR and GRIP institutes and has lectured for Legacy Family Tree Webinars, the Southern California Genealogical Society's Genealogy Jamboree and for the National Genealogical Society conference, among other organizations. She also served as the Virtual Tech Coordinator for the GRIP Genealogy Institute in 2024.

Lectures
Some recent lectures include:
Solving a Virginia Mystery Using DNA
Ethnicity Estimates Are Not Always Useless: Learn What They Are (and Aren?t) Telling You
Getting Your DNA Bearings: Understand Your Results Before Chasing the Next Big Thing
Summon Your Inner Sherlock Holmes
Relationships, Predictions, and DNA
Focused Learning and Collaboration: Special Interest Groups in Your Genealogical Society
One Pandemic Inspires Exploration of Another: Learning More About Nancy
Just Because It CAN Be Wrong Doesn't Mean It IS: Using Clues Effectively Using DNA in Your Family Research

Repositories
Library of Virginia, Virginia Museum of History & Culture, central Virginia courthouses and societies

Research Time Periods

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

Affiliations
Virginia Genealogical Society (board member); Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia (GRIVA - board member); Genealogical Speakers Guild; National Genealogical Society; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society