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Services

Professional genealogist specializing in New York State, New York City, and Long Island. Irish and German American research, early Dutch in New York and New Jersey. APG-NY Chapter Manager and Representative. National Genealogical Society (NGS) Board of Directors 2010-2018: Vice President of the National Genealogical Society 2016-2018; NGS Education Committee (Committee Chair six years); NGS Marketing and Communications Committee (Committee Chair for nine years). Also currently serves on NYG&B Family History Advisory Committee.

Geographic Specialties

New York City and State, Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties), Mid-Atlantic, Ohio, Indiana,  San Francisco, Ireland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia.

Lectures
Irish Research, City Directories, Loyalists, United States Sanitary Commission records at NYPL, County Histories, New York City Resources, Long Island Resources, Civil War Records, Catholic Records, Locating Church Records, New York State Census, Fundamentals of Family History: Accessing the Right Records to Build Your Family Tree.

Repositories
NYC Municipal Archives, NYC NARA, NYPL, NYG&B Collections. NYC, Nassau & Suffolk Courts and repositories. Brooklyn Historical Society. Long Island Historical Societies. New York State Library and Archives.

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century
• 17th Century

Honorifics/Credentials
FNGS, Fellow of the National Genealogical Society

Affiliations
NYG&B; NGS; APG; NEHGS, UGA, German Genealogy Group; Irish Family History Forum, Mattituck-Laurel Historical Society, NY Historical Society; Indiana Historical Society, Georgia Genealogy Society, Genealogical Society of New Jersey

Degrees
BA (History)