Kelly L. Mcmahon, Cg® Email & Phone Number

Kelly L. McMahon, CG® is a Norfolk, Virginia, native and a graduate of the College of William and Mary. Her interest in genealogy began at a young age, when she began researching her family lines from Surry County, Virginia, and Jamestown. Her professional genealogy research focuses on Colonial Virginia records – using creative methods to solve difficult genealogical problems that arise from burned counties and for marginalized populations in Colonial Virginia. Other research interests include land tax records and probate/courthouse records. Kelly is a Board Certified Genealogist, CG. Kelly is a member of The Jamestowne Society - her 9th great grandfather, James Pyland, was a House of Burgesses Representative for Isle of Wight County, Virginia, in the 1650s. She also has ancestors who participated in Bacon's Rebellion in Isle of Wight County and Surry County, Virginia, and her 5th great grandmother, Sylvia Price Bell, donated bacon to the Continental Army during the American Revolution and is a proven female patriot for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Kelly lives in the Tidewater area of Virginia, where she works full-time for Ancestry.com ProGenealogists as their Colonial Virginia Genealogist.Research Type Specialties: Colonial Virginia, Colonial Tidewater Virginia, Jamestowne Society Lineage, DAR Lineage, Burned County/U.S. Record Loss, Colonial, Land Records/Maps, Probate, Revolutionary War, Virginia, Indentured Servitude, Tax Record research, Land Patents