Have undertaken Connecticut family history projects ranging from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Conduct missing heir research for attorneys and private companies. Performed consultations at Connecticut Ancestor Road Shows. Take on a project manager role for cases that are not based in local area. Undertook multi-year, in depth family history project, culminating in two private use books. This included collaborating with the family, an editor, graphic designer and printer. Did extensive… Show more Have undertaken Connecticut family history projects ranging from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Conduct missing heir research for attorneys and private companies. Performed consultations at Connecticut Ancestor Road Shows. Take on a project manager role for cases that are not based in local area. Undertook multi-year, in depth family history project, culminating in two private use books. This included collaborating with the family, an editor, graphic designer and printer. Did extensive newspaper research for an author. Have published multiple times in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, learning a great deal through transforming manuscripts into published articles. Have maintained Certified Genealogist credential since 2012. In 2021, did a missing heir webinar for the Board for Certification of Genealogists, this included original artwork. Been a mentor twice for APG Forensic Genealogy SIG. Continue education by attending local conferences and watching webinars. Designed and manage website, designed business cards and flyers. Prepare invoices, manage budgets, do accounting and prepare local, state and federal business and tax paperwork. Publications:“Parents for John Perkins (1788-1852) of Granby, Connecticut,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 105, no. 3 (September 2017): 219-228."Which Amos Lockwood of Fairfield County, Connecticut, was Gilbert’s Son, and Where did He Go?,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 106, no. 1 (March 2018): 5-18.“Parents for Corbett Edward White of West Springfield, Massachusetts,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 110, no. 1 (March 2022): 5-18.Webinar:“The Paternal Ten: Searching For Missing Heirs,” 18 May 2021, Board for Certification of Genealogists, Legacy Family Tree Webinars (https://familytreewebinars.com/download.php?webinar_id=1589) Show less

Head the billable department, working directly with attorneys and private companies to track down missing heirs and beneficiaries of estates and trusts. Manage multiple projects simultaneously. Do extensive online research, analyze sources, interview family, write source cited reports and create family trees. Write affidavits when necessary. Correspond with clients, providing progress updates. Direct in house genealogists to assist with research, order documents and record searches. Hire… Show more Head the billable department, working directly with attorneys and private companies to track down missing heirs and beneficiaries of estates and trusts. Manage multiple projects simultaneously. Do extensive online research, analyze sources, interview family, write source cited reports and create family trees. Write affidavits when necessary. Correspond with clients, providing progress updates. Direct in house genealogists to assist with research, order documents and record searches. Hire outside genealogists, both nationally and internationally, to perform field research. Think outside the box to find help in remote locations. Have used social media websites to solve cases that have little or no connection to the US. Keep track of project budgets and prepare final invoices. Organize foreign document translation if needed. Collaborate with others to work on competitive contingency cases. Update company's social media websites. Show less

Work on U.S. Army military repatriation cases, tracking down the next of kin and potential DNA donors of soldiers missing from World War II. Do extensive online genealogical and investigative research, order documents from libraries and repositories and hire field researchers, both nationally and internationally, when necessary. Interview relatives. Write reports and create family trees. The ultimate goal is to try and bring home the remains of the missing. You can learn more about the… Show more Work on U.S. Army military repatriation cases, tracking down the next of kin and potential DNA donors of soldiers missing from World War II. Do extensive online genealogical and investigative research, order documents from libraries and repositories and hire field researchers, both nationally and internationally, when necessary. Interview relatives. Write reports and create family trees. The ultimate goal is to try and bring home the remains of the missing. You can learn more about the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency here: https://www.dpaa.mil/ Show less

Assisted with patron queries in person and via email. Wrote and presented "A Guide to Connecticut Resources" webinar in 2017. Consultant and lecturer for 2018 Hartford Research Tour. Webinar:“A Guide to Connecticut Resources,” 13 April 2017, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPGtkxkxa9k)

Performed genealogical and investigative research to locate missing heirs entitled to inherit from decedent estates. Worked under the direction of a licensed private investigator. Visited probate courts, town clerks offices, libraries and archives in Connecticut, New York City, Massachusetts and Rhode Island and combined field research with extensive online research to identify and locate missing heirs quickly. Collaborated with researchers in real time. Soon after being hired, visited… Show more Performed genealogical and investigative research to locate missing heirs entitled to inherit from decedent estates. Worked under the direction of a licensed private investigator. Visited probate courts, town clerks offices, libraries and archives in Connecticut, New York City, Massachusetts and Rhode Island and combined field research with extensive online research to identify and locate missing heirs quickly. Collaborated with researchers in real time. Soon after being hired, visited Washington, DC, Maryland and Delaware alone to assess whether they were viable territories. Worked on the biggest cases, wrote reports for courts and coordinated genealogists both nationally and internationally to assist with research. Spent two years also working evenings and weekends towards becoming a Board Certified Genealogist. Attended the following conferences:New England Regional Genealogical Conference, Manchester, NH- April 2009Genealogical Workshop at the National Archives at Pittsfield, MA- October 2009NGS Genealogical Conference, Salt Lake City, UT- April/May 2010FGS Conference, Knoxville, TN- Aug 2010Connecticut Society of Genealogists Conference- Oct 2010Association for the Study of Connecticut History Conference- Studies in Connecticut Biography- Nov 2010NGS Genealogical Conference, Charleston, SC- May 2011Cynthia Hetherington lecture, focusing on online investigative techniques Show less

Identified, researched and documented objects suitable for rotation at a historical house. Assessed the condition of objects and photographed them in order to prepare them for museum exhibition. Prepared documentation to complete object accessioning. Managed one to three volunteers at a time in various research and cataloging tasks. Researched Tempe Spanish-American War Rough Riders, whose names appeared on a piece of wall saved from a building. This research assisted with newspaper articles:… Show more Identified, researched and documented objects suitable for rotation at a historical house. Assessed the condition of objects and photographed them in order to prepare them for museum exhibition. Prepared documentation to complete object accessioning. Managed one to three volunteers at a time in various research and cataloging tasks. Researched Tempe Spanish-American War Rough Riders, whose names appeared on a piece of wall saved from a building. This research assisted with newspaper articles: Jay Mark, Writing on the wall links Rough Riders to gridiron, Tempe (AZ) Republic, 2 November 2007, p. 10 & Jay Mark, Tempe Rough Riders, part 2, Tempe (AZ) Republic, 9 November 2007, p. 8. Show less