Directory of Members

Angel King is an award-winning speaker and family-history researcher from Logan County, Ohio, who helps family historians bring their discoveries to life and spark interest across generations. Through readable family-history books, heritage experiences, and practical uses of today’s tools, including AI, she offers approachable ways to help children, teens, and adult relatives connect with their family’s past.

Angel brings a warm storytelling style, humor, and practical instruction to her programs. Drawing on her own family books, multigenerational heritage trips, and research discoveries, she makes the process approachable through real examples and demonstrations. She also shows how AI can help develop research questions and explore new leads while checking findings against historical sources. Participants leave with ideas they can use and encouragement to move their own projects forward.

Angel is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution through her patriot ancestor Patrick Cassidy, and belongs to several Ohio genealogical societies. She is also a member of the National Speakers Association of Ohio and finished its ProTrack speaker development program in May 2025. She has won multiple Toastmasters speech contests, up to the division level. Her article on heritage travel was published in the St. Clair County (Illinois) Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 4 (2024).

Her love of Ohio history also finds its way into her work as co-owner of Blue Jacket Dairy, where the artisan cheese names such as Hull’s Trace and Ludlow share connections to the area’s past.

For Angel, history is something to discover, enjoy, and weave into everyday life.

Toastmasters International — District 40

2024
• 1st Place — Division A Evaluation Speech Contest

2022
• 2nd Place — Division A International Speech Contest

2021
• 2nd Place — Division A International Speech Contest

• Engaging the next generation (kids, teens, and young adults) in family history
• Family history writing and family history books
• Researching and verifying inherited family stories
• AI tools for genealogy research
• Heritage travel
• Sharing family photographs, documents, and heirlooms

Revisiting Inherited Family Stories with AI and Today’s Tools

Discover how AI, digitized records, newspapers, and libraries can shed new light on inherited family stories. Through examples from her own research, Angel demonstrates ways to use AI to develop research questions, explore historical context, and identify possible sources while distinguishing documented evidence from suggestions that still need verification.

Making Family History Come Alive: Simple Ways to Engage the Next Generation

Discover creative ways to spark your family’s interest in genealogy through storytelling, heritage travel, photographs, and heirlooms. Drawing on her own multigenerational experiences, Angel shares practical ideas for connecting children, teens, and adult relatives with their family history through shared experiences, everyday conversations, and meaningful traditions.

Creating a Family History Book Your Family Will Actually Read

Move from boxes of photographs, documents, and keepsakes to a book your family will enjoy. Learn how to decide what to include, shape a meaningful narrative, and present it clearly. Real-world examples and demonstrations introduce practical scanning methods and online photo book tools.

Available for in-person and virtual programs for genealogy societies, libraries, conferences, and workshops. Programs can be adapted to your audience and schedule. Speaker provides a laptop and handout master; host provides a projector and screen or suitable display, with a microphone as needed.

Darke County Genealogical Society Fall Workshop — Garst Museum, Greenville, Ohio — October 3, 2026
Presented “Creating a Family History Book Your Family Will Actually Read” and“Revisiting Inherited Family Stories with Today’s Tools.”

Ohio Agri-Women Annual Scholarship Fundraiser — Eaton, OH September 2026. Keynote speaker.

Auglaize County Genealogical Society — Wapakoneta, Ohio — August 27, 2026
Presented “Making Family History Come Alive: Simple Ways to Engage the Next Generation.”

Shelby County Genealogical Society — Sidney, Ohio. Fall 2025

Presented “Making Family History Come Alive: Simple Ways to Engage the Next Generation.”

Darke County Genealogical Society — Greenville, Ohio. Fall 2025

Presented “Making Family History Come Alive: Simple Ways to Engage the Next Generation.”