Directory of Members

After 35 years in retail management, consulting and training, I began researching my own family after receiving a 5 generation chart of my paternal ancestors. That led to gradually helping friends with their own family histories. I offered to speak to a group at our church and found a niche. Since then, I have taught basic, intermediate and advanced genealogy and research techniques, lectured on a variety of genealogical subjects in local venues and regional venues and became active in a number of local and regional societies.
I am the former President of the Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society, former President of the New England Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and former President of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists.   I am a member of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Central New York Genealogical Society and others. I am currently the President of 2021 New England Regional Genealogical Consortium's conference here in Springfield, Massachusetts. In addition, I am the State Registrar/Genealogist for the Massachusetts Sons of the American Revolution.
Happily married to Karen since 2007, we live in Chicopee, Massachusetts which is just north of Springfield, chock full of history! We each have been previously married. Together we have 5 adult children and 4 grandchildren. Karen is a Registered Nurse in the Chicopee Massachusetts School System and am devoted full time to genealogical pursuits.

Boston University's Certificate of Genealogical Research

Colonial New England
New York State
Basic DNA
Research strategies
Paleography and Transcribing

Most can be stand-alone single presentations but any combination is possible to create a 2- to 5-week program.

1) The ABCs of Family Research
2) Pulling the Person out of the Paperwork
3) Double Dates - They're Not What You Think
4) Have You Really Read That Census - and other records?
5) The Secrets in City Directories, Newspapers, Diaries
6) Search Strategies You Never Thought of; Search Sites You Never Heard of
7) Speeling Duzn't Cownt
8) Working a Research Plan - Staying Focused
9) Social Media
10) Growing Your Genealogy Society
11) Set Up Family Interviews, NOW!
12) 126,206,541 Smith's! Now What?
13) The Good and the Very, Very Bad of On-Line Family Trees
14) Becoming a Family Research Sleuth

15) How Do You Spell "DNA?"

16) The Ohio Associates - Organized Migration from Massachusetts to Ohio - Late 18th Century

Screen and in larger venues, audio/microphone

1) The 2019 New England Regional Genealogical Consortium conference, Manchester, NH
2) Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor, Windsor Connecticut
3) Pioneer Valley History Network, Old Deerfield, Massachusetts
4) The Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History and Archives, Springfield, Massachusetts
5) The Pioneer Valley Historic Network, Old Deerfield, Massachusetts
6) The Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History and Archives, Springfield, Massachusetts
7) Massachusetts Society of Genealogists – Middlesex Massachusetts Chapter

8) Pioneer Valley History Camp, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA

9) Hitchcock Free Academy, Brimfield, MA10) Springfield Museum Schools, Springfield, MA

11) Palmer Public Library, Palmer, MA

12) preparing SAR/DAR Applications, Old Middlesex (Massachusetts) Chapter, MASSAR