Directory of Members

Forensic and family history researcher.

Was the archivist/historian of one of the historic California Missions.
Archive management, Past board member California Missions Foundation;

Taught genealogy and oral history techniques classes at a community college

Lectured at many NGS and FGS Conferences

Life memberships in the National Genealogical Society and Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society.
Taught genealogy and oral history at a local community college Available for online presentations (Virtual)

Past-president APG Virtual Chapter; President APG Writer's Special Interest Group 2021-2023;

Past corresponding Secretary The Irish American Research Association (TIARA); member of the APG Forensic Special Interest Group;

GSG Board Member;

Member of several other APG Chapters and genealogical societies.

Pearl Chase Award - Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation

Author of -Research in the States California- released in May 2015 and part of the series published by the National Genealogical Society. Has articles published in  the National Genealogical Society Magazine, CAFG Magazine, Association of Professional Genealogist's Quarterly, and several others; wrote a monthly genealogy column in a local newspaper. Writer of a text book about Oral History: Fact and Fiction.

California Records
Irish and Irish-Americans
Forensic Genealogy

Methodology
California Mission System

Catholic Records

Catholic Records for Catholics and Non-Catholics
California Research is for Everyone
Paper Trails: Picking through the Crumbs!
Did Your Civil War Ancestor Come to California;
Work Your Way to Ireland Using American Records First
Death Certificates, Obituaries, & Probates: What the Dead Can Tell You!
Twenty-one California Missions;
Forensic Genealogy; Case Studies in Forensic and Family Genealogy

The Use of Ground Penetrating Radar and Forensic Canines

Oral History Techniques: Separating Fact from Fiction

Naturalizations and Passenger Lists - Which One First?

Uses PowerPoint presentations with Zoom and GTW for virtual lectures, meetings, etc.

2024: so far - all virtual: So California GS, APG Writer's SIG, Minnesota GS, Utah Genealogy Association, Marin Co. CA GS., Irish SIGS for SCGS and others.

2023- all virtual:

Silicon Valley CA GS

Castle Rock CO GS

San Mateo CA GS

Heritage Quest Research Library

Pinellas FL GS

American Canadian NH GS

2022 (All virtual presentations:

Clark Co. Nevada Genealogical Society                                                    Questing Heirs GS, Long Beach California                                            National Genealogical Society, Sacramento, California                      Genealogy Quick Start (TV Show)                                                            Niagara County, New York GS

Celtic Connections Conference, TIARA                                                   Central Jersey GS                                                                                           Southern California GS Jamboree                                                             Virtual GS

Past Presentations:                                                                                        Gilroy, California May 2018, Basics of Genealogy
San Mateo County GS, Menlo Park, California, May 2018, All-day Seminar
Los Olivos Rotary Club, Los Olivos, California, May 2018, CA Mission System
Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree, Burbank, California. Have presented there for a number of years and also coordinates the JamboFree tables and runs the Irish table there.
Corona GS, Orange County, California, June 2018, Collateral Research
Santa Barbara Co GS, Santa Barbara, California, June 2018, Migrations
Virtual Institute on Genealogical Research, July 2018, webinar, CA Mission Records

San Luis Obispo County GS; Collateral Research; Death Records 2019, 2020

2021: Antelope Valley GS, So. California GS Jamboree, Historical Society of Philadelphia, Genealogical Society of Tampa (Florida), South Bay (CA) GS,.