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Nancy is an award-winning author, researcher, lecturer, and teacher. She published a book on her paternal grandmother’s family in 1996, The Huhn, Pestorf, and Steck Families (Heart of America Genealogical Society Award of Excellence). In 2006 she published a book on her husband’s family, Lauer, Borgmeier, and Bauer Families (NGS Award for Excellence). She has published several articles in the Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin and Family Tree Magazine.

With over 20 years experience as an IT professional Nancy is a Certified Microsoft Professional. She has developed training programs, written training manuals, and conducted training classes for an international community.

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

2010 ISFHWE Second Place winner, Category III - Original Research Story
2008 Southern California Genealogical Society Writing Contest, Category 1 - Finalist
2008 ISFHWE Third Place Winner, Category III – Original Research Story
2007 National Genealogical Society Genealogical Writing Competition, Award for Excellence: Genealogy and Family History
2007 Maryland Historical Society, Sumner A. Parker Award
1997 Heart of America Genealogical Society Award of Excellence

• Researching Your Ancestor in Maryland
• When a Brick Wall Crumbles onto the Wrong Path
• You Located Your Ancestor's Village, Now What
• Your Ancestor was a ... Occupations of our Ancestors
• 12 Sons Named George, Naming Conventions of our Ancestors
• Writing Your Family History
• Demystifying Excel
• PowerPoint for Genealogists
• Six Sigma for Genealogists
• Making Sense of the Census

2019 Harford County 5th Annual Conference

2019 Baltimore Family History Conference

2018 Southern California Genealogical Society, Webinar

2017 Maryland State DAR Conference

2017 Baltimore Family History Conference

2017 Prince George Genealogical Society

2016 Florida Genealogical Society

2016 National Genealogical Society

2015 DAR Colonel Thomas Dorsey Chapter

2015 RootsTech