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  • Michelle Spencer

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  • Ms Michelle Spencer

  • Roma Mary Grace Historical Research
  • romamarygrace@gmail.com
  • AL
  • United States
  • (336) 649-0114
  • (GMT -6:00) Central Time (US & Canada), Mexico City
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  • https://www.romamarygrace.com
  • https://www.romamarygrace.com/glimpses_in_time_blog/
  • Michelle L. Spencer, owner of RomaMaryGrace, is a specialist in family business research, pandemics, small towns, and historic preservation. With more than 30 years of experience, she has lectured at major genealogical institutions and the WWI Museum & Memorial. She has co-authored over 60 National Register of Historic Places nominations, and her work has appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? and Finding Your Roots. Find her at romamarygrace.com or on YouTube @romamarygrace1909.

  • 2022 Outstanding Service Award, Missouri State Genealogical Assn.
  • business research, small town research, material culture, pandemics, historic preservation, military, and government records
    1. Build a Better Family Tree with Brick & Mortar Research
    2. Lure Your Ancestors out of the National Register of Historic Places
    3. Ask Uncle Sam: Using Lesser-known Government Sources
    4. Use Maps to Fill in Gaps in Your Family Story {NEW}
    5. Sanborn Maps + AI Reveal the Untold Story of Your Ancestors' Neighborhood {NEW}
    6. Researching a One-Horse Town: Strategies for Unveiling Life in Rural America {NEW}
    7. Ephemera from Home: Finding Answers in Letters and Postcards
    8. Prying Your Family from the Grippe of the Spanish Lady
    9. A Farm for Carl & Roma: The Story Behind the Records & Real Estate {NEW}
    10. Home on the Prairie: A Story of an WWII Ammunition Plant & Its Village

  • I enjoy both in person or virtual presentations.  I use Zoom regularly and am comfortable with almost any virtual platform.

  • 2025 Events:

    5 Nov. Museum on Tower Hill. (West Parry Sound, ON).  Finding Your Family in the Grippe of  the Spanish Lady.

    24 Oct. Midwest Genealogy Center Lock-In Keynote Address: Using Maps to Fill in the Gaps in Your Family Story. Bonus Session: Researching a One-Horse Town.

    6 Oct. Oklahoma Genealogical Society. Don’t Forget to Misspell! Getting the Most from Online Newspaper Research.

    17-19 Sept. We are Cousins Genealogy Conference. Don’t Forget to Misspell! Getting the Most from Online Newspaper Research.

    AND  Build a Better Family Tree with Brick & Mortar Research.

    14 Sept. Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County, FL.  Build a Better Family Tree with Brick & Mortar Research.

    8-9 Aug. Missouri State Genealogical Assn. Annual Conference.  Carl & Roma’s Farm: The Story Behind the Records & Real Estate.

    17 July. Lee County Florida Genealogical Society.  Lure Your Ancestors Out of the National Register of Historic Places.

    5 June. Ontario Genealogical Society. Finding your Family in the Grippe of the Spanish Lady.

    17 May. Western New York Genealogical Society.  Lure Your Ancestors Out of the National Register of Historic Places.

    14 May. 3M Genealogy Club. Lure Your Ancestors Out of the National Register of Historic Places.

    3 May. Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree Extension Series.   Build a Better Family Tree with Brick & Mortar Research.

    16 Feb. Bringing your Tree to Life with Unusual Sources. Autauga Genealogical Society.

    28 Jan. A Genealogist’s Guide to Sanborn Maps. Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society
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