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Sara is a full-time professional genealogist with over twenty-five years of experience. Her research has taken her into nearly every State in the USA as well as Ireland, Italy, Austria, and Britain. She holds a Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate, a Bachelor’s Degree in Library Science, and is an alumnus of the ProGen Study Group. She especially enjoys breaking down brick walls for her clients, discovering the stories of black sheep ancestors, and helping individuals preserve their photographic legacy.

She is currently the Treasurer of the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Registrar for the Aurantia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Secretary for the Amanda Stokes Tent, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and volunteers at the National Archives, Riverside office.

Photo Organization, Irish research, Newspapers, Beginning DNA, Oral History

From a Box in the Closet to a Treasured Family Heirloom

Disaster Proofing Your Research

Grandma Said What? Gathering and Verifying Your Family’s Oral History

Locating Records in Archives from Your Couch

Who Needed it Anyway? Getting Around the Missing 1890 Census

Extra! Extra! Find Your Family in the Newspaper!

Hopping Down the Paper Trail

Missing: Reward! Locating Widows, Spinsters, and Bachelors

Shamrocks, Leprechauns, and Harps: Researching your Irish Roots

Irish Eyes Are Smiling: Finding Vital Records in the land of Saints and Scholars.

Suddenly Scotland! An Introduction to Scottish Research

To Spit or Not to Spit? Is DNA testing right for your research?

My DNA Brought me to the Forest, but Where are all the Trees?

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. Is this Genealogy or the Cha-Cha?

Genealogy 101: Tree Climbing for the Beginner

I will develop new lectures if requested.

I am webinar-ready through Zoom!

Northwest Genealogical Conference, SCGS Jamboree, Yucaipa Genealogical Society, Corona Genealogical Society, Hemet San Jacinto Genealogical Society, Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society, Temecula Valley Genealogical Society, Sun Lakes Genealogical Society, Whittier Area Genealogical Society, Genealogical Society of Riverside, Orange County of California Genealogical Society, Moreno Valley Genealogical Society, Genealogy Journeys.