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Laura is a NYC-based professional genealogist with more than 30 years experience in family history research. Over the years, she has helped clients with research on a number of topics, but specializes in Civil War research and the preparation of lineage society applications. Her work has involved the use of a variety of original records, including immigration & naturalization papers, vital records, divorce papers, wills, deeds, city directories, state census returns, military records, and cemetery records, to name but a few.

Laura is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSG), the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (NYGBS), the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 (DUVCW).

Laura has a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University, and is a graduate of the National Institute of Genealogical Research (NIGR) in Washington, DC.

In 2005, Laura received a Larry J. Hackman Research Residency Award for Civil War research she has been conducting at the NY State Archives in Albany. Laura is compiling details on all of the men from Owego (Tioga County, NY) who enlisted to fight for the Union.

Civil War
War of 1812
Military Records
fold3.com
Old Fulton NY Postcards
New York Research
State Census Records
U.S. Federal Census Records
Lineage Societies
City Directories

Researching Your Civil War Ancestors
Researching New York Civil War Veterans
Picking Apart a Civil War Pension
Researching War of 1812 Ancestors
Introduction to Fold3.com
Newspaper Research Using Old Fulton NY Postcards
Introduction to Lineage Societies
Introduction to Genealogical Research

Other topics available on request

• Will provide a Keynote Presentation on my own computer. Projector required.
• Will supply masters for handouts.
• Will develop new lectures upon request.
• Will travel to US and International locations.
• No home housing, please.

Civil War Pensions: A Closer Look for the Middlesex Genealogical Society in Darien, CT, October 2019