LaDonna Garner
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- Business Name
- Leafseeker Consulting
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- Non-Research Specialties
- Archivist
- Compiler/Indexer
- Family Heirloom Preservationist
- Historian
- Instructor
- Lecturer/Presenter - On-site
- Oral Historian/Interviewer
- Web Designer
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- Research Specialties
- African American
- Court Records
- Historical Sites
- House Historian
- Land Records
- Neighborhood Reconstruction
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- Research Provinces / States
- Arkansas, United States
- Illinois, United States
- Mississippi, United States
- Missouri, United States
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- Research Countries
- United States
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- Research Time Periods
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
LaDonna Garner, M.A. is a consultant focused on historical preservation and genealogical research within and beyond Southeast Missouri. She lectures often on both subjects for groups, conferences, and college programs. Garner is an active member of the Association of Professional Genealogists on the Board of Directors and volunteers for numerous organizations in various capacities including conference planning, website design, and management.
Researching her family history for over 30 years, she is passionate about recording historic minority communities and cemeteries, genealogy education, client assistance, and consultations in archival documents, protecting our history and natural landscapes through historic preservation, and cemetery restoration.
Geographic Specialties
MO, Midwest, St. Louis, U.S. research, African American
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- Degrees
- MA (Historic Preservation), BS (Historic Preservation), AA (Liberal Arts), AAS (Veterinary Science)
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- Repositories
- St. Louis County Library, St. Louis Public Library, Missouri Courthouses
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- Lectures
- Some examples of Garner's lecture topics include beginning genealogy, cemetery research & preservation, health histories, newspapers, archival organizing, probate, society management, and brick wall research.
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- Publications
- Protecting Midwest Pioneer Cemeteries through Preservation Reform (2014)
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- Affiliations
- St. Louis Genealogical Society, National Genealogical Society, Association for Gravestone Studies, National Trust for Historic Preservation, African Ancestored Researchers of St. Louis, St. Louis Mourning Society, Association of African Ancestored Researchers - St. Louis
Contact
- Business site: leafseeker.com
Work Contact
Phone: | |
Email: | office@leafseeker.com |
Street Address: | PO Box 124 |
Address 2: | |
City: | French Village |
State/Province: | Missouri |
Country: | United States |
Zip/Postal Code: | 63036 |