Mary Kircher Roddy

Mary Kircher Roddy grew up in San Rafael, California. She earned a Bachelor degree in Liberal Studies from The University of California, Riverside in 1982 and a Master's in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas in 1984. She earned a certificate in Genealogy and Family History at the University of Washington in 2005. She received her Certified Genealogist credential from the Board for Certification of Genealogists in 2019. She is co-editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly. She is a trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

Mary became interested in genealogy in 2000 in anticipation of a sabbatical in Ireland where her husband was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Limerick. She was sure she would complete all her Irish genealogy while her husband taught at UL and her children attended Monaleen School. Many years later, the genealogy is still a work in progress. But the trip to Ireland awakened something deep in her Celtic bloodlines, the Irish tradition of the Seanachi, the storytellers and historians of yore. Mary has published articles in Family Chronicle and Internet Genealogy.

Mary frequently lectures around western Washington state and the Pacific Northwest. 

She is a member of the The Association of Professional Genealogists and on their board, and a member of the National Genealogical Society.

Services

• Presentations for genealogy societies and libraries on many topics - see list below

Genealogy coaching - Let me help you learn to find your ancestors.  We can strategize together how to solve your problems and you'll have the excitement of seeing your ancestral records for the first time.

Research services - I will create and execute a research plan to find the answers to your genealogical questions, and provide a written report.

Unknown parentage cases - I will make recommendations on the appropriate DNA test to take,  and analyze your results to try to solve unknown parentage and ancestry problems.

•  Geographic Specialties

California, Ohio, Washington, Western United  States, San Francisco, Seattle, Ireland