David McDonald
Principal, Old Northwest Research, LLC
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- Business Name
- Old Northwest Research, LLC
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- Non-Research Specialties
- Author/Writer
- Columnist
- Editor
- Instructor
- Lecturer/Presenter - On-site
- Transcriber
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- Research Specialties
- Anglican/Church of England/Episcopalian
- Catholic
- Emigration & Immigration
- Federal Records
- German American
- Lineage Societies
- Mayflower
- Migration
- Paleography (ancient/historical handwriting)
- Presbyterian
- Quaker
- Scots-Irish
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- Research Counties
- Adams County, Wisconsin, United States
- Allen County, Indiana, United States
- Boone County, Illinois, United States
- Champaign County, Illinois, United States
- Christian County, Illinois, United States
- Clinton County, Illinois, United States
- Coles County, Illinois, United States
- Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States
- Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States
- Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
- Davis County, Iowa, United States
- Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States
- Dubuque County, Iowa, United States
- Franklin County, Nebraska, United States
- Grant County, Wisconsin, United States
- Green County, Wisconsin, United States
- Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States
- Jefferson County, Illinois, United States
- Jefferson County, Indiana, United States
- Jefferson County, Iowa, United States
- Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States
- Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States
- Lee County, Illinois, United States
- Logan County, Illinois, United States
- Macoupin County, Illinois, United States
- Madison County, Illinois, United States
- McHenry County, Illinois, United States
- McLean County, Illinois, United States
- Menard County, Illinois, United States
- Richardson County, Nebraska, United States
- Richland County, Wisconsin, United States
- Rock County, Wisconsin, United States
- Sangamon County, Illinois, United States
- Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States
- Shelby County, Illinois, United States
- St. Clair County, Illinois, United States
- St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
- Stephenson County, Illinois, United States
- Stillwater County, Montana, United States
- Story County, Iowa, United States
- Van Buren County, Iowa, United States
- Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States
- Wapello County, Iowa, United States
- Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States
- Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States
- Will County, Illinois, United States
- Winnebago County, Illinois, United States
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- Research Provinces / States
- Illinois, United States
- Indiana, United States
- Iowa, United States
- Minnesota, United States
- Missouri, United States
- Ohio, United States
- Wisconsin, United States
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- Research Countries
- Germany
- Great Britain
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- Research Time Periods
- 17th Century
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
Wisconsin, United States
Dave has 40-plus years' of genealogical research experience, and has been working with clients since 1980. He's compiled genealogies, rummaged courthouses, wandered cemeteries and lectured nationally and internationally.
Geographic Specialties
IL, IN, IA, WI, New England, Midwest, British Isles, Germany, Switzerland
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- Degrees
- DMin (Field Research), MDiv (Christian Ministry), BA (History)
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- Languages
- Church Latin
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- Repositories
- Newberry Library, Chicago;Wisconsin State Historical Library - Madison; Norwegian-American Research Library - Madison; Lincoln Presidential Library (Illinois State Historical Society) - Springfield; Indiana Historical Society - Indianapolis; Minnesota Historical Society - St. Paul; collections throughout Wisconsin, Illinois & Iowa
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- Lectures
- Churches and their Records; Ten Top Tips to Completing a Genealogical Project; Lutherpalians & Presbygationalists: Where Did Grandma's Church Go?; Transcription, Abstraction & Analysis; courses in church records, advanced methods & analysis, English research and records; the old Northwest Territory; transcontinental migration and more; course coordinator at SLIG & GRIP; instructor at IGHR, SLIG & GRIP
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- Publications
- Former editor, Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter; contributor, National Genealogical Society Quarterly; Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly; Nebraska State Genealogical Society's Ancestree
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- Certificates
- ordained minister, United Church of Christ
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- Affiliations
- Member, President, APG; former trustee, president, BCG; former director, NGS; member of NEHGS, NYGBS, WSGS, SoG; former president, ISBGFH
Work Contact
Work Contact
| Phone: | (385) 414 3466 |
| Email: | strude86@msn.com |
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| State/Province: | Wisconsin |
| Country: | United States |
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