Diane recently retired after many years as a professional genealogist and heir searcher in the Boston, Massachusetts area. She was a licensed attorney from 1978-2025, and a published author specializing in colonial New England and legal history, with two award-winning books: New England Court Records: A Research Guide for Genealogists and Historians and The Naked Quaker: True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England.

Degrees
BA (History), JD (Law)