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• Family History Research

Specializing in reparative genealogy for American descendants of slavery (ADOS), and descendants of enslavers who want to have a more complete account of their family history. Helping "linked descendants" find each other through oral tradition and privately held documents that, when combined, can be beneficial to all families with a shared past. Willing to reconstruct geographic kinship communities. Offering presentations on relevant history and on research methods.

Geographic Specialities
The American South
Virginia

Additional specialities or search keywords
Slavery, Virginia, Domestic Slave Trade, Free People of Color

Lectures
"Black, White & Gray: American Family Histories and Race"
"U.S. Census Slave Schedules: What They Can and Cannot Tell  Us"
"Factoring the Domestic Slave Trade into Your Family Research"
"Starting the Work of Repair with Linked Descendants"

Research Time Periods

• 19th Century

Certificates
"Intermediate Genealogy Pre- and Post-Slavery Era Research" at Midwest African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI) -- 2023
"Methods and Strategies for Slavery Era Research" at Midwest African American Genealogy Institute (MAAGI) -- 2024

Affiliations
Member, NGS. Member, VGS. Member, AAHGS national and AAHGS Greater Richmond chapter. Member, MPAAGHS (Middle Peninsula, VA). Member, Fairfax Genealogical Society (FxGS).

Degrees
B.A. Russian, University of New Hampshire