LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson
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- Business Name
- LaBGarrett Geneaolgy
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- Non-Research Specialties
- Author/Writer
- Blogger
- Lecturer/Presenter - On-site
- Lecturer/Presenter - Virtual
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- Research Specialties
- African American
- Civil War
- Court Records
- Federal Records
- Library of Congress
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- Research Time Periods
- 18th Century
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
I worked as a tax lawyer for 35 years before retiring from a partner-level position at EY (Ernst & Young) in 2013. I am now a Certified Genealogist® and a Certified Genealogical Lecturer(SM). In October 2021 I was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists. Founded in 1940, ASG is the independent honorary society of the leading published scholars in the field of American genealogy, limited to fifty life-time members designated as Fellows (identified by the initials FASG).
I have served as a Trustee and Treasurer of the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG). I served as President of BCG from 2019 through 2022. I also serve as the Registrar General of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage, a national lineage society that honors ancestors who were enslaved in the United States before slavery ended.
Services
I am primarily focused on writing and lecturing. I am available to present genealogical lectures on genealogical methodology and researching African-ancestored families from the historical slave South. In addition to teaching at major genealogical institutes, I am available to lecture in person or virtually at local, regional, and national genealogical conferences, libraries, and societies.,
Geographic Specialties
AL, GA, NC, SC, VA, South, Raleigh, Washington, DC, Richmond
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- Degrees
- LLM (Taxation), J.D. (Law), B.A. (Government)
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- Publications
- Before ever taking a genealogy course, I authored and published three editions of my family history (The Source: The Garrett, Neely, and Sullivan Families), in addition to a 2010 Supplement to the Revised (Third) edition.
I also served as the editor and principal writer of two Church histories that document the involvement of African American families that organized them: Historical Book of Bethel Hall Missionary Baptist Church, Laurens, South Carolina, 1910-2010; and Macedonia Baptist Church, Bethesda, Maryland, 1920-2011: A History of the Little Church on the Hill. Copies of all six books are in the Library of Congress, among other repositories.
In 2013 I was the first place winner in the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE) Excellence in Writing Competition, in category 5 for Unpublished Material by Published Authors. My winning article was entitled Searching for the Slave Owners of Isaac Garrett: Expanding Research Beyond Online Sources, and was published in the June 2014 issue of Columns, the quarterly publication of the ISFHWE.
Since then I have published peer-reviewed articles, one of which won the 2021 NGSQ award for Excellence. In 2016 I published A Guide to Researching African American Ancestors in Laurens County, SC, and Selected Finding Aids, available on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, and Xlibris.com. An e-book is also available. A 20 November 2016 review in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution provides a great overview of how the book can be useful to researchers in other SC counties and others states: "African-American research guide is a model for others." The review in the Summer 2017 issue of the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research noted that "this work is highly recommended as a guide for research." This book was also named as a Finalist in the African American category of the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
In 2021 NGS published the Alabama research guide that I authored.
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- Credentials
- CG®
- CGL℠
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- Honorifics
- FASG
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- Certificates
- Certificate in Genealogical Research (Boston University)
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- Affiliations
- Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Life Membership
National Capital Area Chapter Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Life Member
Fairfax Genealogical Society
National Genealogical Society, Life Membership
Genealogical Institute on Federal Records Alumni Association
National Society Descendants of American Farmers
New England Historic Genealogical Society
South Carolina Genealogical Society, Laurens District Chapter.
Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage
Contact
- Business site: www.labgarrettgenealogy.com
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