Currently accepting clients for...

• Family History Research
• Speaking / Presenting
• Writing /Publishing

Michelle L. Spencer, owner of RomaMaryGrace, specializes in family business research, pandemics, small towns, and historic preservation.  Michelle has more than thirty years of speaking, research, and writing experience including lectures at two of America's largest genealogical research institutions and the WWI Museum & Memorial.  She has co-authored more than sixty nominations to the National Register of Historic Places and her genealogical clients included the television shows Who Do You Think You Are? and Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.  You can find her on YouTube: @romamarygrace1909 or online: romamarygrace.com.

Additional specialities or search keywords
Historic Preservation

Publications/Media
Ms. Spencer writes a blog at romamarygrace.com. She has published several genealogy-related articles in state and county-level publications. Since 2014 she has co-authored more than sixty successful building/property nominations to State and National Register of Historic Places.

Lectures

1. Build a Better Family Tree with Brick & Mortar Research
2. Lure Your Ancestors out of the National Register of Historic Places
3. Ask Uncle Sam: Using Lesser-known Government Sources
4. Use Maps to Fill in Gaps in Your Family Story {NEW}
5. Sanborn Maps + AI Reveal the Untold Story of Your Ancestors' Neighborhood {NEW}
6. Researching a One-Horse Town: Strategies for Unveiling Life in Rural America {NEW}
7. Ephemera from Home: Finding Answers in Letters and Postcards
8. Prying Your Family from the Grippe of the Spanish Lady  
9. Make AI Your Partner in Genealogy Research & Storytelling {NEW}
10. A Farm for Carl & Roma: The Story Behind the Records & Real Estate {NEW}
11. Home on the Prairie: A Story of an WWII Ammunition Plant & Its Village

Repositories
Alabama Department of Archives & History, Alabama Vital Records,Alabama Dept of Archives and History,All Courthouses in Alabama.

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century

Affiliations
Member, Alabama Genealogical Society; Vice President, Missouri State Genealogical Association; Member, National Genealogical Society Member, Association of Professional Genealogists; Member, Genealogy Speakers Guild.

Degrees
Master of Science (Strategic Studies), Bachelor of Arts (German), Bachelor of Arts (International Relations)