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I am an Irish research expert.  I also have expertise in New England, New York (both city and state) and German research. 
 
I have been conducting genealogical research since 2001 and work as a Research Services genealogist at American Ancestors (New England Historic Genealogical Society), and as a Green Room genealogist for Your Irish Heritage. I also lecture both virtually (world-wide) and in-person (in the Greater Boston area).
 

Publications/Media

• First Place, Massachusetts Society of Genealogists Writing Contest, 2012; for article It Started with a Cough: A Month of Mourning for the Ritter and Blackett Families Living in Boston Highlands, Massachusetts, published in MASSOG 36 (Fall 2012): 83-92.
• Second Place, Ohio Genealogical Society Writing Contest, 2014; for article "A Broken Man: The Life of Birney Jay Pratt of Huron, Ohio, " published in Ohio Genealogical Society Quarterly 55, no. 1 (Spring 2015): 40-43.

See my website for links to these articles.

Lectures
Irish lectures: US and North American focus

• Using US Records to Find Irish Immigrant Origins 
• Where Did They Come From? Irish Migration Routes
• Irish Chain Migration to North America

Irish lectures: Ireland focus

• Researching in Irish Records
• Mapping Irish Locations Online
• Identifying the Right Ancestor: Searching Irish Catholic Records

See my website for descriptions and other available lectures.

Research Time Periods

• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century

Certificates

• Irish Genealogy Summer School, University College Cork, Ireland, 2016
• Certificate in Genealogical Research, Boston University, 2012

Degrees

• BA (International Relations)
• Masters (Computer Science)