Michael Ramage
Look for our new book: Michael S. Ramage, J.D., CG and Catherine B. W. Desmarais, CG, Forensic Genealogy: Theory and Practice (NGS May 2024)
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- Business Name
- ForensicGenealogist.Pro
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- Non-Research Specialties
- Author/Writer
- Instructor
- Lecturer/Presenter - On-site
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- Research Specialties
- Court Records
- Federal Records
- Forensic
- House Historian
- Land Platting
- Land Records
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- Research Provinces / States
- Pennsylvania, United States
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- Research Countries
- United States
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- Research Time Periods
- 19th Century
- 20th Century
- 21st Century
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States
Michael S. Ramage, J.D., Certified Genealogist®, is a fulltime, Board-certified genealogist with over 20-years’ experience as a professional genealogist and a legal background including family, adoption, business, real estate and estates law. Michael is the 2021 recipient of both The Donn Devine Award for Extraordinary Service to the Board for Certification of Genealogists® , and The APG Professional Achievement Award that honors individual excellence and ethical behavior. In 2000, Michael left a general practice law firm to pursue his true passion of genealogy. Thus, he uses his combined legal and genealogical backgrounds and tools to get the job done.
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- Degrees
- JD (Law)
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- Repositories
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania; American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia); National Archives at Philadelphia; Pennsylvania State Archives; Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia City Archives; and county courthouses and historical societies in the Greater Delaware Valley (southeast Pennsylvania).
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- Lectures
- Instructor, (1) Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate in Genealogical Research program, Instructor of “Genealogy as a Profession” (2011-2017); (2) “Early Women’s Right to Conduct Business, or Was Your Female Ancestor a Feme Sole Trader or the Like?” (Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, 2016-2024); (3) Instructor of legal and genealogical classes (GRIP & SLIG 2016-2024)
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- Publications
- (1) "Forensic Genealogy" and "Ethical Considerations" chapters in Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards, Elizabeth Shown Mills, editor (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2018); (2) “Self-Authenticating Evidence: Rules You Need to Know,” Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, Volume XXXIV, No. 4 (December 2019): 11; (3) “Data Privacy: The New Genealogical Frontier?” Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, Volume XXXIII, No. 4 (December 2018): 9; (4) Standards and Forensic Genealogy, OnBoard 22 (September 2016): 1; (5) “The Importance of Dispassionate Data Collection,” OnBoard 19 (BCG: January 2013): 5.
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- Credentials
- CG®
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- Affiliations
- APG, BCG, NGS, Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.
Contact
Contact
- Business site: www.forensicgenealogist.pro
Work Contact
Work Contact
Phone: | (484) 437-8827 |
Email: | michaelramagejd@gmail.com |
Street Address: | 720 Argyle Road |
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City: | Wynnewood |
State/Province: | Pennsylvania |
Country: | United States |
Zip/Postal Code: | 19096 |