TGP 20 Catherine Desmarais – Vermont Research
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TGP 20 Catherine Desmarais – Vermont Research

ByMarian Pierre-Louis

Featured Guest Catherine Becker Wiest Desmarais, CG Cathi is a full-time professional genealogist and owner of Stone House Historical Research, established in 2008. In addition to family history research, Cathi works on U.S. Army military repatriation cases, finding next-of-kin and family DNA donors for unrecovered soldiers from past wars. She also locates missing or unknown…

TGP 19 Eileen O’Duill – Probate Research
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TGP 19 Eileen O’Duill – Probate Research

ByMarian Pierre-Louis

Featured Guest Eileen Ó Dúill Eileen Ó Dúill, has been a professional Irish genealogist since 1990, specializing in legal and probate genealogical research. She is currently the only Certified Genealogist in Ireland. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and served on the board of the as the International Trustee for Britain…

TGP 13 Leslie Brinkley Lawson – Forensic Genealogist
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TGP 13 Leslie Brinkley Lawson – Forensic Genealogist

ByMarian Pierre-Louis

Featured Guest Leslie Brinkley Lawson Leslie Brinkley Lawson, full-time professional genealogist, specializes in forensic genealogy (missing & unknown heirs, probate research), providing due diligence and kinship determinations. Clients include attorneys, executors, guardians, banks, probate firms, private clients. She is a regional and national speaker. As a forensic genealogist Leslie Lawson has completed genealogy research for…

TGP 11 Israel Pickholtz – Jewish Genealogy in Israel
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TGP 11 Israel Pickholtz – Jewish Genealogy in Israel

ByMarian Pierre-Louis

Featured Guest Israel Pickholtz Israel Pickholtz – A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-born genealogist who has been living inIsrael since 1973. His personal research includes single-surname research in Galicia (formerly Austria, now Ukraine) as well as families from Slovakia, Poland, Belarus, Hungary and later in the US, UK and Israel. From there he developed skills relating to more…

TGP 10 Michael Strauss – Diversifying Services
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TGP 10 Michael Strauss – Diversifying Services

ByMarian Pierre-Louis

Featured Guest Michael Strauss, AG Michael L. Strauss, AG – Professional Genealogist, Author, and Lecturer — is an Accredited Genealogist for the Eastern States Region with the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGEN). A native of Pennsylvania and a resident of Virginia, he has been an avid genealogist for more than 30…

TGP 8 Linda Woodward Geiger – New England Roots
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TGP 8 Linda Woodward Geiger – New England Roots

ByMarian Pierre-Louis

Featured Guest Linda Woodward Geiger, CG, CGL Linda Woodward Geiger is an associate of the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG), holding credentials as a Certified Genealogist (sm) and as a Certified Genealogical Lecturer (sm). She is a nationally known speaker, author, and historical researcher. She has spoken at genealogy conferences and seminars in over…

TGP 7 Sheri Fenley – Genealogy California Style
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TGP 7 Sheri Fenley – Genealogy California Style

ByMarian Pierre-Louis

Featured Guest Sheri Fenley Sheri Fenley is a professional genealogist from Stockton, California who specializes in the genealogical research of North Central California with an emphasis on San Joaquin County. She also focuses on lineage society applications. She is a member of numerous organizations including Sheri is an alumni of the ProGen 1 class completing…

TGP 5: Cinamon Collins – Tennessee Genealogist
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TGP 5: Cinamon Collins – Tennessee Genealogist

ByMarian Pierre-Louis

Featured Guest Cinamon Collins Cinamon Collins has been conducting genealogy research for the past 16 years and taking clients for the past two years. She enjoys the chase and the thrill of discovery. Cinamon has the good fortune of having adventurous ancestors who have migrated and traveled through many states, allowing her to become familiar…

TGP 4: Kirsty Wilkinson – Scottish Records & Paleography
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TGP 4: Kirsty Wilkinson – Scottish Records & Paleography

ByMarian Pierre-Louis

Featured Guest Kirsty Wilkinson Kirsty Wilkinson is the owner of My Ain Folk, a Scottish genealogy research firm. Kirsty began researching her own ancestry when she was in her early 20s and soon developed a passion for family history. She increased her knowledge of genealogical sources through personal and formal study and in 2006 launched…

TGP 3: Melanie Holtz focusing on Italian Research
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TGP 3: Melanie Holtz focusing on Italian Research

ByMarian Pierre-Louis

Featured Guest Melanie Holtz, CG Melanie Holtz, CG, is the owner and principal researcher of Lo Schiavo Genealogica . She is a Certified Genealogist specializing in Italian research. She has 20 years experience in genealogical research and has worked extensively in all types of Ital­ian records. Lo Schiavo Genealogica has worked in all regions of…