Qualifications
Certified Genealogist (SM)
Nearly eighteen years of experience conducting professional family history investigation made up of six years in East Texas, five years in the state of Washington and seven years of research here in Champaign County, Illinois and the surrounding areas. I have done in-depth research on more hundreds of individuals that lived in Champaign County.
Earned acreditation from the Board for Certification of Genealogists in Washington, D.C. in 2003 as a Certified Genealogical Records Specialist and now as a Certified Genealogist.
CG, Certified Genealogist, is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic proficiency evaluations.
Published The Piney Woods Newsletter, a quarterly publication for people whose roots were in East Texas.
Education
- BA - Stephen F. Austin State University,
Applied Arts & Science, Emphasis in History
Memberships
- Champaign County Genealogical Society
- Association of Professional Genealogists
- National Genealogical Society
- Smoky Mountain Historical Society
Services
Specialist in Champaign County, Illinois and surrounding areas. Will consider going anywhere if rate and expenses are covered. Have experience in several other counties and states including Pierce County, Washington, Sevier County, Tennessee, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Nacogdoches County, Texas and others.
Research for authors and historians.
Library and Archive Research Services.
- Newspaper
- Obituaries
- Funeral Notices
- Engagement Notices
- Marriages
- News Events
- Census
- County histories
- Biographies
- City directories
- Cemetery records
- Death Records
County Records Research
- Probate
- Naturalization
- Marriage Records
- Property Records
- Birth Certificates
- Death Certificates
- German Church Records
Computer Services
- Social Security
- Death Index searches
- Various subscription database searches
- World Wide Web Searches
- Computerization of your existing information
- Custom Computer Produced Reports
Fees
- $20.00/hr for research within Champaign County, Illinois
- $25.00/hr for research in surrounding counties: Piatt County, Douglas County, Ford County, and Vermilion County.
- $30.00/hr outside of the above counties.
- Total fees consist of hourly rate plus expenses (copies, parking, etc.) And for trips outside of Champaign County, meals, accomodations and mileage at $0.445 per mile.
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