Her photo has always had its place in a silver frame on the black grand piano in our home. She wears an organza silk blouse embroidered with roses and a mysterious winged creature. A cameo is pinned where the drape of the collar meets the button-down front. She is elegant and beautiful as she looks down demurely towards left her hand, perhaps contemplating her wedding ring? Join me as we traverse the scant and conflicting data available on her life and the information we can pull from it.

Can lineage to a patriot of the American Revolution be traced down a maternal line of misbegotten children? It can, and I did. Join me an I will share an incredible story in which illegitimacy is a family tradition!

Forensic genealogy is a new buzz-word these days. But what exactly is forensic genealogy? How is it applied? Is it effective? This talk will address these questions and provide some real-world examples. Hold on to your hats because what you learn will open Pandora’s Box!

Forensic genealogy is a new buzz-word these days. But what exactly is forensic genealogy? How is it applied? Is it effective? This talk will address these questions and provide some real-world examples. Hold on to your hats because what you learn will open Pandora’s Box!

Forensic genealogy is a new buzz-word these days. But what exactly is forensic genealogy? How is it applied? Is it effective? This talk will address these questions and provide some real-world examples. Hold on to your hats because what you learn will open Pandora’s Box!

Her photo has always had its place in a silver frame on the black grand piano in our home. She wears an organza silk blouse embroidered with roses and a mysterious winged creature. A cameo is pinned where the drape of the collar meets the button-down front. She is elegant and beautiful as she looks down demurely towards left her hand, perhaps contemplating her wedding ring? Join me as we traverse the scant and conflicting data available on her life…