About Me

I have been working as a professional genealogist for fifteen years as the owner of New Leaf Genealogy. I’m the President of the Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England Family History Society (WISE-FHS), and Past-President of the Colorado Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH). I’m actively involved as a genealogical volunteer with the Denver Public Library and the Carbon Valley Library and an active member of other family history organizations.

My research focus is on the British Isles and Ireland, and early American studies in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern regions. I’m particularly interested in Colonial and Territorial records, migrations, women’s history, and the impact of language changes on records. My genealogical education has been going on from the beginning, making many mistakes and learning from them. I regularly attend educational events to continue growing as a genealogist. I’m a proud graduate of the ProGen course. I have a B.A. in History with a minor in English focusing on linguistics, so I could explore how language changes affected record-keeping.