Publications

State and National Publications:

“County Clerk Miscellaneous Records: They May Be What You’re Looking For, ” New York Researcher, Spring 2023, p. 9-12.

“Surveying Society Membership: Part 2, Online Surveys,” NGS Magazine, Oct/Nov/Dec 2022, p. 55-60.

“Surveying Society Membership: Part 1, Questions,” NGS Magazine, Jul/Aug/Sep 2022, p. 60-62.

“County Board of Supervisors Proceedings: A Genealogy Source Revealed,” New York Researcher, Summer 2022, p. 42-45.

“Genealogical Society Publications: Creative and Successful Strategies for Acquiring Content,” NGS Magazine, Apr/May/Jun 2022, p. 55-58.

Local Publications:

The Classified column is a regular feature of the Western New Genealogist (and formerly the JOURNAL) and highlights resources available in the Grosvenor Room, the special collections department of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library.

• “Classified: School Days,” June 2023, p. 4-7.
• “Classified: Buffalo Magazines: Business, Club, School, and General Interest Publications,” September 2022, p. 29-32.
• “Classified: New York State Vital Records Index,” June 2022, p. 4-7.
• “Classified: Finding Your Female Ancestors,” March 2022, p. 100-102.
• “Classified: City Directory Substitutes,” December 2021, p. 82-85.
• “Classified: Researching Crime and Law Enforcement,” September 2021, p. 57-60.
• “Classified: Using HeinOnline for Genealogy,” June 2021, p. 23-25.

“Find Your Ancestor’s U.S. Passenger List,” The Western New York Genealogical Society JOURNAL, September 2020, p. 56-60.

“Spotlight on Lesser Known Federal Records,” The Western New York Genealogical Society JOURNAL, June 2020, p. 5-12.

“Adoption Research Part II: Modern Adoption Research,” The Western New York Genealogical Society JOURNAL, September 2019, p. 68-72.

“Adoption Research Part I: Historical Adoptions in Western New York,” The Western New York Genealogical Society JOURNAL, March 2019, p. 165-169.

“Locating Early Western New York Land Plots,” The Western New York Genealogical Society JOURNAL, September 2018, p. 65-76.

“The Case of Unnamed Bootteby: Transcribed Records Can Be the Missing Link,” The Western New York Genealogical Society JOURNAL, March 2018, p. 168-169.

“Things You Can Do with City Directories,” The Western New York Genealogical Society JOURNAL, September 2015, p. 53-59.

“Breaking Old World: Finding Foreign Places of Birth in American Records,” The Western New York Genealogical Society JOURNAL, December 2014, p. 99-110.