Speaking

I am primarily focused on writing and lecturing. I am available to present genealogical lectures on researching African-ancestored families from the historical slave South.

I provide this service in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, the Greenville area of the Upstate of SC (including Laurens County), and elsewhere by arrangement.

I specialize in the topics below. If you don’t see a topic of interest, please feel free to contact me with your suggestion or request.

Lecture Topics

• African American Genealogy
  • Chancery/Equity/Orphan’s Court
  • DNA
  • Methodology and Strategies
  • Slavery and the Law
  • State and County Courts
  • Using Probate Files
• Genealogy Ethics
• Genealogy Standards
  • Assembly and Analysis of Evidence
  • Citation Fundamentals
  • Historical Context
  • Planning Research
  • Why Standards Are For Everyone
• Immigration and Naturalization
• Narrative Genealogies, Lineages, and Pedigrees
• Transcriptions