Certified Genealogist (R), July 2010
Extensive experience in New England genealogical records
from the 1600s to the 1900s:
Vital and town records
Census records
Probate records
Land records
Military pension files
Town histories
Church records
Newspapers
City directories
Portuguese parish record extraction project for Family
History Library
35,000 baptism, marriage, and death records
150,000 names
S. B., Management Science, MIT (1983)
30-year career as a property-casualty actuary
"A qualified genealogist will obtain all of the facts possible, analyze and judge them carefully, and then and only then, weigh all of the evidence before deciding the crucial problem and accept or reject the facts."
-- Noel C. Stevenson, Genealogical Evidence (Revised Edition), p. 12, copyright 1989 by Noel C. Stevenson.
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Detail from Revolutionary War pension file W12017, NARA series M-805, roll 490, showing marriage
information for Timothy Kelly and Joanna Newcomb of Newbury, Massachusetts. The information was
provided in an affidavit of Stuart Chase, Newbury town clerk. The same file in NARA series M-804
includes a complete listing of this couple's children.
New England Cousins
Ruy Cardoso, Certified Genealogist (R)