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Contact Information:
dcjoyce@findmyfamilyplease.com
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EXPERIENCE:
- Certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists [BCG]
- Board of Directors, Minnesota Genealogical Society
- Chair, Minnesota Cemetery Project
- Master of Liberal Arts Degree, Hamline University, 1992
- Over 75 courses and workshops on genealogical techniques and records, 1990-2006
- Over 20 years experience in family history research
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Help beginning genealogists start a family history, and learn to use effective research strategies
- Advanced problem solving techniques
- American migration routes during the 18th and 19th centuries
- Research on TIMES and PLACES --early communities and their social history
- Historical fiction of special interest to genealogists
- Ethnic groups, including Norwegian, German, "Yankee" [English], Swedish, Scots-Irish, and Swede-Finns
PERSONAL RESEARCH:
- The Finical Family in America [Pennsylvania Germans, from the 18th century]
- The Reiquam Family in America [Norway to Wisconsin and Minnesota]
- The Cruikshank Clan [Scotland to Nova Scotia to Minnesota]
- Norton Researchers of CT>NY>OH> IL and related places [English]
- Descendants of Thomas Ramsey of Pennsylvania [Scots-Irish Immigrants; PA> KY>IN]
- Alexander Johnson Family of French River Minnesota [Swede-Finns]
- Nils Evanson Family of Duluth Minnesota [Norwegians]
- Descendants of Andrew and Anna Johnson of Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota [Swedish]
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