Notable Work
2007: Researched the childhood history and hidden family secrets of Marine Corps Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak for an upcoming biography.
2006: Researched the maternal ancestry of actor-comedian Chris Tucker for the PBS television series African American Lives.
2004-2005: Published two reference books about the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery. Land lottery work recognized by Georgia Genealogical Society with award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Genealogy” in December 2005.
Cemetery Documentation
Ongoing volunteer projects to publish burials in Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery, contributing graves from cemeteries in my neighborhood to Find-a-Grave (my favorite cemetery website), and to document the location of every cemetery in DeKalb County, Georgia.
Maps
Produced maps included in the proposed Virginia-Highland design guidelines. Developed a map of DeKalb County, Georgia, showing patterns of post-World War II residential development in the county. View the map.
Books
1805 Georgia Land Lottery Fortunate Drawers and Grantees. Decatur, Ga.: The Genealogy Company, 2004. Documents the record of title transfer from the State of Georgia to an individual for each land lot distributed through the lottery process in 1805.
1805 Georgia Land Lottery Persons Entitled to Draws. Decatur, Ga.: The Genealogy Company, 2005. An index to the List of Persons Entitled to Draws for the 1805 Land Lottery, listing most of the households in Georgia in the year 1803.
Articles, Reviews, and Transcriptions
“A Blue Ridge Family for Alsaph Briggs Barker.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 98, no. 2 (June 2010): 85-100.
“The Search for Fulton County’s Stolen Records.” Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly 45, no. 3 (Fall 2009): 217-221.
“Google Your Family Tree: Unlock the Hidden Power of Google, by Daniel M. Lynch.” [Book Review] Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly 24 (March 2009): 10.
“Foreign-born Voters in Savannah and Chatham County, 1867.” Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly 44, no. 4 (Winter 2008): 373-398; Part 2, vol. 45, no. 1 (Spring 2009): 35-66; Part 3, vol. 45, no. 2 (Summer 2009): 151-163.
“Genealogical Research at the DeKalb History Center.” Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly 44, no. 2 (Summer 2008): 133-139.
“Historical Records of Urban Georgia.” Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly 43, no. 2 (Summer 2007): 87-90.
“Courthouse Indexes Illustrated, by Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG.” [Book Review] Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly 21 (September 2006): 95.
“Understanding the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery Registration.” Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly 40, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 171-173.
Media
“Jumping Hurdles in Native American Research,” Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), 10 August 2009.
“DeKalb’s Oldest House and Paul K. Graham.” Creative Loafing (Atlanta), 6 March 2008.
