Diane L Richard has M.Eng. and M.B.A. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She has been doing genealogy research since 1987 and since 2004 professionally focused on the records of North Carolina, other Southern States and migration paths to the Mississippi River. She has researched NC roots for the popular TV show Who Do You Think You Are? and appeared on the Bryan Cranston episode.
She has authored over 500 articles on genealogy topics, many for Internet Genealogy. In 2019 she published, Tracing Your Ancestors — African American Research: A Practical Guide, via Moorshead Publications. Since 2016 she has been editor of the North Carolina Genealogical Society (NCGS) journal.
As a speaker she has delivered webinars and in-person talks about the availability and richness of records documenting southerners, pursuing formerly enslaved ancestors and their descendants, genealogical research tips, techniques, tools and strategies, under-utilized resource collections [online and on-the-ground], and much more. She has appeared on Who Do You Think You Are? (Bryan Cranston episode).
She is a board member of NC Historical Records Online (NCHRO), http://nchistoricalrecords.org/, non-profit organization dedicated to providing public access to high quality images of original records and other related information useful to researching North Carolina history and genealogy.
I have really enjoyed Diane's personality and enthusiasm for the work she has done for me. She was always there if I had questions and she even went above and beyond to get my questions answered. I not only would hire her again, but I'm going to continue to get my questions about my family answered. I would recommend her both as an expert and as a people person!
Victoria P. Young completed her B.A. in Political Science from Dickinson College and has been working as a full-time professional genealogist since 2004, specializing in Southern U.S., lineage applications and forensic research. In addition to her work in more than 600 client projects, Vickie has completed many cases for the U.S. Army’s Casualty and Memorial Affairs Division in its mission to repatriate WWII soldiers, has appeared as an expert witness in a N.C. Superior Court, performed research for PBS’s Finding Your Roots hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and completed numerous projects as a subcontractor to AncestryProgenealogists.™
She served on the board of the North Carolina Genealogical Society, including two terms as President, from 2007 – 2021, and currently volunteers on the board of the North Carolina Friends of the Archives. In addition to her involvement with these organizations, Vickie is a member of the Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogists, the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Virginia Genealogical Society, and the National Genealogical Society.
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"Vickie made an excellent report -- meticulously documented and attractively presented -- about some family history research she did for me recently. She looked high and low for the information I hoped to uncover, and she didn't stop with the obvious sources ... I look forward to working with her again."