Diane Maclean Boumenot Lecture

Diane MacLean Boumenot specializes in southern New England family history research and publishes genealogical guidance on her website, One Rhode Island Family. In 2018 she co-authored, with Maureen Taylor, the National Genealogical Society's NGS Research in the States volume, Research in Rhode Island. Diane speaks on Legacy Family Tree Webinars on New England genealogy. She holds a B.A. in American History and English from Wesleyan University. She is currently serving as Vice President of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society and, in 2022, as President of the New England Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists.

The Real Life of New England Vital Records: Secrets to Finding Them Today  Understanding when, where and why vital records were created, and the changes in those practices over the years, can help us find them today. What additional abstracts have been created for the southern New England states? What forms of these records are available online?…