Genealogists are always looking for places where records are located. More and more of these records are being found in places that are not your typical archives\, library\, or genealogical society. One of these places is a museum. Many museums have back rooms fil led with genealogical and historical records just waiting for the genealog ist to discover them!
\nMelissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manag er and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County\, Tennesse e Archives. She is affectionally known as The Archive Lady to the genealog y community. She lectures\, teaches\, and writes about the genealogy resea rch process\, researching in archives and records preservation. She conduc ts virtual presentations across the United States and other countries for various genealogy groups and societies. She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a well-known published book reviewer . She has been a Professional Genealogist for the past 19 years with exper tise in Tennessee records. She has been researching her own family history for the past 33 years. \;
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