Judith A. Herbert, Certified Genealogist® specializes in records and research in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, from the Colonial period to the early twentieth century. A seven year member of the Editorial Board of The Record, the quarterly peer reviewed journal of the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (NYG&B), she also teaches genealogy courses and is a guest lecturer on genealogical topics. Judith served as mentor for the ProGen 38 Study Group. She lives in New York’s Capital District and has been taking client work since 2009.
Judith worked as a Sr. Project Manager/Analyst in the technology sector where the successful design, implementation and security of systems requires process, methodology, analysis and risk mitigation skills. When executed properly genealogical work utilizes those same skills.
As a child Judith peppered her great-grandmother with questions about her ancestors, starting a life-long passion for genealogy. In 1979 she started examining microfilm at her local Family History Center and writing letters requesting vital, cemetery and church records. In the early 2000s she began helping adoptees to locate their birth families. From 1999 to 2014 she served as a volunteer staff member at her local Family History Center, helping others to plan their research and teaching them how to accurately locate their ancestors.
Recent Instruction & Lecture Examples
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“Location, Location, Location: The Oblong of Dutchess, Putnam & Westchester Counties, NY,” Connecticut Society of Genealogists:
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“Getting Started with Your Family History Research: Laying a Solid Foundation,”Irondequoit Public Library, Rochester, NY
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“Complex Evidence, Untangling Multiple Same-Name Individuals,” Schenectady Co. (NY) Historical Society
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“Researching Ancestors of Meager Means and Even Less Fame in the 19th Century,” Heritage Hunters of Saratoga Co., NY
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“Small Footprint, Big Apple, Researching Ancestors of Meager Means & Even Less Fame in the 19th Century,” Guilderland, NY, Public Library
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“Proving Parentage Through Indirect Evidence – The Importance of Sibling Records,” NY Genealogical & Biographical Society Webinar Series:
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“Small Footprint, Big Apple: Researching Ancestors of Meager Means & Less Fame in 19th Century NYC,” New York State Family History Conference
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“Genealogy 101-102: Discovering Your Family History,” Schenectady Co. (NY) Historical Society
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“Genealogy 103-104: Immigration, Naturalization, Land & Probate,” Schenectady Co. (NY) Historical Society
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“Complex Evidence: But Which Samuel Gates?” Capital District Genealogical Society, Albany, NY
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“Complex Evidence Part 2: Surname Studies,” Maine Genealogical Society GPC
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“Complex Evidence Part 1: Untangling Multiple, Same-Name Individuals,” Maine Genealogical Society GPC
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“Publishing a Family History,” Czech Geneal. Symposium, Minnesota Genealogical Soc., also Family History Center Annual Seminar, Oakdale, MN*
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“U.S. Census Records: Federal, State, & Special Censuses,” Family History Center Annual Seminar, Oakdale, MN