This article first appeared in Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly 23 (June 2008): 65–71—Ed. Persuasive arguments may cloud good judgment. When researchers are persuaded to see fiction as fact, they may overlook or ignore evidence. “Conventional wisdom,” scarce sources, unproductive […]
About Sharon E. Seargant
Biography:
Project specialties: Non-fiction, memoir and biography research, international tracing and property settlements, provenance of artifact collections, large migration group patterns (US, Ireland, Canada, France, England, Scotland, Italy, Germany), occupational group trends (mariner, mail and stagecoach, railroad, printers and authors), records access advisory, multi-media technology, team building, educational programs and event planning.
Resource specialties: maps and cartography, newspapers, and historical compilations.
Public service: Past Program Director and Secretary of the Massachusetts Genealogical Council; APG Professional Management Conference committee; Historic Waltham committee.
Products: AncestralManor, GenealogyFair, Boston States Migrations research kits, workshops and teleconferences.
Academic Degrees:
BS (Business Adminsitration)
Research Specialty:
Cartographic ; Emigration & Immigration ; Historical Sites ; Holocaust ; House Historian ; Migration ; Heir Searcher ; Railroads ; Forensic ; Irish American ; Italian American
Time Period Specialty:
18th Century ; 19th Century ; 20th Century
Geographic Specialty:
CT ; ME ; MA ; NH ; RI ; VT ; New England ; Boston ; British Isles ; Ireland ; Italy ; Canada - All
Service Categories:
Technology ; Conference Planner ; Compiler/Indexer ; Lecturer/Seminars ; Project Management ; Author/Writer