Jamie Lee McManus Mayhew

Jamie Lee McManus Mayhew is the principal researcher for California Cousins.  Her first experience with genealogy was as a teenager researching with her mother, cranking through census records and old books that had that peculiar odor that old books have. She has been researching now for over thirty-five years and in 2010 started the research service California Cousins: Family History Research and Education.

• Professional Learning Certificate Genealogical Studies (PLCGS) National Institute for Genealogical Studies
• Professional Genealogy Study Group - ProGen 14
• Institute of Genealogical & Historical Research - 5-day institute (IGHR)

        2013 - Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis - (Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG)
        2017 - Writing and Publishing for Genealogists (Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA,    FNGS)

• Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy - 5-day institute (SLIG)

       2012 - Researching in Original Resource Repositories (John Colletta, Ph.D., FUGA)
        2013 - Advanced Genealogical Methods  (Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS)
        2014 - Advanced Research Tools: Land Records (Richard G. Sayre, CG, and Pamela Boyer Sayre, CG, CGL) 
        2015 - Getting More Out of Genetic Genealogy Research: Intermediate to Advanced DNA Analysis (CeCe Moore and Angie Bush)
        2016 - Corpus Juris:  Advanced Legal Concepts for Genealogy (Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL)
        2017 - You be the Judge: A Practicum Using Standards to Evaluate Genealogical Work (Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG)
        2017 - Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum (Angela Packer McGhie, CG)
        2018 - A Practical Approach to Establishing Genealogical Proof With DNA (Karen Stanbary, MA, SCSW, CG)
        2018 - Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum (Angela Packer McGhie, CG)  
        2019 - Metes & Bounds Land Platting (Gerald H. Smith CG)
        2020 - All-DNA Practicum (Angela Packer McGhie, CG)  
        2021 - Meeting Standards Using DNA Evidence: Case Studies Illustrate Sound Research Strategies and Decision-Making.  (Karen Stanbary, MA, SCSW, CG)

• SLIG Academy for Professionals - 5-day institute

        2019 - The Art of Writing Client Reports (Angela Packer McGhie, CG)
        2021 - Writing and Documenting for Peer Review (Karen Mauer Jones, CG, FGBS, FUGA)

• Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh - 5-day institute _ GRIP

        2018 - Mastering Genealogical Documentation (Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, FASG, FUGA, FNGS)

• 2014 - National Institute on Genealogical Research  (NIGR) now Genealogical Institute on Federal Records - 5 day institute
• Researcher for season one (2013) of the PBS television show Genealogy Roadshow.
• BA Sociology, MA Educational Technology, Elementary Teaching Credential, Educational Administrative Credential

• 24 years experience in education as a teacher and administrator

Member

• Southern California Genealogical Society
• Fresno County Genealogical Society
• Genealogical Society of North Orange County California
• Utah Genealogical Society
• Sierra Foothills Chapter DAR
• Genealogical Speakers Guild
• Association of Professional Genealogists
• Southern California Chapter: Association of Professional Genealogists
• Association of Professional Genealogists - Writers Special Interest Group (Vice-President)
• National Genealogical Society
• New England Historic Genealogical Society
• Alabama Genealogical Society
• Georgia Genealogical Society
• Ohio Genealogical Society

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