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Jamie Lee McManus Mayhew

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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 fifty years and in 2010 started the research service California Cousins: Family History Research and Education.
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)
        2021 - Research in the South - Trans-Mississippi South (Mark Lowe FUGA)
  • 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)
       2021 - Writing for Peer Review (Karen Mauer Jones, CG, FGBS, FUGA)
       2022 - Advanced New England Research: From the Colonial Period to the early 1900s (D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS)
  • 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)
        2021 - Reading and Transcribing Old Documents (Carla S. Cegielski, MSLA)
  • Texas Institute of Genealogical Research - 5 day institute (TIGR)
       2021 - Advanced Southern Research (J. Mark Lowe, FUGA)
  • 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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