NEHGS - Featured Consultants

National Archives Research Day Featured Consultants

Marie E. Daly Director of the Library
Marie joined the staff of NEHGS in 1987 as Business Manager, then became Chief Financial Officer in 1998, and was named Director of Library Services in 2002. She received a B.S. from Northeastern University and an MPH from Boston University. In her spare time, Marie traces her Irish ancestors. She is the past president and co-founder of TIARA (the Irish Ancestral Research Association) and has been researching, lecturing, and writing about Irish genealogy since 1976. She is particularly interested in old Irish graveyards and has transcribed the tombstone inscriptions in several Irish cemeteries in the Boston area. You can email Marie at mdaly@nehgs.org or contact her by phone at 617-226-1231. Areas of expertise: Irish and Irish-American genealogy, Prince Edward Island genealogy, 19th and 20th century immigrant research, and researching early Watertown Massachusetts families in land records.

Marie E. Daly
Director of the Library

Marie joined the staff of NEHGS in 1987 as Business Manager, then became Chief Financial Officer in 1998, and was named Director of Library Services in 2002. She received a B.S. from Northeastern University and an MPH from Boston University. In her spare time, Marie traces her Irish ancestors. She is the past president and co-founder of TIARA (the Irish Ancestral Research Association) and has been researching, lecturing, and writing about Irish genealogy since 1976. She is particularly interested in old Irish graveyards and has transcribed the tombstone inscriptions in several Irish cemeteries in the Boston area. You can email Marie at mdaly@nehgs.org or contact her by phone at 617-226-1231.

Areas of expertise: Irish and Irish-American genealogy, Prince Edward Island genealogy, 19th and 20th century immigrant research, and researching early Watertown Massachusetts families in land records.

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Christopher C. Child Genealogist of the Newbury Street Press
Originally from Putnam, Connecticut, Chris Child has worked for various departments at NEHGS since 1997 and became a full-time employee in July 2003. He has been a member of NEHGS since the age of eleven. Chris graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in history from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey in 2003. He belongs to the National History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta. His genealogical interests include the American and English descendants of Wolstone and Ellen (Empson) Childe of London; Southern New England, especially Connecticut; ancestry of notable figures, especially presidents; genetics and genealogy; African-American and Native-American genealogy. Chris has written articles published in a few genealogical journals, including an article in New England Ancestors in 2003 on the maternal ancestry of Abraham Lincoln. You can email Chris at cchild@nehgs.org or contact him by phone at 617-226-1282. Areas of expertise: the American and English descendants of Wolstone and Ellen (Empson) Childe of London; Southern New England, especially Connecticut; ancestry of notable figures, especially presidents; genetics and genealogy; African-American and Native-American genealogy, 19th and 20th Century research, and westward migrations out of New England. Chris has lectured on genetics and genealogy and applying to hereditary societies.

Christopher C. Child
Genealogist of the Newbury Street Press

Christopher Child, Genealogist of the Newbury Street Press

Originally from Putnam, Connecticut, Chris Child has worked for various departments at NEHGS since 1997 and became a full-time employee in July 2003. He has been a member of NEHGS since the age of eleven. Chris graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in history from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey in 2003. He belongs to the National History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta. His genealogical interests include the American and English descendants of Wolstone and Ellen (Empson) Childe of London; Southern New England, especially Connecticut; ancestry of notable figures, especially presidents; genetics and genealogy; African-American and Native-American genealogy. Chris has written articles published in a few genealogical journals, including an article in New England Ancestors in 2003 on the maternal ancestry of Abraham Lincoln. You can email Chris at cchild@nehgs.org or contact him by phone at 617-226-1282.

Areas of expertise: the American and English descendants of Wolstone and Ellen (Empson) Childe of London; Southern New England, especially Connecticut; ancestry of notable figures, especially presidents; genetics and genealogy; African-American and Native-American genealogy, 19th and 20th Century research, and westward migrations out of New England. Chris has lectured on genetics and genealogy and applying to hereditary societies.

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Michael J. Leclerc Director of Special Projects
Director of Special Projects Michael J. Leclerc joined the NEHGS staff in 1996, after working for five years at Fidelity Investments. In 2001 he became Director of Electronic Publications and managed the development of two versions of NewEnglandAncestors.org, including the expansion of the website to include searchable databases. He also supervised publication of sixteen titles on CD-ROM. He currently works in the Scholarly Programs department, working on on Newbury Street Press and NEHGS books, editing the Society’s weekly electronic newsletter, eNews, and managing projects such as a venture with Plimouth Plantation to produce genealogical displays and materials for visitors to the plantation. He is also a contributing editor for New England Ancestors magazine. He is a former board member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and former Vice-President of Administration for the Federation of Genealogical Societies. He is the author of numerous articles in genealogical magazines and journals, and co-editor of Genealogical Writing in the 21^st Century: A Guide to Register Style and More, Second Edition. He is a popular speaker at local, regional, and national conferences throughout the country. Areas of expertise: Massachusetts, colonial Boston, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, the French and non-French in Eastern Canada (Ontario, Québec, and the Maritimes), general methodology and research practices, and genealogical writing and speaking. Michael can be reached at mleclerc@nehgs.org.

Michael J. Leclerc
Director of Special Projects

Director of Special Projects Michael J. Leclerc joined the NEHGS staff in 1996, after working for five years at Fidelity Investments. In 2001 he became Director of Electronic Publications and managed the development of two versions of NewEnglandAncestors.org, including the expansion of the website to include searchable databases. He also supervised publication of sixteen titles on CD-ROM. He currently works in the Scholarly Programs department, working on on Newbury Street Press and NEHGS books, editing the Society’s weekly electronic newsletter, eNews, and managing projects such as a venture with Plimouth Plantation to produce genealogical displays and materials for visitors to the plantation. He is also a contributing editor for New England Ancestors magazine. He is a former board member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and former Vice-President of Administration for the Federation of Genealogical Societies. He is the author of numerous articles in genealogical magazines and journals, and co-editor of Genealogical Writing in the 21^st Century: A Guide to Register Style and More, Second Edition. He is a popular speaker at local, regional, and national conferences throughout the country.

Areas of expertise: Massachusetts, colonial Boston, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, the French and non-French in Eastern Canada (Ontario, Québec, and the Maritimes), general methodology and research practices, and genealogical writing and speaking.

Michael can be reached at mleclerc@nehgs.org.

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