Name: The Arringdales: Beginning Steps for Writing an Ancestor’s Biographical Sketch by Heather Robb
Start: 2025-10-09T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-09T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Grace United Methodist Church of Naperville

$The Arringdales: Beginning Steps for Writing an Ancestor\u2019s Biographical Sketch by Heather Robb$

To undertake writing about an ancestor, it is essential first to compile records that provide insight into their life. This lecture will examine the lives of John B. and Nancy Arringdale, focusing on the plethora of records they generated while relocating across six states, beginning in Ohio and Illinois. We will analyze a sample biographical sketch to assess both its strengths and the areas where record collection could have been more thorough.
Heather Robb holds a master’s degree in Genealogical Studies from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. She also has a bachelor’s degree in History and has done graduate studies in Public History, where she developed an interest in museum studies and architectural history. She is a graduate of the Boston University Genealogy Certificate Program and holds a Professional Learning Certificate (PLCGS) in American records from the International Institute for Genealogical Studies. She is a qualified genealogist (QG) through the Register of Qualified Genealogists based in the United Kingdom and is currently working on her Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) portfolio.
She has worked in the archive and artifacts department at the Airborne Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and has served as genealogical researcher for Purple Hearts Reunited for the last six years. She was a military spouse for the duration of her husband’s military career and found fulfilment in organizing events and activities with several organizations for military spouses at various duty stations.
Heather specializes in military records research and house histories. She also does multigenerational genealogy research to help extend family lines backward and forward. She loves being involved in genealogy education and has served as a coordinator for the ProGen study program as well as a facilitator with Boston University’s genealogy certificate program. She enjoys continuing her American genealogy education by attending national and state conferences as well as genealogical institutes like GRIP, IGHR, SLIG and TIGR and AppGen.
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