Sally D. Hamblen
ProGen Member Overview
I have been researching my New England, Old England, Canadian and German ancestors for over 40 years. Now that I am retired, I hope to write my portfolio to submit to the BCG in 2023. After that my goal is to write up much of the research I have done over the years.
Education
Formal:
Boston University Certificate in Genealogical Research January 2021
Certification Discussion Group with Morelli/Fortier Winter 2021
Write as You Go Class with Jill Morelli June 2021
Applied Genealogy Institute Courses:
Irish Research Practicum Oct. -Nov. 2021
Using Google Earth Pro October 2022
ProGen Study Group 60: Sept 2021- Dec. 2022
Many educational webinars, and seminars, from Legacy Family Tree, NEHGS, Seattle Gen. Soc., Roots Tech, NERGC, and beyond.
Several Conferences both in person and online from 2000-2022, such as NGS, FGS, RootsTech, NEHGS.
A favorite seminar was "Breaking Down Sources" with Jeanette Shiel on 30 Oct 2021.
Also, the Fall Seminar with Judy Russell sponsored by the Seattle Gen. Soc. in Sept. 2022.
SLIG January 2023- "Evidence Based Writing for Genealogists" with Melissa Johnson
Experience
I've been searching for over 40 years and still have a few brick walls I'd like to solve! I also enjoy helping others with theirs.
Publications & BLOGs
All under my former name, Sally Dean Hamblen Hill, (now known as Sally D. Hamblen)
Sally Dean Hamblen Hill, “Stephen and Hannah (Place) Talby of Boston, Massachusetts, with notes on Hannah Sunderland, wife of Matthew Armstrong and Abraham Gording of Boston,” The American Genealogist 78 (October 2003): 256-264.
Sally Dean Hamblen Hill, “The Jilting of Samuel Walker, Mariner, of Boston,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 157 (October 2003):355-360.
Sally Dean Hamblen Hill, “Marriages Noted by the Rev. Cotton Mather and His Son, the Rev. Samuel Mather, Boston, Massachusetts, 1655-1737,” The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 159 (April 2005, July 2005, October 2005) 160 (January 2006).
Sally Dean Hamblen Hill, “Correction and Addition,” Mayflower Descendant 54 (Winter 2005):55; [concerning the corrected son of Aaron May as Lemuel Cravath May, not Samuel C. May]