Elizabeth (Betsey) Cotter, MS, MD
ProGen Member Overview
One thing you can say about us genealogists: we love the hunt and never tire of it.
I have been interested in genealogy since I was a kid. My father drew his own family trees by hand and my mother recorded information in a book. I inherited their materials in 2008 and began my formal education in 2012. Our family history is fairly straightforward and in 2018, ever looking for new challenges, I began researching for friends.
I am particularly interested in connecting the enslaved and formerly enslaved in North Carolina and am involved in several indexing programs. I auction off my services at school fundraisers. I will continue providing pro bono work but do not intend to teach or take paying clients.
Education
2022 - GenProof 79 study group
2022 - SLIG - Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum
2022 - SLIG - Advanced Techniques for Mastering Online Searches and Uncovering Digital Records
2022 - Applied Genealogy Institute - Getting Lost in Ledgers
2022 - SLIG - Advanced Land Tools: Maps
2021-2022 - ProGen 60 coordinator
2020-2021 - ProGen 47 student
2021 - GRIP - Law School for Genealogists
2021 - MAAGI - Methods and Strategies for Slavery Era Research
2021 - SLIG - Writing and Documenting for Peer Review
2021 - SLIG - Meeting Standards Using DNA Evidence
2021 - SLIG - In-Depth African American Genealogy
2021 - NGSQ study group
2020 - IGHR - Intermediate DNA: Planning for and Conducting Research Using DNA and Documentary Sources
2020 - Mastering Genealogical Proof study group
2020 - Mastering Genealogical Documentation study group
2020 - NGSQ study group
2019 - SLIG - Researching Like a Professional
2019 - SLIG - Advanced Genealogical Methods
2019 - SLIG - Intermediate Foundations
2018 - SLIG - Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum
2018 - SLIG - Pre-1837 English Research
2011 - 2012 - University of Washington, Certificate in Family History and Genealogy
Publications & BLOGs
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