Erica Cousins Curtis
ProGen Member Overview
Erica Cousins Curtis specializes in pre-1850 brick walls, women, lineage societies, genealogical writing, and forensic genealogy. She specializes in Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, West Virginia, and Ohio research and has experience researching in-person at most western Pennsylvania repositories.
She earned her earned her Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University, completed ProGen 66 and GenProof 77, and has attended numerous courses, conferences, and institutes including the Salt Lake City Institute of Genealogy and the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh. She is a board member and recording secretary for the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society and is the editor of its Quarterly journal. Her published works have appeared in the Utah Genealogical Association's Crossroads journal and the WPGS Quarterly.
Education
ProGen 66
Gen Proof 77
Boston University Certificate in Genealogical Research
Women and Children First: Research Methods for the Hidden Half of the Family (GRIP)
Advanced Evidence Analysis Practicum (SLIG)
Advanced Genealogical Methods (SLIG)
Walking in Penn's Woods (GRIP)Certificate in Genealogical Research - Boston University
MAT- Social Studies Education, Brown University
MA- French Studies, Columbia University
BA - History, Pennsylvania State University
Experience
First Cousins LLC
Forensic Genealogy/Heirship Research
Publications & BLOGs
June 2024- Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society's Quarterly "Resolving the Merged Identities of John Minor of Fayette County, Pennsylvania and Marshall County, West Virginia"
Fall 2023- Utah Genealogical Association's Crossroads "In Search of Lost Marriages: Marriage Laws and Elopement Destinations"
Fall 2022 - Utah Genealogical Association's Crossroads "Outbreak: Using Conventional Record Sets and Special Collections to Fully Understand the Role of Epidemics in Our Ancestors' Lives