Jeanette Sheliga

ProGen Member Overview

Jeanette lives in Lockport, NY and has been researching her family tree since 2002. She began lecturing at the North Tonawanda Public Library in 2011 and soon after formed the North Tonawanda Library Genealogy Club.

In 2013, she became a Board Member for the Niagara County Genealogical Society. She is also the society Vice President and the Program Chairperson and is the past Chairman of the Board. Jeanette is also a past board member for the Western New York Genealogical Society is currently their Program Chairperson.

Jeanette has proven her ancestry and joined many lineage societies including the: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, First Families of Pennsylvania, National Society Descendants of American Farmers, and the National Society of Mayflower Descendants.

Jeanette launched her own genealogy business, Jeanette's Genealogy, January 2021. She offers lecturing on a variety of genealogical topics locally in-person and virtually all over the world along with limited client work. Jeanette's Genealogy can be found at: https://jeanettesgenealogy.com.

One January 1st, 2022, Jeanette became the Virtual Genealogical Society's (VGA) President. The VGA website is: https://virtualgenealogy.org.