Sally D. Hamblen, CG
Overview
I have been researching my New England, Old England, Canadian and German ancestors for over 40 years. I was credentialed by the Board for Certification in 2025. Currently I am the editor of the Essex Genealogist, a journal for Essex County Massachusetts.
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
“It Was Jane not James, Harris Stephens” Genealogists’ Magazine, 35, p. 29-35 (March, 2025); Society of Genealogists, London
“The Brief but Adventurous Life of Lemuel Hamblin of Wareham, Massachusetts (1838-1876) Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, (March 2025.) First Prize Winner MSOG Writing Contest.
“Parents for William Farnham of Woolwich, Maine and Digby, Nova Scotia” The Maine Genealogist. (Feb. 2026) Vol. 48 no. 1
“ The 1701-1703 Will of Thomas Eaton of Haverhill, Massachusetts: Lessons in Document Analysis no. 1” The Essex Genealogist (August 2025) Vol. 45 no.3 (published May 2026)
Review of Thomas W. Jones Lecture at NGS conference, On Board newsletter. June 2026.
Separating Two Similarly Named Armenian Immigrants:
Harootune Kosaian and wife Yegnig Goshgarian of
Lynn, Massachusetts, and Harootoun Keasaian of
Lawrence, Massachusetts", The Essex Genealogist, Feb. 2026, published August 2026
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]