Join Melanie McLennan, the daughter of a Land Surveyor and the wife of a cartographer, on how to:

- Identify the property you are interested in as it would appear in the records.
- Build out the story of those who have lived there in the past and present, including how the property itself might change
over time (address, appearance, damage).
- Look for resources that would add information about the property.

Biography: Melanie is Canadian born, with Irish citizenship. Researching her own family’s heritage of Scots-Irish,
Scottish, Irish, English, French Canadian and northern European ancestry led her into pursuing formal education and a
career as a genealogist. To compliment her education with the National Institute of Genealogical Studies in Irish and
Canadian records, Melanie attended the Ulster History and Genealogical Summer School (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
and 2016) in Belfast (co-sponsored by the Ulster Historical Society and the University of Ulster, History Dept.).

She has devoted many additional hours of research practice at many archives and repositories in Dublin, Belfast, and
counties Fermanagh, Antrim and Armagh focusing on private research in national, civil and parish records, newspapers,
land and estate records to gain valuable knowledge through hands on experience. Melanie’s keen interest has expanded
into the study of Scottish and English records and the use of DNA analysis in researching family history.

Melanie has been working as a genealogical researcher and presenter for 13 years with her company Ancestral Tapestry.
Specializing in Irish, United Kingdom and Canadian records, she is available to work for her clients sharing with them her
knowledge, methodology and analysis skills, her research library and her enthusiasm for family history research.

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