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Virginia Nichols Mitchell
955 2nd Street
La Salle, Illinois 61301
Home: 815-780-8580 Cell: 815-343-9419 email: virginiamitchell@rootlines.net
Work experience
Professional Genealogist
​2005 - present
As a professional genealogist, my experience and duties have entailed researching family lineage information for clients, putting packages together for potential clients based on their needs and desires, finding documents that prove family lineage claims, creating family history reference material and books for clientele, and reading and transcribing older documents into modern readable and digital formats.
State Coordinator - Kentucky GenExchange
​1999-2005
As the Kentucky State Coordinator for the U.S. Genealogy Exchange and Surname Registry, my duties encluded database management for the state of Kentucky, recruiting volunteers for the 120 Kentucky County Coordinator positions, assisting the National Coordinator and the Assistant National Coordinator with organizational methods for my state, and genealogical data entry for the state of Kentucky.
County Coordinator - U.S. GenWeb
1997-1999
As the county coordinator for Clark County, Kentucky, I was responsible for website creation and management, researching content for the website, adding information provided by other volunteers, and responding to all correspondence to the website, including forums and emails.
Languages
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English
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Spanish
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French (written translation only)
Skills
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Advanced Oral History Transcription Experience
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Advanced experience with microfilm readers
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Experienced in handling old documents and photographs
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Experienced with Microsoft Office Programs
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Intermediate experience with photo restoration
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Basic HTML knowledge
2010 - present
Professional information
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Awards
- 2004 Commissioned an Honorable Kentucky Colonel for outstanding dedication to preserving Kentucky's biological heritage
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Memberships
- Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society in Social Sciences (2014)
- Association of Professional Genealogists (2013)
- New England Genealogical Society (2013)
- Golden Key, International Honor Society (2013)
- Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honorary (2009)
- Phi Theta Kappa, International Honor Society of the Two Year College (2007)
- Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (2004)
2010 - present