Cinamon Collins is the principal researcher of CRC Genealogical Research. She has had a life long interest in family history. Cinamon enjoys researching and learning the stories of other people’s ancestors just as much as her own. It marries together the three topics she finds most fascinating; history, people, and stories.
 
In 2011 Cinamon decided to turn her passion into a career and began taking clients professionally. Recently, Cinamon filmed a segment for the PBS television program, Genealogy Roadshow (airing September 2013).

 

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree from Hunter College, New York, New York

• Institute of Genealogical & Historical Research, Birmingham, Alabama

            2013, Understanding Land Records

            2012, Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis

            2011, Writing and Publishing for Genealogists

• 2012, Forensic Genealogy Institute, Dallas, Texas

• 2012, National Institute of Genealogical Research, Washington, D.C.

• 2010, Genealogical Research, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

• Professional Genealogy Study Group (ProGen 9), studying Professional Genealogy, completed April 2012

• National Genealogical Society Quarterly Study Group, 2011- Present

• Attendance to national, regional, and local conferences

 

Affiliations and Memberships:

 

• Association of Professional Genealogists (APG)

•  Council for the Advancement of Forensic Genealogists (CAFG)

•  National Genealogical Society

•  Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society

•  Missouri State Genealogical Association

•  National Society Daughters of the American Revolution