Laurie Hermance-Moore, Accredited Genealogist®

Don’t know much About your Family?

I didn’t either.

My passion for family history came from my own curiosity. It started with a Victorian house my husband and I owned. I had to know who the people were who lived there. That got me hooked. Who would have imagined a wedding in our front parlor in 1912? Or the house’s brief stint as a church in the 1960s? 

Success with my house research led me, an adoptee, to search for and find my birth family—which then opened the door to discovering my own lines, along with many stories from the early years of American history. Because it took me fifty years to know who my family is, I figure that’s why I’ve been blessed with especially interesting ancestors who were on the leading edge of westward migration. (My 4th great-grandfather had something to do with the “Lost State of Franklin”.)

Want to get excited about the unexpected stories in your family? On behalf of myself and the Heritage Bridge team, we would be happy to introduce you to your past.

Qualifications

Laurie Hermance-Moore, Accredited Genealogist®, is the CEO of Heritage Bridge. She leads a small team that specializes in custom genealogical research for legacy-minded individuals and for law firms that need to efficiently resolve probate or real estate cases.

Laurie has been a professional researcher for her entire career, first as a librarian, then corporate market researcher, and now as a professional genealogist.  

Laurie holds a B.A. History from the University of Kansas, a Master’s in Library Science from the University of Alabama, a Master’s in Marketing from Franklin University, and a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University.  She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the National Genealogical Society, and leads the Access Committee for the Ohio Genealogical Society.

She received her accreditation in genealogy research in the U.S. Midwest states through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists(ICAPGen℠). For information on ICAPGen℠ examination requirements, qualifications, and ethics, please see: https://www.icapgen.org/home/professional-ethics/

She resides in Ohio with her husband and with two cats who frequently walk all over her desk.

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