Experience:
From 1975 to 1983 I supervised all public document research for an
agency in
Boston
that investigated potential arson-for-profit insurance claims. I
became an independent title examiner in 1983 and have since searched several
thousand land titles. My work has included a number of
searches for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and over 300 searches of
properties, throughout eastern and central
Massachusetts
, for land acquisition or placement of restrictive easements by the former
Metropolitan District Commission.
In the late
1980s I began doing historic searches as Christmas gifts for neighbors of mine
who also lived in historic properties in
South Acton
,
MA
. (I now live in Gardner.) My first commercial work was for properties in
Concord
, including the oldest standing house there. I began
Worcester County Old House Histories in the fall of 2004 and now work almost
exclusively in
Worcester
County
.
I have been
doing genealogical research since 1993, when I began tracing the roots of my
own family, and am currently a member of New England Historical Genealogical
Society, whose invaluable website I use frequently.
Apart from my
historic searches, I have done extensive work for a law firm that deals with
mortgage foreclosures and for another firm in
Manchester
,
NH
, that deals with title insurance claims, such as boundary disputes.
References:
A list of references for my historic work will gladly be provided.