Every research project seems to have a brick wall or two. Helen F.M. Leary, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS has encountered and solved many of the same problems we face in her thirty years of professional research. She will share her strategies and techniques with us in lectures that inspire, entertain, and inform. Drawing on her years as a professional speaker, writer, and genealogical researcher, she speaks with authority, accuracy, and humor about a wide range of genealogical and historical topics.

Mrs. Leary is a Certified Genealogist, Certified Genealogical Lecturer, Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, and a Fellow
of the National Genealogical Society-and received its Award of Merit in 1987. She has held leadership positions in the Board for Certification of Genealogists, the Association for Professional Genealogists, Federation of Genealogical Societies, and the North Carolina Genealogical Society. She is a founding member of the Genealogical Speakers' Guild and served as the first editor of its newsletter.

As a member of the adjunct faculty of the Samford University Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Mrs. Leary
lectures on advance methodology. As editor or author she has contributed to North Carolina Research: Genealogy and Local History, Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians and contributes articles to genealogical and historical periodicals, including the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, The American Genealogist, The Genealogical Journal, The North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, and The TarHeel Junior Historian