Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL, holds credentials as a Certified Genealogist® and as a Certified Genealogical LecturerSM. Her research specialties focus in Maryland, Upstate New York, Virgina, the District of Columbia, military records from the Revolution through the Civil War, federal records at the National Archives (D.C.), as well as land records of all types. She has lectured at major genealogical society conferences, institutes, and local conferences across the states. She is co-author of the NGS Research in the States series book on Maryland. She is a graduate and former mentor of the ProGen Study Group and served as the ProGen Administrator from 2015–2020. Rebecca was Executive Director of the Board for Certification of Genealogists® from 2018 to 2024. She currently serves as Director of the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed) held annually at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. In October 2024, she was elected as vice-president of the National Genealogical Society.
Missing—Presumed Dead: A Civil War Case Study
The Civil War was about more than governments, it was about individual people. This lecture explores the life of one soldier, recreated with federal & civilian records and told against the backdrop of historical context.
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