LidMelissaBarker

My library is non-fiction, history, biography and books about genealogy and archives. I might have a few historical fictions titles. I am an avid reader and collector of books.

Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives. She lectures, teaches and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation. She conducts virtual webinar presentations across the United States for genealogical and historical societies. She writes a popular blog entitled "A Genealogist in the Archives" and is a well known genealogy Book Reviewer. She writes a bi-weekly advice column entitled "The Archive Lady" published at Abundant Genealogy. She writes history pieces for her local newspaper "The Houston County Herald" called From the Archives. She is a Professional Genealogist with expertise in Tennessee records and she takes clients. She has been researching her own family history for the past 30 years.