Digital Strategy & Communications

Claire has twenty years of experience as a digital marketing and content strategist for high-profile institutions in higher education, publishing, and media.

Originally from New Hampshire, Valerie joined the visitor services staff in 2002.

Lynn has been the editor of American Ancestors since 2003, and she has written numerous articles for the publication.

Thomas is responsible for conceptualizing and creating websites and other digital collateral. He also writes and edits copy for use across American Ancestors' digital platforms, and assists in digital communications strategy.

Andy is originally from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Having studied guitar and musicology in Boston and Iowa, he has presented research on video game music and minimalist music.

Amy joined the American Ancestors / NEHGS team in 2018. She has over 20 years of design experience, which includes past work with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, the Boston Herald, and Pearson Education.

In addition to designing American Ancestors magazine, Carolyn also designs products and marketing materials for NEHGS departments.

As Senior Editor for American Ancestors magazine and the Weekly Genealogist enewsletter, Jean writes and edits articles, strategizes content, and provides illustrations.

Prior to joining the American Ancestors/NEHGS staff as Lead Genealogist of the Early New England Families Study Project, Alicia compiled and edited numerous important genealogical publications.

Scott Colby joined the NEHGS Staff in July 2021. He oversees the database search and tree technology for AmericanAncestors.org.

Rachel coordinates the web teams volunteers in scanning and indexing material that goes on the database.

Areas of Expertise: Archival work with physical and digital collections, Black Activism and Histories of Essex County, local Abolitionist movements, Archaeology, Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Hale is responsible for scanning and indexing documents for the online archives.

Amanda assists with creating and improving the genealogical databases. She started at NEHGS as an indexing volunteer in 2020 and then joined the database team in 2021 as a digitization assistant.