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Georgeann Malowney has been researching family and community histories since 1995. She created www.irishgenealogy.com in 1997. She created one-name studies for MALOWNEY, McREDMOND, ODENBAUGH and other surnames in order to organize and analyze all records for these unique surnames. She authored family histories including MALOWNEY Family History Worldwide. She updated FULTON Family of Westmoreland County, PA and hosts www.chartiers.com, the premier site for Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Georgeann authored Images of America - Redmond, Washington, published by Arcadia Publishing Company in 2002. The book features about 200 historic photographs of Redmond pioneers and landmarks. Numerous years of research in archives allowed her to create informative captions. The book went to its second printing after only a few months of its arrival in bookstores. She received grants from the City of Redmond for displays of historic photos in public places such as Borders Bookstore in Redmond Town Center and additional stores in the mall. She coordinated the 90th Anniversary for the City of Redmond on November 24, 2002 at the historic Bill Brown Building. The Seattle Times gave nearly a full page of coverage for Georgeann's historical photograph displays on October 31, 2001.

Georgeann researches Springfield, Ohio families and history of Southeast Ohio extensively. She has had possibly as many as 500 relatives in the area and hopes to publish her Springfield research in the near future.

Georgeann is a pioneer of online genealogy education. She was asked to teach Irish Research for one of the largest genealogy company in the Spring of 2001. Due to the success of her class, she created online courses for Beginning Computer Genealogy and Every Picture Tells a Story. She taught over 4,000 students online. The majority remain active on her password-protected alumni site. Georgeann became Director of Training for www.WorldVitalRecords.com in December 2006.

Georgeann is the official genealogist for the www.MoloneyClan.com which was formed in 2006.

Nearly all of Georgeann's ancestry is Scots-Irish or Famine Irish. She has identified over 60 ancestors and is continually finding information to make their histories more complete. She is familiar with migration patterns of the Irish in America, church records, and Irish and Catholic fraternal organizations.

Georgeann's specializations include Scots-Irish, Famine Irish, Irish surnames one-name studies, Colonial Maryland, Colonial New England, Internet research, Library research and Irish in Pennsylvania. Georgeann hosts www.chartiers.com  for Washington County, PA which along with Westmoreland County, PA were largely settled by Scots-Irish in the 1700s. Georgeann's research has been used to join lineage societies such as her research for Diana's application for the National Society of Colonial Dames which was approved in February 2003.

Researching family history is a personal experience. Georgeann will share many tips from her years of experience. Searching unique surnames like MALOWNEY or McREDMOND requires different tactics than names like WHITE. Some people create one-name studies to analyze all records for some surnames. Some need to study all the people in the same general area with a surname to identify the relationships until they find their ancestors. It is important to use * or wildcards with portions of some surnames to retrieve additional names with spelling variations. Remember, your ancestors names were usually recorded by others who might not have understood their Irish broque.

Some Irish surnames Georgeann has researched include: Barry, Biggins, Campbell , Connaughton/Cavenaughton, Craig, Curry, Dean, Devaney, Donahue, Dugan, Fulton, Garrity, Geraghty, Gibson, Griffin, Guthrie, Hartley, Kearns, Lawless, Lyle, Maloney, Malowney, Mapel/Maple, Marquis, Mason, McCardell, McClain/McClean, McConnell, McFarland, McGivney, McRedmond, Mitchel, Moloney/Molony, Moorhead, Morse, Mullowney, Murphy, Rea, Rooney, Shields, Sloan, Urie, White.

Georgeann received an MBA from the University of San Francisco  in 1982 and her BA from the University of South Florida. She became enrolled to practice before the IRS in 1991 after having worked for tax software and CPA firms since 1985. She has 20 years experience in the software industry and was  a SAP Consultant for several firms including Deloitte & Touche. She completed the MCDBA (Microsoft Certified Database Administrator Program in 2001. Her expertise in digital imaging and electronic publishing and numerous software programs has been beneficial in creating family histories. You can view more detail of Georgeann's career on http://LinkedIn.com/in/georgeann

Georgeann has traveled for over five years in over sixty countries including Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany, all Western European countries, Argentina, and the numerous Caribbean Islands.

Georgeann Malowney's Message from my Irish Research course
"Whether you have many or a few Irish or Scots-Irish ancestors you will gain an understanding of what records are available for your ancestors in the U.S. and Ireland. Family history is the study of history from a personalized perspective. This course will help you organize your research, find distant relatives, plan research trips whether at the library or in Ireland and create family histories to be cherished for generations."