Grace-Marie Moore Hackwell

Biographical Sketch:

Family Historian/Genealogist for over 30 years.

Educator and Genealogical Instructor
Specializing in Civil War Research.

Served 7 Years as Director of the Family History Center
(Santa Cruz, CA).

Served 3 Years as Staff Instructor for the Family History Center
(Santa Cruz, CA).

Founding President of the Pajaro Valley Genealogical Society.

Past President Northern CA. Chapter of the
Ohio Genealogical Society.

Instructor in Civil War Research at Cabrillo College (Aptos, CA., Community Education).

Published The Family History Time Line, Editor of The Moore Family Newsletter and Authored a Genealogical Column for the Scottish Quarterly .....The Guthrie Clan.

Authors and Maintains a Number of Web Sites
About Civil War Regiments...
Including the 4th, 51st, 66th and 142nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
and the 1st Mass. and 15th Penn. Cavalries.

Arranges and Escorts Genealogical Research Tours
Including Annual Trips to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Abraham Lincoln

Civil War Subjects

"Locating Civil War Soldiers Using Federal, State and Local Sources."

"How to Compile a Comprehensive Military History of a Civil War Ancestor."

"Finding Records Created by Veteran's Organizations, Specifically the Grand Army of the Republic.... GAR."

(New)" The Internet, A Valuable Tool for Civil War Research"

(New) "Using the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion" (The 128 volumed set of army records)

(New) "Immigrant Ancestors
Serving in the American Civil War...Both in the Federal and Confederate Forces"

Other Family History Subjects

" Painless Autobiographies "
...or...
"Memories are Forever, but only if you write them down!"
(An informative, entertaining and motivating workshop designed to guide participants through the process of writing and self-publishing small volumes containing memories of their lives.)

"Using the Family History Center's Resources."

"A Basis Guide to the Genealogical
Research Process."

"Dust to Dust, The Value of Records Created Near the Time of Death."