Credentials

EDUCATION: • Undergraduate degree, University of Virginia • Graduate degree,Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management • NIGR, the National Institute on Genealogical Research • Publishing Institute, NY University • Non-profit management, Duke University • On premises courthouse and legal research, title companies, NY, MA, NC • Verifying Genealogist, Registrar General's Committee, 10 years, National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century: trained by Registrar General in verification of lineage, evidence evaluation, strengthening claims via secondary sources, geography of American colonies • Scottish research at National Archives and special collections • In-person research in US, England, Scotland, Wales

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: • Certified Genealogist, Board for Certification of Genealogists • Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland • New York Genealogical & Biographical Society • Scottish Genealogy Society • Society of Genealogists • New England Historic & Genealogical Society • Board of Advisors, Council of Scottish Clans and Associations.

Celt, Viking, English, Scottish, Anglo-Norman. LINEAGE SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS: • Colonial Dames of America • The National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons • Friends of St. George’s Chapel and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter • The Sovereign Colonial Society Americans of Royal Descent • The Plantagenet Society • The Colonial Order of the Crown • Daughters of Holland Dames • Americans of Armorial Ancestry • National Society United States Daughters of 1812 • Clan Donald USA • The St. David’s Society of New York • Clan MacKenzie Society • Clan MacRae Society • New York Caledonian Club • Daughters of the American Revolution • The National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company • Order of the Merovingian Dynasty LINEAGE SOCIETY APPLICATIONS: Miss Bush has been a Verifying Genealogist for more than a decade, and prepares lineage society applications for both men's and women's organizations. SCOTTISH ARMS: Miss Bush has assisted members of the Society of Scottish Armigers. RECENT LECTURES BY THE AUTHOR: Miss Bush created and delivered a lecture series on Genealogy for adult learners at her local community college. She gave a talk entitled "From Culloden to the Carolinas" at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games. She appeared in the film The Tartan Apple (Skye Films, 2003) . She established a National Register historic district of 36 sites. Scottish roots? See you at The Gathering!. AMERICAN PEERAGE® is a service mark of Cornelia W. Bush, All rights reserved. © Cornelia W. Bush, All Rights Reserved, 2002-2008.