ABOUT ME
Introduction
LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson, JD, LLM, CG, FASG, earned a BA from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and both a Law degree and a Master of Laws degree from New York University. In 2021, LaBrenda was elected as the 170th Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (ASG), the field’s honorary scholarly society. As declared by ASG: “Her educational publications include a guide to researching African-American family history in Laurens County, South Carolina, where she has roots—a primer with important methodological lessons applicable nationally—and an authoritative guide to genealogical research in the state of Alabama.” She currently serves on the editorial board of both the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and the Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society.
In addition to coordinating the African American Track at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, she teaches various subjects on the faculty of the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records, and the Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research.
For more information, see her website: https://www.LabGarrettGenealogy.com.