Ann Staley, CG®, CGL®, is an educator and consultant. She is the Membership Chair of the Genealogical Speakers Guild; a volunteer of the Florida State Genealogical Society and the National Genealogical Society; and on the faculty of The International Institute for Genealogical Studies. She has been an associate of the Board for Certification of Genealogists since 2000 and served previously on the board of the Association of Professional Genealogists.

Ann is the compiler of the Jacksonville Genealogical Society, Inc. Quarterly Full Name Index, Volumes 1 through 4, 1973 through 1976, the author of articles for the NGS Magazine, and the co-author of the NGS Research in the States Series: Florida.

Ann has been researching her family from Alabama, Mississippi, Indiana, and Virginia to Ireland, France, England, and Germany. Her specialties are methodology, research sources, vital records and their sources, and conference planning.

Course

  • 2026 – Course Nine – Research in the South: Cessions and Territories
  • 2023 – Course Nine – Research in the South: Cessions and Territories