Leafseeker Consulting, "Recording & Restoring the Past"

LaDonna Garner, CG^SM is a historic preservationist, researcher, and volunteer focusing in theSoutheastern Missouri area. St. Louis Genealogical Society's African American Special Interest Group Leader, and member of several organizations including the Association of Professional Genealogists, the National Genealogical Society, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Certified in genealogy in 2006, Garner has been researching her family history for over 20 years. Co-founder and Secretary of the Mt. Zion Cemetery Board to preserve Mount Zion Cemetery, Festus, Missouri; established by African American settlers in the ca. 1880s and closed in 1973. Her current projects are recording the history of the cemetery and the surrounding African-American communities, client assistance, and and local historic preservation project assistance.

Genealogical Education

National Genealogical Society American Genealogy Home Study Course (2005)
Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research(2006, 2007, 2008)
National Institute of Genealogy Research (2009)

Collegiate Education

Bachelors of Science in Historical Preservation, Southeast Missouri State Univ., Cape Girardeau, Mo. (2010)

Masters of Arts in Historic Preservation at Goucher College, Towson, Md. (currently)

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National Trust for Historic Preservation

National Genealogical Society St. Louis Genealogical Society

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