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Shelley Murphy    

Know your roots, they are long and strong!

Shelley Murphy, a native of Michigan residing in Central Virginia, daughter to Calvin and Verna (Worden) Murphy, proud mother of two adult children and sister to four brothers. Shelley has been an avid genealogist for nearly 25 years researching the Davis, Marsh, Goens/Goins/Goings, Roper, Boyer, Worden, Cureton, and Murphy family lines. She holds a Masters in Organizational Management, an Adjunct professor for Averett University.

She presents Genealogy 101 workshops at the local community college, state and national genealogy conferences. Murphy is known for her inspiring and interactive Getting Started with genealogy research, Time and File management along with interesting problem-solving methodology lectures. Shelley currently has 15+ publications with Charlottesville Genealogy Examiner and the Central Virginia Heritage, a publication of the Central Virginia Genealogical Association.

Shelley attends local, state, and national conferences and currently works for a nonprofit as a Director of Program Services. She is a founding member and current President of the Afro-American Historical Genealogical Society Chapter of Central Virginia. Shelley holds memberships with local, national, state genealogy groups, various historical societies in the United States, including the National Genealogical Society and Association of Professional Genealogists and Central Virginia History Researchers. Shelleys tagline is Know your roots, they are long and strong.

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