Maureen Wlodarczyk is an author, genealogist, speaker, columnist, and unrepentant history addict.

Maureen writes about and presents programs on the search for our ancestors and her personal 30-year journey to find her roots, touching on the use of DNA analysis as a research tool. She also speaks on methods and approaches for documenting and writing family history. She is also available to provide genealogical research services to clients needing help.

In addition, she speaks about the rich resource that historical events (both noteworthy and more mundane) offer to writers both for non-fiction works and as fiction based on true stories. Her three books encompass a genealogical and historical memoir about her Irish roots (Past-Forward: A Three-Decade & Three-Thousand Mile Journey Home), a 19th century true crime non-fiction tale about an ill-fated young couple in the last quarter of the 19th century (Young & Wicked: The Death of a Wayward Girl) and a fictionalized story largely based on a true crime story of the 1870s (Canary in a Cage: The Smith-Bennett Murder Case). Find out more at:
www.past-forward.com