The Board of the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed) and new Director, Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG®, CGLSM, are pleased to announce that Darcie Hind Posz, CG®, will serve as the new Assistant Director of the institute, effective October 1, 2020.
Darcie Hind Posz, CG, has been a board-certified genealogist since 2013 and attended Gen-Fed (then NIGR) in 2007. She said, “Attending NIGR (now Gen-Fed) in 2007, provided me with the foundational tools to navigate and understand the intricate and delicate system that is Federal records.”
In 2015, she was the recipient of the American Society of Genealogists Scholar Award. She is a ProGen Study Groups alumnus (ProGen 12) and was the ProGen 23 coordinator. She has previously served as President of the National Capital Area Chapter of APG, which received the Golden Chapter Award, and has served a term on the APG Board of Directors. She serves now as a trustee for the Board for Certification of Genealogists®.
An author, her work has been published in The Genealogist, The American Genealogist, National Genealogical Society Quarterly, The California Nugget, MASSOG: A Genealogical Magazine for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Maryland Genealogical Society Journal, The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Rhode Island Roots and the North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal. She co-authored the chapter on lineage applications with Barbara J. Mathews, CG, FASG, in Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards and has published two books, The Chicago Stones: A Genealogy of Acquisition, Influence & Scandal in and Recast: Vital Events Published in Variety in 1918 and 1919.
She currently resides with her husband in downtown, Washington, D.C. Welcome, Darcie, we are lucky to have you!