Join us for our September meeting, where genealogist Roccie Hill will be discussing her new book, The Blood of My Mother: A historical saga about one woman’s fight for survival.
WHEN: Sunday, 10 September 2023
TIME: 4:30 p.m. SLT (same as Pacific Time)
WHERE: The Barn SLurl
A brief business meeting will be held prior to the speaker’s presentation.
Genealogists of all levels are welcome at our meetings. You do not need to be a member of the SLVGS in order to attend, but we’d love it if you’d join!
About The Speaker
Roccie None Hill, MA, Co-Owner of Past & Present Pathways, has been doing genealogy research since 1990, and professionally since 2009. She specializes in Native American research, as well as Southwestern US genealogy including tribal and borderlands.
She is fluent in French and has a working knowledge of Spanish. She has a BA from UCLA in Philosophy/History, and an MA from San Francisco State University in English/History.
She has written articles for www.genealogists.com, for the Magazine of the National Genealogical Society (December 2022), and for the Tennessee Genealogical Society Quarterly, where she is also Assistant Editor. She has lectured on military records, Native American genealogical research, land records, and has published two novels, Three Minutes on Love, 2008, and Window of Exposure, 2015 (The Permanent Press), as well as the play, Our Scars, in 2017.
Roccie is a member of the DAR (past 2nd & 1st Vice Regent at the Cahuilla Chapter), the National Society Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, APG Second Life (Vice President), Tennessee Genealogical Society (former Associate Editor of Ansearchin’ quarterly), Genealogical Society of Hispanic America (Chair, Marketing Committee), Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Virginia Genealogical Society, NEHGS/American Ancestors, Melungeon Heritage Association, and the Palm Springs Genealogical Society.
She is a former cataloging volunteer at the Research Library of the Museum of the West in Scottsdale. She is currently a paleography volunteer for the Mellon Foundation-funded project, Native Bound Unbound, an Archive of Indigenous Americans Enslaved.
Roccie has a broad knowledge of European culture/history, having lived in England and France for over fifteen years. During that time, she organized many special and charitable events, including a private dinner at the Gloucestershire home (Highgrove) of HRH King Charles III. Roccie is also an experienced nonprofit grant writer.
