Lorraine Arnold

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Lorraine Arnold is a graduate of an ABA approved Paralegal degree program (A.A.S. 2009) and Montclair State University (B.A. 2011) Jurisprudence, magna cum laude. After serving as a legal assistant to the chief counsel in procurement and patent law divisions of federal government agencies at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, she received her real estate license and worked as a mortgage closer in New York City. For a short period she worked as a legal clerk for a general counsel in the private financial sector before opening her own research business, Legacy Roots, L.L.C. Her practice is devoted to legal, historical, biographical and genealogical research.

Lorraine is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the New Jersey State Bar Association's Real Property Trust & Estate Law Section. She is a frequent writer and lecturer on researching house histories and has a blog and twitter account devoted to heir searching and land records.

Areas of Research
  • Heir Search
  • Wills
  • Probate
  • Proof Arguments
  • Historical 
  • Deeds
  • Building Histories
  • Business Histories
  • Estate Histories
  • House Histories
  • General Genealogy
  • Land and Building Records
  • Court Records
  • Surrogate Office Records
ARTICLES
  • Published "Bringing Ancestors to Life Using House Histories." Genealogical Society of New Jersey Newsletter (September 2012)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - 2013
  • January 13, 2013 - Monmouth County Genealogical Society, Eatontown, NJ
  • September 10, 2013 - Central Jersey Genealogy Club
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - Past
  • July 8, 2012 - Monmouth County Genealogical Society, Eatontown, NJ
  • October 6, 2012 - Bucks County Genealogical Society, Washington Crossing, PA
  • October 26, 2012  - The Genealogy Event, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City, NY

Education

  • Montclair State University - BA Jurisprudence magna cum laude
  • Brookdale Community College - ABA AAS Paralegal degree
  • Judge Advocate General School
  • Otteau Appraisal Group
  • REBNY Real Estate Master's Seminar Series
  • Accredited Buyers Representative Designation Course
  • Effective Negotiating for Real Estate Professionals
  • Out Professionals Annual Business Round Table
  • Commercial Real Estate Transactions Seminar
  • Annual Historic Preservation Conference
  • Emigrants & Exiles: An Irish Family History Conference
  • British Isles Research In-Depth Conference
  • Finding Family: What to do when you hit the brick wall
  • Alien Files (A-Files) for Genealogical Research
  • Clues from Family Photos
  • The Architecture of the Garment Industry
  • Block & Lot: Researching NYC buildings and the people who lived in them
  • Finding Family: Research in the 1940 Census
  • Reverse Genealogy
  • Preservation 101: An Introduction to the Landmarks Preservation Commission
  • Wills, Inventories, Adoptions & Declarations of Death: Hidden Treasures in the Surrogate's Office
  • Persuasive Legal Writing for New Attorneys (NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education)
  • New Jersey Residential Real Estate 101 & 102 (NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education)
  • Introduction to New Jersey Estate Planning (NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education)
  • Introduction to New Jersey Estate Administration (NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education)
  • Grant Writing for Historic Preservation (Drew University)
  • American Architecture (Drew University)
  • Researching Your House's History (Drew University)
  • Finding the Right Person to Write Your National  Historic Landmark Nomination (National Historic Landmarks Program)
  • Writing Section 8 for Criterion 6: Archaeology (National Historic Landmarks Program)
  • Writing Section 8 for Criterion 4: Architecture (National Historic Landmarks Program)
  • National Register or National Historic Landmarks? (National Historic Landmarks Program)
  • Writing Section 7 and Evaluating Integrity for Criteria 1, 2, 4 and 5 (National Historic Landmarks Program)
  • Writing Section 8 for Criteria 1 and 2 (National Historic Landmarks Program) 


Membership

  • Society of Architectural Historians
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Preservation New Jersey
  • Genealogical Society of New Jersey
  • New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
  • Ellis Island Foundation
  • National Genealogical Society
  • Municipal Art Society of New York 
  • Association of Professional Genealogists
  • Historic District Council
  • New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Paralegal Association of New Jersey
  • New York City Paralegal Association, Inc.

Sarah Mills' House

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History of 927 Broadway, Manhattan. (author, 2012). Hardbound, 94 pages.

Evermay on-the-Delaware

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Story of the Stover family, Tinicum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. (author, 2012). Hardbound, 74 pages.

The Caraccioli Farm

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History of 100 year old Woodbridge, New Jersey farm c.1840 razed in c.1945. (author with John Caraccioli and Susan Caraccioli Christopher, 2012). Hardbound, 88 pages.