Amanda
Database Projects Coordinator
Amanda assists with creating and extending the genealogical database on AmericanAncestors.org. She started at NEHGS as an indexing volunteer in 2020 and then joined the database team in 2021 as a digitization assistant. She has a B.A. in Greek and Latin Languages with a minor in French from UMass, Amherst and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Classics from UCLA. She grew up in western Massachusetts and loves baking, creating her own recipes, photography, visiting museums, and finding unique antiques and vintage items.
Zobeida
Database Services Volunteer Coordinator
Zobeida leads the volunteer program for Database Services and assists with creating and improving the database offerings on the American Ancestors website.
Hale
Digitization Assistant
Hale is responsible for scanning and indexing documents for the online archives.
Sam Paine Sturgis, III
Digital Collections Volunteer
Sam was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Psychology from Eastern Michigan University and worked as a Human Factors researcher in automotive safety for 13 years. He entered the field of commercial software development in 1983 and acted as software developer and development manager at Wang Laboratories and The Foxboro Company. Sam joined the NEHGS staff in 2005.
Sam’s interest in genealogy began shortly after moving to Massachusetts, when he and his family chanced upon the Sturgis Library in Barnstable, during a vacation on Cape Cod. There he discovered that he is a descendent of the Sturgis family that settled on Cape Cod in the 1630s.