Welcome to SearchSmith.net! I’m a genealogist, writer and former attorney living in Washington DC, with over 20 years of family history research experience. I am available to perform research for you at the National Archives, Library of Congress, and DAR Library in our nation’s capital, and at the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis.

I hope you will find my blog engaging, entertaining and enlightening. Please leave a comment, or contact me directly, amysuesmith@yahoo.com.