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CGL
B.A., French, University of Southwestern Louisiana
M.A., French, Columbia University

Lecturer: Courses 2, 3, 6


Claire Bettag, CG, CGL, is a genealogist based in Washington D.C., certified since 1997. She conducts research in Washington, DC, Louisiana, and France. In addition to teaching at the IGHR, she lectures at the National Archives, the National Institute for Genealogical Research, and at national and regional conferences and institutes.

A contributing author to Professional Genealogy, she has also written for other genealogical publications. She is on the editorial board of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and has served as a trustee on the Board for Certification of Genealogists, the director of the National Institute on Genealogical Research, a co-editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, a director of the Association of Professional Genealogists, and a director of the National Genealogical Society. She earned a B.A. in French at the University of Southwestern Louisiana and an M.A. in French at Columbia University (Woodrow Wilson Fellow). She spent a year studying at the University of Toulouse in France as a Fulbright Fellow.