About Me

Valerie
Valerie Lynne Eichler Lair

Professional Genealogist since 1990 – Researcher, Consultant, Instructor, Lecturer and Author.

Member of the following organizations:

  • Association of Professional Genealogists (APG).
  • Heartland Chapter of APG.
  • Johnson County (KS) Genealogical Society.

Completion of volunteer project occurred in January of 2009 for the Evergreen Cemetery Interment Records and Tombstone Transcriptions, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1972 to 2006. The online database includes all burials from 1856 to 2006. The entire database can be viewed at: http://usgwtombstones.org/colorado/elpaso.html

Attended the following national conferences:

  • 1990 Federation of Genealogical Societies, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1992 National Genealogical Society, Jacksonville, FL.
  • 1993 Federation of Genealogical Societies, St. Louis, MO.
  • 1995 Federation of Genealogical Societies, Seattle, WA.
  • 1998 National Genealogical Society, Denver, CO.

Lecturer for local and statewide genealogical societies, the LDS Family Search Centers, community interest groups and schools.

Instructor – Classes – Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Instructor – Workshops – Beginner and Intermediate

Offices held:

  • Recording Secretary, Board of Directors, Columbine Genealogical & Historical Society.
  • Publicity Chairperson, Pikes Peak Genealogical Society.
  • Book Selection Committee, Pikes Peak Genealogical Society.
  • Program Director, Colorado Genealogical Society.
  • President, Pikes Peak Computer Genealogists.
  • President, local PAF Users Group.
  • Seminar Committee Member, Pikes Peak Genealogical Society.
  • Seminar Chairperson, Pikes Peak Genealogical Society.

Authored:

  • A Genealogy and History of the SCHMIDT, LEPPERT, LEMBKE Family, 1698-2011, © 2012.
  • The JOST/YOST Family of Kuckuck, Helmighausen, Helsen, Rhoden, Germany to New York, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa and beyond: 1799 to 2008, © 2008.
  • The Eichler Genealogy: Ancestors of Karl Hermann Eichler and Descendants of Karl and Evelyne Sarah Dell (Yost) Eichler, © 2004.
  • The Lair Family History: Descendants of Jacob and Catharine (Cratser) LEHR, 1752-1993, © 1993.
  • “Publishing Your First Family History” in Ancestry newsletter.
  • “Trading Teaching Tidbits” in APG Quarterly.
  • “The Business of Teaching Genealogy” in APG Quarterly.
  • “Unique Treasures in Land Records” published in various society newsletters.

Past Publisher/Editor, “Lair Linkage: A Family Newsletter.”