Patricia Law Hatcher Elected Fellow of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania

PATRICIA LAW HATCHER ELECTED FELLOW OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA A t the Annual Meeting of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, held on 26 March 2010, Patricia Law Hatcher, FAST., was honored as a Fellow of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (F<;SI>). For her exem¬ plary service to GSP and scholarly achievement as editor of the Pennsyl¬ vania Genealogical Magazine, she was unanimously elected by the Board of Directors of the Society at its meeting on 22 January 20 1 0. Patricia Law Hatcher, I'ASt,, i-<isp, has been editor of the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine since 2001 and editor of the New York’. Genea¬ logical and Biographical Record since 2006. She is the author of Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors', Locating Your Roots— Discover Your Ancestors Using Land Records; Producing a Qual¬ ity Family History; and other books. She has written over three hundred articles, which have appeared in over two dozen publications, many of which have been on Pennsylvania topics. She is a former trustee of the Association of Professional Genealogists and in 2000 was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists. A popular lecturer and instruc¬ tor, she lias spoken at many national conferences and institutes. Notable of the numerous articles she has authored, those on Pennsyl¬ vania published in the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine include “Finding George Lorah: An Exercise in Genealogy,” “‘Entirely an Act of Our Own— Women's Petition for Quaker Prisoners, 177B,” “Elizabeth llootcn, Quaker Minister, Flic Hooten/Hooton Families of England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, File Snoden/Snowden Families of Eng¬ land, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina, Fhe English Origin of the Churchman Family of Nottingham Monthly Meeting,” “Untangling the IS Henry Hoffs of York County,” “Land Record Magic, Scotch-lrish to German: 'Fhe Wiley/Wahlc Family of York and Cumberland Counties,” and a series on immigrants from Bischweiler, Alsace, to America, includ¬ ing the Bachoffen, Brattler, Danner, Dock, Droquet, Gartman, Gutkncct, Griinholtz, Ilauswirth, Langs, Leibrock, Paris, Pauscr, Ribolet, Schwing, Tribolet, and Wild families. ...... . . ..... 288 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 46 (2010)