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Mills, Elizabeth Shown was born on December 29, 1944 in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Floyd Finley Shown and Elizabeth Thulmar (Jeffcoat) Carver.
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Mills, Elizabeth Shown was born on December 29, 1944 in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Floyd Finley Shown and Elizabeth Thulmar (Jeffcoat) Carver.
Bachelor, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1980.
Professional genealogical writer, educator, since 1972;
editor, National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Arlington, Virginia, since 1987. Faculty Samford U. Institute of Genealogy and History Research, Birmingham, Alabama, since 1980. Trustee Association for Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, New York, 1984-1990.
Contract director, consultant U. Alabama, 1985-1992. Faculty National Institute of Genealogical Research, 1985-1997.
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Member of advisory board Association for Preservation of Historic Natchitoches, Louisiana, 1972-1980, board member Friends of Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, 1976-1977,Tuscaloosa (Alabama) Preservation Society, 1984-1985, chair History Records Task Force Alabama State Archives, Montgomery, 1984-1985. Trustee National Board Certification Genealogists, since 1984, vice president, 1989-1994, president, 1994-1996. Fellow American Society of Genealogical (secretary 1992-1995, vice president 1995-1998, president since 1998), National Genealogical Society, Utah Genealogical Association, Grady McWhiney Research Foundation (senior).
Member Association of Professional Genealogical (Smallwood Svc. award, 1989).
Married Gary Bernard Mills, April 15, 1963. Children: Clayton Bernard, Donna Rachal, Daniel Garland.