Career
Higley was the author of The descendants of James Hutchins and Susannah Beavers and The descendants of James Turpin and Nancy Ann Tatum of Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Utah. Higley set up and directed the Ontario Family History Center for 10 years. She subsequently set up and was director of the Fruitland Family History Center for 10 years as well.
She was known as "the breaker of brick walls" in genealogy while working at these centers.
The Malheur County cemetery records in Oregon were uploaded onto the web in their entirety by Higley. Upon her death, Higley bequeathed a number of genealogical books to the Idaho Genealogical Society.