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Tierra possesses both a knowledge and a passion for the areas of Methodology, African American Genealogy, Enslaved Ancestral Research, and DNA. She was a former administrator for the Virtual Genealogical Society (VGA) African American special interest group and is a member of various genealogical societies and organizations. Tierra shares examples from her personal journey via her blog and social media with the hopes of teaching and inspiring others of all ages to begin
pressing their own way.
Tierra Cotton-Kellow is a professional genealogist currently residing in Harford County, Maryland by way of Newport News, Virginia. She is a wife and mother of 3. The creator and curator of the genea-blog "Pressing My Way" and the host of the online genealogy web series and podcast of the same name.
Tierra Cotton-Kellow
July/August 2019
Issue of
Family Tree Magazine
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Rootstech Connect 2021 Presenter
Guest on DearMYRTLE's Wacky Wednesday
#PRESSINGMYWAY
Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG 2021)
Course 3: Corpus Juris: Advanced Legal
Concepts for Genealogy
Course 10: In-Depth African American Genealogy
Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy: 400 Years of African American Genealogy (2019)
SLIG Academy for Professionals (2021)
Course 1: Writing and Documenting for Peer Review
Course 2: Teaching Genealogy in Your Community
Course 4: Fundamentals of Forensic Genealogy
EDUCATION
SLIG Virtual Intermediate Foundations (Fall 2019)
Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research
(IGHR) 2020
Midwest African American Genealogical Institute
(MAAGI) 2020
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