Lisa Parry Arnold

Lisa Parry Arnold is a professional genealogist. Her first book is entitled "Thee and Me: A Beginner's Guide to Early Quaker Records". She is Sr. Content Strategist on the Global Content Team at Ancestry.com, and has been employed there for nine years. Her responsibilities include providing expert research on records and collections including African-American, Native American and church records, among others. She has provided research for the hosts of "Today Show" and "Good Morning America", and was also part of the research team for NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" television show.

Lisa is a frequent presenter at national genealogy conferences, and a guest lecturer at the Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research (IGHR). She has been a speaker for Ancestry.com at major Ancestry Day events held in major cities around the United States. In addition to being a lecturer and author, Lisa teaches family history classes in her community. She is former Director of the Family History Center in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Lisa Parry Arnold was a birthright member of Westfield Friends Meeting in Cinnaminson, Burlington County, New Jersey. She is a graduate of George School ('71) and Brigham Young University (History/Family History, 2006). She is a Master's degree candidate in history at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. She is the Founding President of the Philadelphia Area Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists.

Lisa's interest in genealogy stems from her heritage as a Quaker. Her family lines extend back to the early Quakers, who were followers of George Fox in England and came to the colonies in the days of William Penn. Like the ten generations before her, Lisa was raised in the Quaker religion. She attended Quaker schools, and was married in a Quaker wedding ceremony in the Westfield Friends Meetinghouse in 1974. She completed an internship at Swarthmore College in 2003, working with the largest Quaker record collection in America, housed at the Swarthmore Friends Historical Library. It was the internship which led to the writing of her book.