Barbara J Starmans | Freelance Writing

barbara j starmans grew up in toronto, ontario and has been doing family history research on her english ancestors for more than 35 years. she currently lives in richmond hill, ontario and is ‘mom’ to two wonderful daughters and ‘nana bj’ to two incredible grandchildren. over the years, barbara has been a stay at home mother, a school bus driver and an electromechanical engineering technician specializing in hydraulics and power transmissions and currently works in information technology as a senior manager in it operations. barbara is a graduate of the national institute for genealogical studies, specialising in both english records and canadian records. she is a freelance writer and her articles have appeared in magazines such as family tree uk, internet genealogy, discover your ancestors, your family tree, your family history and who do you think you are? she also enjoys speaking about genealogy, technology and social history to historical and genealogy societies. barbara was awarde