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17 November 2026
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Eastern)
Across continents and marriages, a woman of many identities wove a web of lies—yet the wills she left behind included a token bequest to a daughter she never acknowledged, unraveling her carefully constructed life. This case study uses the FAN Club and the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) to merge multiple identities, untangle a trail of deception, and prove identity
Read about presenter Francine Crowley Griffis, MSc, CG, AG, QG
Francine Crowley Griffis, MSc, CG®, AG®, QG™ is a New England–based professional genealogist specializing in forensic heirship and land probate research. Her work centers on complex alias-based identity reconstruction and the recovery of lost, forgotten, and hidden identities—particularly the marginalized and women whose legal and social identity are obscured in the historical record. Francine is a postgraduate researcher in the doctoral school at the University of Strathclyde. Her work, Women’s Visibility: Ephemera, Agency, and Civic Identity in Boston, Massachusetts, 1840–1920, explores women’s civic identity through their everyday acts of material and social agency.