Our facilitator this month is Nancy Ottman, a retired Director of Human Resources and Loss Prevention for JCPenney Co. She has been involved in genealogy research and cemetery studies for 30+ years. I joined the Palatines to America in 2006. She is a former treasurer for Palam and was instrumental in moving our collection to the Columbus Metropolitan Library.

She has in the past spoken in various locations in the State of Ohio on beginning Genealogy, Immigration of Germans to America, migration of Germans throughout the United States, and the Palatines to America National and State of Ohio Genealogical Conferences. Nancy in addition to Palatines to America is a member of the Association of Gravestone Studies and The Ohio Genealogical Society. She has spoken to numerous Genealogical and Historical Societies, and fraternal organizations in Ohio and Pennsylvania on cemetery tombstones and their meanings. She has presented several educational presentations for the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Groveport Madison School District, Groveport Ohio, and fraternal organizations.