Carolyn Haliburton Carter, Ed.D.

Dr. Carolyn Haliburton Carter first became interested in genealogy when she was young, intrigued by her great-grandmother's history. Her great-grandmother was the youngest of twenty siblings — but only thirteen of them were known to the family.

After twenty years of occasional forays into documents and archives, she learned she had a great deal still to learn. Her mission to learn to do it properly began in 1985, when she interviewed her grandmother and great-grandmother and vowed to find the missing siblings. Her great-grandmother went to be with the ancestors in 1993, at the age of 110.

Carolyn has since connected with the Currie slave-owning descendants and visited the plantation in Haywood County, Tennessee where her ancestors lived, worked and died. She has traced her paternal and maternal lineage back to the late 1700s, and creates a family history book every five years for her family, archived at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

“History is my passion! I believe in communication and the integrity of keeping my word. I am a multifaceted professional with a passion for history and an unwavering commitment to preserving and sharing stories from the past. I have a diverse background as an author, researcher, professional genealogist, and Underground Railroad historian. I am a relentless investigator, unearthing forgotten archives, uncovering hidden truths, and shedding light on the lives of those overlooked by history.”