"Remember me in the family tree;
my name, my days, my strife.

Then I'll ride upon the wings of time
and live an endless life."

-Linda Goetsch

Bonnie Croteau is a genealogist with over thirty years of experience specializing in New England research. She holds the position of Registrar for the Piestewa Peak Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and is the Treasurer of the Merrimack Valley Chapter of the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc. She started Beyond the Tree Genealogy to share genealogy education, projects, and family research.

Bonnie holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston College and a Master of Business Administration from Suffolk University. She is retired from a rewarding nursing career, during which she specialized in hospice and palliative care, healthcare information systems, and medical quality improvement.

Her professional affiliations include:

Association of Professional Genealogists

New England Association of Professional Genealogists

Massachusetts Society of Genealogists

New England Historical Genealogical Society

National Genealogical Society

Daughters of the American Revolution

General Society of Mayflower Descendants

The Nickerson Family Association

Maine Genealogical Society

New Hampshire Society of Genealogists

Bonnie Croteau