Bonnie Wade Mucia, AG® is an Accredited Genealogist® specializing in New England research, with a particular focus on the colonial period. She is the owner of Keeper of the Past Genealogy, LLC, and serves as Director of the Mayflower Families Silver Books Project for the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. In addition, Bonnie is a volunteer docent and Historian at Beaufort National Cemetery and has conducted military repatriation casework for the U.S. Army and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on World War II soldiers. An experienced speaker and member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, Bonnie lectures nationally on a range of genealogical topics. Her articles have appeared in respected journals including The Mayflower Descendant, Rhode Island Roots, The Maine Genealogist, Crossroads and The Nova Scotia Genealogist. Originally from Rhode Island, she now lives in South Carolina with her husband, Joseph.