Allison Lawrentz Barnhart grew up in Ashland, Ohio, and graduated from Ashland University which included a year intensive at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

While working as a full-time graphic designer, she enjoys spending her free time with her family, friends, and church community. Allison also likes to find moments to create art, garden, and of course research family history.

Genealogy research has been a constant love of hers since grade-school. With the encouragement of relatives on all sides of the tree, she has been on a decades-long mission to not only build her own family’s story and write about it, but to help others find joy in discovering their origins and tell their stories.

Allison resides in Ashland, Ohio, with her husband, two children, a rescue mini-dachshund, and an orange tabby they found in their garage one day.