OHS Board of Directors
Billie Fogarty
Elected
State At-Large, Oklahoma City
Term expiring 2024
Billie Stone Fogarty, MEd, a professional genealogist and family historian, is a sixth-generation Oklahoman. Her love of Oklahoma history runs deep, with eighteen ancestors who were in Oklahoma before statehood. She holds lifetime memberships in four distinctly Oklahoma organizations: the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS), the Oklahoma Genealogical Society (OGS), First Families of the Twin Territories, and the 1889ers Society. She has served Oklahoma on the OHS Board of Directors and on its Research, Publications, and Executive Committees; the OGS as president and other offices; and the 1889ers Society as president and other offices. She has lectured extensively in Oklahoma and throughout the country about researching family history. She served the genealogical community as president of two international organizations: the Genealogical Speakers Guild and the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG). She is currently the immediate past president of APG and serves on its board of directors, representing members from forty-three countries.
