1. Maria A. Dering
Writer & Editor
Selected Talks and Presentations
“The Heraldry of Agincourt.” New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Scheduled for
October 27, 2015.
“The Heraldry of Wine.” Co-presenter with John McConville Shannon, New York Genealogical
and Biographical Society, January 27, 2015.
“Engravings on Colonial Silver.” National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims,
March 3, 2015, and New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, March 3, 2014.
Presenter and leader, Heritage Research Salon. NY Junior League. April 23, 2013.
“The Heraldry of American Presidents.” Mary Washington Colonial Chapter, DAR, March 13,
2013. Illustrated talk.
“Adventures in Genealogy: Truth or Tall Tales?” Princess Louise Chapter, Daughters of the
British Empire, November 13, 2012.
“Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol: A View of Victorian Christmas,” Sorosis, December
10, 2012.
“Samuel Tilden and Gramercy Park,” National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,
Manhattan Chapter, National Arts Club. September 12, 2012.
"In and Out of the Fort: Life in New Amsterdam," National Society of Sons and Daughters of
the Pilgrims, New York, NY. October 20, 2011. Also scheduled for January 13, 2016, Colonial
Dames of America.
"American Patriotic Heraldry," National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,
Brooklyn Chapter. January 12, 2011. Illustrated talk.
"The Lost Arms of World War I Europe," Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, NY,
November 10, 2009. Illustrated lecture.
"Heraldry at the Metropolitan Museum of Art," co-presenter with John McConville Shannon,
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Tour and lecture.
"The Dering Roll," New York Genealogical and Biographical Society - Heraldry Committee,
January 14, 2009. Illustrated lecture.
"How to Research New York City History," SUNY at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT),
Autumn 2008. Talk and workshop for Presidential Scholars.

2. Selected Works
 Researching Your Dutch Ancestors: A Practical Guide, Society of Daughters of Holland
Dames, 2011
 "Silver Craft: Nicholas Roosevelt and Dutch Silversmiths in Colonial New York," in We
Gather Together, Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, 2007
 "DNA: Some Questions and Some Answers," in Bonnes Nouvelles, October-November 2006;
reprinted in Aux Huguenots!, Spring 2007.
 "Colonial Huguenot Silversmiths," in Aux Huguenots!, Winter 2006
 "The Twilight of Edwin Booth," in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Researcher, Fall 2005
 "Walking Thunder: Dreams Made of Sand," in American Indian Magazine, Spring 2002
 "Plays in the Parlor: Bringing the Theatre Home," in FIT Review, Spring 1993
 "Legal Services: How Much Should They Cost?" in Moneypaper, Winter 1987
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