Claudia Breland is a researcher, author and speaker with 40 years of research experience. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the National Genealogical Society, and various state and local genealogical societies. She has written articles for the national website Archives.com, the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, and a column for her community newspaper, The Voice of the Valley. She has done onsite research at state archives in Washington, Oregon, Michigan and North Carolina, and at state libraries, historical societies, and county courthouses across the country.

Claudia has a Master's in Library Science, and has worked in the three largest library systems in Western Washington. She has taught library skills at the college level, and for the past four years she has lectured on various topics for her local library system and genealogy societies in Western Washington.

Claudia lives in the Key Peninsula of Washington, near Gig Harbor.