Elissa Scalise Powell achieved the following certification:
Certified Genealogist (CG) by the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) which reviews work samples every five years. (Certified Genealogical Record Specialist from 1995 to 2005.)
Lineage Societies
First Families of Western Pennsylvania (Charter Member)
First Families of Ohio
Pioneer Families of Mahoning County, Ohio
Civil War Families of Ohio
Ohio Settlers and Builders
Early Families in Cleveland
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Reed B. Powell is a charter member of the First Families of Western Pennsylvania.