I’m Jennifer. I have the rare ability to uncover lost or silenced military stories and see how those wartime experiences shaped family patterns across generations. I bridge rigorous research with deep ancestral and trauma-informed insight, helping people transform inherited pain into understanding, healing, and reclaimed story.Learn more at the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School.
Email me with questions: info@wwiirwc.com
For more than a decade, I’ve helped people uncover the hidden stories of their military ancestors—from World War I through Vietnam—using a research approach that works even when records are missing, damaged, or destroyed. But my work has never been only about documents. It’s about understanding how war lives on in families.
My journey began nearly 30 years ago through genealogy and the quiet pull of my own military ancestors. Over time, I saw a pattern repeat itself again and again: the war may have ended, but its impact did not. Silence, fear, emotional distance, hyper-independence, grief, addiction, and fractured family dynamics often traced directly back to unspoken wartime experiences. Research opened the door—but healing was what families were truly seeking.
Having lived between Chicago and the Netherlands, I’ve been immersed in both American and European war history, culture, and remembrance. I’ve walked battlefields, stood at gravesites, and worked closely with military records while also navigating my own path through PTSD, inherited trauma, and deep ancestral healing. This lived experience sharpened my ability to recognize generational patterns and to help others make sense of how war shaped their families—often in ways no one ever explained.
Through the WWII Research & Writing Center and the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School, I now bring together genealogy, military research, trauma awareness, and ancestral healing. I help you recover the story of your veteran—and understand how that story echoes through generations—so you can transform inherited patterns into clarity, compassion, and healing.
This is not just research.
It’s reclamation.
It’s context.
It’s where history, lineage, and healing meet.
What People Say About Jennifer…
If you are involved at all with trying to follow and understand your family’s journey related to loved ones who served in the military, I highly recommend working with Jennifer. Jennifer is passionate about helping people with their journey–whether is it doing research, trying to understand the impact on the family, or putting thoughts and findings to pen and paper. All of the webinars I have participated in have been fun, interesting, and useful.
For over 20 years I have been trying to learn about my uncle who was MIA in Europe during WWII. At first, I thought my quest was to learn all the facts and details about where he was, what he did, and what happened to him. What I have started doing along the way–and why I appreciate Jennifer so much–is delving into the equally compelling and more important story about the impact of my uncle’s loss on the family. In many cases, I knew things from my own memories and previous conversations with relatives that I had not connected to the war. After going through a Master Class with Jennifer based on the book Reconciliation with War, I was able to connect the dots and get a much better picture of what the collective family had been going through. Jennifer is now helping me edit the draft of a book about my uncle’s story and the impact on the family. I greatly appreciate her insight and expertise.
Besides being knowledgeable, Jennifer is friendly, warm, and genuine. I enjoy working with her and now consider her a good friend. ~~~ Phil R.
AP News article in which I was quoted: A Fire Destroyed Millions of Veterans’ Records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers.
Continuing Education
Updated November 2024
- Ancestral Healing Code (November 2024 – March 2025)
- Brave Healer Business Accelerator (June 2023)
- Ancestral Healing Journey (November 2022-March 2023)
- Inherited Family Trauma Mark Wolynn Class – June/July 2022
- 5D Vibe Tribe (August 2021 – ongoing)
- Transform Yourself with Cory Michelle (October – November 2021)
- Student of Veteran & Family War Trauma and Mental Health (2015 – ongoing – focused on U.S. and Europe)
- Trauma-Informed Leadership Course – June – September 2021
- Evolutionary Relationships Course – April 2021
- Love, Trauma, and Healing Course – April – May 2021
- Multi-Generational Healing Course – April 2021
- Collective Trauma Healing Program – November 2020 – February 2021
- Principles of Collective Trauma Healing Program – November 2020 – March 2021
- Your Glorious Life Masterclass – October-November 2020
- The Embodiment Conference Training – October 2020
- Trauma Mind & Body Super Conference – September 2020
- Collective Trauma Summit – September 2020
- Intuitive Healer Training Program & Certification – April 2020 – March 2021
- Intuitive Heart Program – April-May 2020
- Find Healing & Resilience in Ancestral Wisdom – March 2020
- Evolved Empath Summit – March 2020
- Energy Training for Empaths – March 2020
- Find Your Ground – March 2020
- Reweaving Your Ancestral Story – February 2020
- Ancestral Healing Summit – February 2020
- Foundations of Embodiment Facilitator Certification – Spring 2020
- Embodied Trauma Conference 2020
- Cultural Somatics Institute – ECourse on Racialized Trauma – January 2020
- Release Yourself from Family Karma Course – January 2020
- Of Stone, Bone, and Water – Winter 2020
- Ancestral Lineage Healing Course November 2019 – March 2020
- Embodiment, Boundaries and the Ancestors October – November 2019
- Roots to Resiliency (Grief course) October – December 2019
- Healing Conversations (Grief course) October 2019
- Has read numerous books on PTSD, ancestral healing, grief, caregiving, Somatic Psychotherapy, Holocaust experiences, Vietnam experiences, inherited trauma, Sacred Ceremonies and other related topics.
- Watch my 2018 RootsTech Video Starting WWII Research.
- Reiki Practitioner – 2017
- Access Bars Practitioner – 2017
- 1996 – present – Various genealogical courses, ProGen, and self-study. Wrote several courses on genealogy, personal history, writing, and military history for National Institute of Genealogical Studies. Former author for Ancestry’s blog, Archives.com blog, the magazines Your Genealogy Today and Internet Genealogy Magazines, and other genealogical society publications.
- 2010 – present – thousands of hours in a deep dive self-study into all branches of the military and their WWII records which allowed Jennifer to create a research process to help people research any 20th century war. Through this deep dive she created in 2012 the first books and programs to help others do the research. Answers exist even if the records burned.
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