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Alicia Palmer
Alicia Palmer has worked in the genealogy industry for her entire professional career, namely at FamilySearch and within the heir research industry. Combining her love for genealogy and the legal field, she has worked on hundreds of probate cases that have...
+moreAngela Lucas
Angela is a Certified Genealogist ® from Alabama specializing in Southern research, particularly in the Deep South. She enjoys working with maps and land records, court documents, and military records to solve “brick walls,” and she loves helping others...
+moreAngie Bush
As one of the most sought after genetic genealogists and internationally recognized educators in the field, Angie Bush combines years of experience in biotech with a passion for genealogical research and a unique ability to solve seemingly impossible cases....
+moreBarry Kline
Barry Kline is a northern Virginia native who has expertise in DNA, mid-Atlantic and Southern research, with an emphasis in early Shenandoah Valley migrations. He has used his knowledge to solve cases of unknown parentage from Colonial America to the present...
+moreBekah Purcell
Bekah’s interest in genealogy began as she listened to her parents and grandparents share stories about her ancestors’ origins in England, Wales, and Switzerland. She was surrounded by their pictures and their histories as she grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada,...
+moreBethany Waterbury
Bethany Waterbury has years of experience using cutting-edge DNA testing and 20th and 21st century genealogical research to help adoptees and others with unknown parentage in their search to find their birth families. She also has extensive expertise in the...
+moreBrian Podoll
As a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and with a pedigree of heritage entirely from German lands to both rural central Wisconsin and Milwaukee, my uncommon German surname spurred my interest and development in genealogy as early as 9 and 10 years old already,...
+moreBrian Schellenberg
Brian hails from the pretty good state of Minnesota, and he studied history at Colorado College and spent a semester in Austria taking classes through the University of Vienna. He now calls Utah home and has been working with AncestryProGenealogists...
+moreBrittney Hinner
Brittney is a Wisconsin native. Her enthusiasm for genealogy was affirmed when she met relatives of her immigrant great-grandfather while she lived in Poland. Brittney holds an International Master in Russian, Central and East European Studies from the...
+moreCari Taplin
Cari A. Taplin has been a genealogist since 2000 when she was intrigued by the family story that her family was related to Roy Rogers, …which they are not. After completely disappointing her family, Cari went on to earn her Certified Genealogist credential...
+moreChristina Copland
Christina hails from Kent in England. After earning an undergraduate degree in archaeology, she worked as a historical researcher investigating the risk from unexploded WWI and WWII munitions. Inspired by the process of archival research, she gained a master...
+moreChristophe Landry
Christophe's experience unites academic history, linguistic activism, and genealogy. His specialty covers Francophones, Hispanics, Creoles, Brazilians, Portuguese, as well as Native Americans in Louisiana and Free People of Color in the Gulf South. He speaks,...
+moreClaire Egginton
Claire was born and raised in Ireland and is based in our Dublin, Ireland office. She began researching her own family tree at an early age after being inspired by her grandfather who knew, not only his family history but that of neighbors and friends in...
+moreDawne Slater
Dawne Slater has been a Certified Genealogist® for more than 20 years. Before coming to AncestryProGenealogists, she was a librarian at the renowned Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She holds bachelor’s degrees in...
+moreDebbie Hooper
Debbie Hooper is a board-certified genealogist with over thirty years of experience. She is also accredited by ICAPGEN in the Mid-Atlantic area with an emphasis on the colonial period. She has performed thousands of hours of research in Mid-Atlantic states,...
+moreDebra Carter
Debra Carter has long held a passion for genealogy, and developed her research skills and professional genealogy business acumen while living around the world, including stops in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Norway, Canada, and Indonesia....
+moreDeena Darst
Deena Darst is passionate about connecting the past, present and future generations by uncovering those relatives who were previously lost to history. She specializes in forensic genealogy, locating living persons through both DNA analysis and traditional...
+moreEimer Shea
Eimer’s interest in genealogy stems from her family, and this has developed over the years. A position with the Donegal Diaspora Project as an ancestry officer led to various volunteer roles with Monreagh Ulster-Scots Heritage Centre, Ireland Reaching Out,...
+moreElizabeth M. Young
With over a decade of professional genealogy experience, Elizabeth Miller is an expert genetic genealogist who focuses on helping clients solve unknown parentage mysteries. She also specializes in Midwest and Atlantic states research. Elizabeth grew up in...
+moreErika Manternach
Erika Manternach has a diverse background in the fields of broadcast journalism, education, and family history, but her pursuits have always centered on writing and sharing engaging, memorable stories. She started her career in TV news, serving for 10 years...
+moreEva Goodwin
Eva Goodwin grew up in Upstate New York and is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, but her undergraduate degrees in philosophy and German could not have predicted her eventual career path. She has had a life-long fascination with history and...
+moreEvan Wilson
Evan became a professional genealogist in 2020 after getting a PhD in English and Medieval Studies. His specialties include Southern U.S. and African American research, but he is passionate about problem-solving in general, as well as the relationship between...
+moreGary Horlacher
Gary has been doing genealogy since 1979. He was accredited in Danish (1990), Swedish (1990), German (1991), and Norwegian (1998) research and ran his own genealogy business, "German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Family Research" from 1989-1997. From 1997-2001 he...
+moreGrace Tabern
My passion for Genealogy started many years ago listening to old family tales at the feet of my father. Young working life and family came along, but my determination to fully document my family history never abated and as and when I could I collected...
+moreJanette Silverman
Janette began her genealogical journey more than 35 years ago as a hobby with her father. What started as a hobby quickly became more as she immersed herself in Jewish history, both as a student and a teacher. Janette served as a Board member of the...
+moreJoe Buggy
Joe leads the Irish research team from our office in Ireland. He is the author of Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City and uses his expertise in U.S., Canadian and Irish genealogy to help people discover where their ancestors...
+moreJulie Merrill
Julie Merrill was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but she was raised in San Diego, California, on a U.S. Navy base. Growing up away from extended family made her realize the value of family and her ancestral origins.
+moreKaitlin Vaughan
With a bachelor’s degree in Photography and Film and a master’s degree in Anthropology, Kaitlin Vaughan arrived at genealogy through her interests in historical storytelling across all media. Now specializing in forensic genealogy, she relishes the...
+moreKaren J Matheson
Karen J. Matheson is an Accredited Genealogist® with 30 years of genealogical research experience. She is comfortable with all U.S. research, but her area of specialty is Southern U.S. research problems and African American research. Karen started her...
+moreKarin Chamberlain
Karin specializes in Hispanic and Portuguese immigrant research. She grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a two-year stint in northern Virginia and a summer in Mexico City as a teenager. She has been doing her own family history since she was 15. Karin...
+moreKatie Ledbetter
Katie fell in love with genealogy during an internship in England while standing on the docks at Liverpool from which many of her ancestors sailed in the mid 1800s. As she stood there, she imagined what they must have felt: Turmoil as they left...
+moreKelly Bodami
Kelly Barbano-Bodami is a professional Italian genealogist, specializing in the Italian diaspora, Sicilian Research, and Italian Dual Citizenship. Her United States expertise is in New York research and records, but she is well-versed in researching and...
+moreKelly L. McMahon (formerly Kelly McMahon Willette)
Kelly L. McMahon, CG ® is a Norfolk, Virginia, native and a graduate of the College of William and Mary. Her interest in genealogy began at a young age, when she began researching her family lines from Surry County, Virginia, and Jamestown. Her professional...
+moreKory L. Meyerink
Kory began his career in genealogy as a record searcher while attending Brigham Young University, and he has been involved in nearly all aspects of the field for 40 years. He served on the staff of the Family History Library as a reference...
+moreKyle J. Betit
As an avid traveler and the manager of Ancestry’s travel program, Kyle enjoys taking people on ancestral journeys, whether it is on a group heritage tour or to visit their exact...
+moreLaura House
Laura House is based in the London office and specialises in UK research and genetic genealogy. She has a Master of Science Degree in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic studies from the University of Strathclyde, and her dissertation focuses on the...
+moreLindsay Jackson
Lindsay Jackson has had an interest in genealogy for years and honed her research skills while earning a bachelor’s degree in international studies, with a minor in history, from the University of Utah. She participated in a study abroad program in London,...
+moreLindsay Levine
Lindsay was raised in the small (and curiously-named) town of Parachute, Colorado. She left for the big city in order to earn her bachelor’s degree in history, English literature, and Russian language from the University of Denver, then moved to Washington D...
+moreMargaret Crymes
Originally from North Carolina, Margaret relocated to Salt Lake City from California. Her family tree, which she has researched for more than 20 years, is rooted mainly in the Southern United States, except for one branch stretching through Indiana, Ohio, and...
+moreMarie Thatcher
Marie comes to ProGenealogists from the heir research field, having worked on more than 2000 intestate estate settlements over 17 years, focusing largely on New York estates with their particularly rigorous research and documentation requirements. She loves...
+moreMegan Wright
Megan has always been fascinated by history, and she discovered a love for genealogy after finding old pedigree charts that her grandparents had compiled. She attended the University of Utah and earned a bachelor's degree in history. After...
+moreMichael L. Strauss
Michael L. Strauss, AG has worked as a forensic investigator for thirty years. He is a native of Pennsylvania, and a resident of Utah, in addition to being a veteran of the United States Coast Guard. Michael is a court qualified expert witness in New York,...
+moreMichael Miller
Michael has a master's degree in history from California State University Long Beach and a bachelor's degree in classics. He comes from a long line of genealogists, and he has done research for over two decades.
... +moreNathan Murphy
Nathan is one of the world’s leading experts at tracing the overseas origins of American colonists. Aided by DNA, he combines his passion for colonial research with his advanced English research skills to assist clients in...
+moreNichelle Barra
Nichelle Barra grew up in Michigan, but has lived all over the United States: Florida, Indiana, Colorado, and now Utah. She loved hearing the stories of her ancestors at her grandmother’s knee, which created a love of history and led to her path as a history...
+moreNicholas Redmon
Nicholas Redmon is from Texas and moved around the country with his military family. He traversed the world with his pilot father and was obsessed with Germany at a young age. His genealogical research focused on his own heritage: German, Polish, Swedish...
+moreNoah Lapidus
A specialist in African American research, Noah is a licensed attorney with a B.A. and J.D. from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He has been credited on CBS's A Dream Delivered, NBC’s Roots Less Traveled, and ITV...
+morePaul K. Graham
Paul began his career as a title examiner and has been doing genealogical and historical research for clients since 2004. He holds both credentials relevant to U.S. genealogical research: Certified Genealogist and Accredited Genealogist.
... +morePete Hoyt
Pete is an expert genetic genealogist, specializing in utilizing DNA to help clients identify biological parents and grandparents and break through genealogical brick walls. His interest in family history/genealogy began as a child growing up in his hometown...
+moreQuentin Burrows
Quentin is an Accredited Genealogist ® specializing in Irish research. Quentin is a Chicago native, and his mother was born and raised in Ireland. He has made frequent trips to Europe and maintains dual Irish-American citizenship. Quentin began...
+moreRebecca Hockaday
Rebecca is a Certified Genealogist® and serves as a trustee for the Board for Certification of Genealogists. Growing up on the Texas-Mexico border and living abroad, Rebecca can work with records in multiple geographies and languages. She is a member of...
+moreRoberta Lipke
Before coming to AncestryProGenealogists, Roberta operated her own genealogy company, Deep Roots Genealogy, for ten years. Her research there focused primarily on documenting ancestry for the Great Lakes region, Canada, and German immigration to the Great...
+moreSandy McDougle
Sandy McDougle’s passion for graphic design began way back when she was a young girl; she was always decorating her bulletin board with pop art, surfers, and pictures torn out of magazines. As she doodled with sidewalk chalk and made illustrated storybooks of...
+moreSapphire Heien
Sapphire Heien joined AncestryProGenealogists as a writer in 2021. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Professional Writing and a Graduate Certificate in Publishing with a focus on Editing. Her previous roles included grant writing for a state...
+moreShalese Hinckley
Shalese Hinckley joined the AncestryProGenealogists® Storytelling Team as a graphic designer in 2022. She has always had a deep love for the arts and highly values preserving family memories and history through traditional and digital scrapbooking and...
+moreShalyn Schmelter
When one of your favorite things as a child is to fill out pedigree charts – you know you’re meant to be a genealogist! Scrawling the names of her ancestors on pedigree charts in handwriting much too large and messy to fit on the lines was just the beginning...
+moreSherry Lindsay
Sherry discovered her love of genealogy as a college student in 2005 and soon changed her major to family history. After working on her own family lines and in various professional capacities involving genealogy for a few years, she began working at...
+moreSimran Noon
Simran Noon brings a unique perspective to lineage and family research, having education and professional experience in both business/marketing communications as well as genealogy. As a graduate of the Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate...
+moreStephanie LeVeque
Stephanie is American by birth, Mexican by marriage, and Mediterranean by heritage, heart, and soul. She brings two decades of passion and experience to her role as a genealogist specializing in Southern European and Latin American research. As a dual U.S....
+moreSusan Skilton
Susan Skilton works from the San Francisco office of Ancestry® as a Research Manager for AncestryProGenealogists®. Inspired by research conducted by her own ancestors in the early 1900s, who compiled manuscript family histories, she has researched her own...
+moreTracy Zappala
Tracy Zappala, who specializes in Southern United States and African American genealogy, has experience in teaching and research that spans 20 years. Tracy has worked in Family History Centers in Los Angeles, Oregon, and Utah and is an Accredited Genealogist...
+moreVirginia McAlister
Virginia is originally from the great state of Virginia, and as the daughter of two historians, she grew up visiting the historical sites of the south. As a teenager, she began researching her own family history, which includes Russian and...
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