Our Team of Experts

Our team has more than 2,700 years of combined research experience and a worldwide reach, with employees in England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, and Australia, in addition to many states in the U.S. We have the passion and knowledge you can trust to discover your family story.

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...

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Angie 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....

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Bekah 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,...

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Bethany 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...

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Brian 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,...

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Brian 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...

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Cari 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...

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Christina 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...

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Christophe 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,...

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Cindy Olive

I have been with Ancestry for more than ten years and enjoy connecting people with their families. My goal is to keep you engaged and informed throughout the research process. Although I am not a professional researcher, I am passionate...

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Claire 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...

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Dawne Slater

Dawne Slater has been a Certified Genealogist® for more than 25 years and also holds the Accredited Genealogist® credential in African American research. She has been immersed in genealogy for 40 years—professionally since 1989....

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Debbie 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,...

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Debra 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....

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Eamon Healy

With roots planted firmly in the rich oral history tradition of western Ireland, Eamon has always had a passion for genealogy and local history. Before joining ProGen and working out of our Dublin, Ireland office, he honed his skills by creating and...

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Eimer 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,...

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Elizabeth M. Miller

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...

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Emily Pew

Although Emily grew up with passionate family historians all around her, she desired to better understand her ancestors within the context of their own time. Emily relishes not only knowing the names and vital dates of people on pedigrees but...

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Erika 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...

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Eva 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...

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Evan 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...

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Gary 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...

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Grace 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...

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Janae Brown

Janae graduated with a BA in family history at Brigham Young University, completed internships at the Missouri State Archives and the Allen County Public Library, and worked at FamilySearch on the research Wiki team before coming to ProGen in 2021.

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Janette 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...

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Jennifer Doyle

Jennifer is a historian with extensive experience in both academia and genealogy. Her research portfolio ranges across multiple eras from medieval to modern to contemporary and her expertise lies in Irish genealogy, especially Church of Ireland and other...

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Jensen Cordon

Jensen specializes in Hispanic research. He was raised and currently lives in North Carolina, but also lived in Mexico City for two years. He speaks, reads, and writes Spanish fluently, which he speaks daily at home with his wife, a Mexico City native,...

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Jessica Gourley

Jessica's passion for family history ignited when she met one of her great-grandmothers at a young age. This personal connection sparked a lifelong love for uncovering ancestral stories and a commitment to helping others on their genealogical journeys. Her...

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Joe Buggy

Joe leads the International 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...

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Julie 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.

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Julie Schellen

Julie Schellen, a Certified Genealogist® who has been teaching and researching for over 20 years, holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction. She gained experience in corporate healthcare and legal settings earlier in her career. More recently, Julie has...

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Kaitlin 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...

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Karen 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...

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Karin 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...

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Katie 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...

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Kelly 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...

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Kelly 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...

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Kimberly McGregor

I have a tremendous amount of experience as a client relationship manager and I have been working directly with clients for over 16 years. I specialize in DNA relationship testing and unknown parentage research. I...

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Kirsty Wilkinson

Kirsty grew up in Worcestershire, England, and first became interested in family history after moving to Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1998, where she was inspired to begin tracing her mother’s Scottish ancestry. Since then, her passion for Scottish genealogy has...

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Kory 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...

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Krista Hansen

I have worked in client relations for more than 15 years, and I see myself as an advocate for my clients’ needs. I believe in quick and clear communication, ensuring you are engaged in the process of your ancestral work. Family history is...

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Kyle 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...

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Laura 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...

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Lina Kuzminskaite

Lina was born and raised in Lithuania and holds a master's degree in political science from Vilnius University. After moving to Utah in 2014, she soon joined AncestryProGenealogists and is now a genealogist researcher specializing in Eastern European and...

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Lindsay 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,...

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Lindsay 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...

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Lucianna Ravasio

My name is Lucianna Ravasio. Though originally from Ohio, I have lived in Greece, Japan, Italy, Canada and now Ireland. My academic background is in anthropology having earned my bachelor's degree at Notre Dame and master's degree at Queen's University...

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Marie 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...

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Megan 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...

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Michael 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.

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Michele Jeglum

Michele Jeglum is a genealogist with extensive experience in Italian research. She also has expertise in tracing Italian immigrants in the United States and locating their hometowns in Italy. She holds a master’s degree in Music Education...

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Nathan 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...

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Nicholas 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...

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Noah 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...

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Paul 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.

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Pete Hoyt

Pete is an expert genetic genealogist who specializes in utilizing DNA to help clients identify biological ancestors and break through genealogical brick walls. This includes identifying biological parents for adoptees, donor conceptions, misattributed...

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Quentin 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...

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Rebecca 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...

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Roberta 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...

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Sandra Romero

I have 20+ years of experience in both project management and client relations. My goal is to keep you informed and engaged throughout your research project. Our ancestors deserve to be remembered, spoken about, and...

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Sandy 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...

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Sapphire 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...

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Shalese 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...

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Shalyn 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...

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Shaun Gardner

I'm a seasoned professional skilled in cultivating meaningful connections with genealogy clients and team members. My expertise lies in building these relationships while strategically advancing our genealogical research objectives. I excel at engaging...

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Sherry 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...

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Simran 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...

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Stephanie 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....

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Susan 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...

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Tanner Sousley

Born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. A distinguished alumnus of Pierce College, he initially spent five years in the death-care industry, serving as a wholesale supplier of caskets, burial vaults, and headstones to retail funeral homes. Tanner's passion for...

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Tracy 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...

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Virginia 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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Wendy Brimhall

Wendy Brimhall discovered her passion for genealogy as a child. When she was young, she often accompanied her mother to the Family History Library (now FamilySearch Library). Wendy also has fond memories of visiting her Great-aunt Irma, an avid...

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