It is so exciting for us to see genealogy come to life on network TV in the new NBC series “Who Do You Think You Are?“ I hope you are enjoying every minute of the journey upon which each of the celebrities embarks. One of the best aspects of having conducted research on each of the episodes, [...]

Many of you have probably already seen commercials and advertisements regarding NBC’s new series “Who Do You Think You Are?” which premiers this Friday, March 5th at 8/7c. This exciting new series takes celebrities on a journey into their family history, revealing stories “they never imagined” about their ancestors.
We at ProGenealogists are pleased to announce our involvement as the research team [...]

Family Tree Magazine has just announced its list of the “40 Best Genealogy Blogs” and ProGenealogists is honored to be chosen for the “How-To” category. Our team of authors sends acknowledgment to everyone who was nominated in recognition of all the hard work that goes into maintaining a blog. Special congrats, too, to all those [...]

I’m new at ProGenealogists® so I have an outsider’s perspective, although I have been a professional researcher for several years, and an adjunct professor at Salt Lake Community College teaching genealogy courses. Customer service and client care have always been important to me.
When I decided to join ProGenealogists® many aspects of the company appealed to [...]

During college football season this year, I got to see the following commercial quite a lot.

And I always thought after it was over that the father and son should have hired us before embarking on a European journey to discover their ancestral lands.

Dear Genealogist, I have just a simple request. I would like my great-grandmother’s maiden name.
Is it really that simple? Well, that depends … and, I won’t bother you, dear reader, to launch into all the genealogical questions that go through my mind with this question. In fact, as soon as I hear a potential client say [...]

As a professional research company, questions sometimes come up regarding ownership of the results of our research findings. This is a great question, as well as an important one, even for non-professional researchers, because it deals with copyright law, which is often misunderstood.
A recent email query gave me the opportunity to address this vital aspect [...]

So you think you’re part Native American? As one of the Native American specialists here at ProGenealogists, I receive almost daily inquiries about our services from people who specifically want to trace a Native American ancestor. Perhaps your family tree is also decorated with similar stories. My own family had such a tradition. Supposedly my great-great [...]

I have been working on a Puerto Rican research problem and came to a point where we needed records from the National Archives in San Juan. We did everything we could to work with the archives in getting them to search the records, but they were not accomodating and would not carry out research requests. [...]

As one of ProGenealogists’s senior genealogists, I specialize in European research. In November 2009, I will be traveling in France, Germany, and Poland. I am available to undertake research for ProGenealogists clients during this time. That includes archival research in repositories of these countries, onsite research in cemeteries and churches, home site research, and interviewing [...]