In our third installment of Genesis of our Genealogists, meet Ray Wright, one of our Case Managers who specializes in Eastern European, French, Scandinavian, German, and Italian/Dual Citizenship research.
Interview with Raymond S. Wright

Where did you grow up?
 
I was born in Ogden, Utah where I lived until age 14.  After that my parents moved to Reno, [...]

In our second installment of Genesis of our Genealogists, meet Lorraine Bourne, one of our Case Managers who, among other things, specializes in Southern United States, African American, and Native American research.
INTERVIEW WITH LORRAINE BOURNE
1. Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Granger, Utah (now called West Valley), when there were wheat fields and farms [...]

Here at ProGenealogists, we want to introduce you, our valued clients and colleagues, to our staff members. We’ve decided to do this by turning the tables and doing a little bit of research on our researchers! Actually, we’ve put together some basic interview questions for them to answer so everyone can get to know them a [...]

By now you have probably heard that Ancestry.com has acquired ProGenealogists. If you missed the announcement on Friday, you can read more about it here. (I’ve also included the text from that site below, in case you want to save yourself the extra click!) We are really thrilled about this new step for both companies.
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That’s right; ProGenealogists is sending me to jail! When we were approached by the local MDA chapter to help them raise money for Muscular Dystrophy and Jerry Lewis’s kids, how could we say no? So, I volunteered to be the jail bird, which means I need your tax-deductible help to raise bail so I can [...]

Many of you may remember NBC’s recent television series entitled, “Who Do You Think You Are?”  This captivating series dove back into America’s history to find the family heritage of seven celebrities with very different backgrounds.  With the help of genealogists, the likes of Lisa Kudrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Spike Lee and many more discovered the [...]

My colleagues and I at ProGenealogists share some core values that make working together a particularly rewarding experience for us and our clients. I think it comes down to two aspects mainly – our work is very scholarly, and our genealogists communicate directly and often with our clients.
We are expert problem-solvers and family tree-builders who [...]

When is work not really work? When you’re doing something you love. I have had a love of family history and genealogy since I was in high school. Through my adult years I have worked on compiling my ancestors off and on as time and circumstances allowed. Being a wife and mother came first and [...]

You’ve been sitting at your computer diligently researching, notice that you’re hungry, and it slowly dawns on you that you haven’t eaten all day.
You know that Ahnentahfel is not an Egyptian Pharoah.
You don’t travel with just a briefcase or folder back and forth to various research settings, but instead you carry in BOXES of genealogy.
As soon [...]

Come on, you’ve thought about it. You love doing genealogy. Why can’t someone pay you to do genealogy? Well, the good news is, someone can! I just took a phone call from a student I advised a couple of years ago about research, reports and genealogical credentials. She was interviewing professional genealogists about their take [...]