genealogist
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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From there, investigators can sometimes find distant relatives to help piece together a family tree that can point to a suspect, said CeCe Moore, a genetic genealogist and co-founder of DNA Justice.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Pearlman called genealogist Michele Soulli to see if she could track down the baby for the book.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
Crista Cowan, the corporate genealogist of Find a Grave’s parent company Ancestry.com, told me that much of the information gathered for the site’s online memorials are from funeral home websites and public obituaries.
From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024
Ms Bowring regularly uses a genealogist to track down the owners of long-abandoned houses on her patch in Rushcliffe.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024
On the table were a mass of parchments which the genealogist had been examining and tall cupboards, open drawers, and bookcases full of his library stood around.
From The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)
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