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genealogist

American  
[jee-nee-ahl-uhj-ist, je-] / ˌdʒi niˈɑl ədʒ ɪst, ˌdʒɛ- /

noun

  1. an expert in genealogy.


Example Sentences

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The 82-year-old said he accepts the findings of a genealogist with the organisation but writes in the essay: "I feel as though I've been ripped in half."

From BBC • Nov. 25, 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

One doesn’t necessarily need to have a degree in history or genetics to become a forensic genealogist.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2024

In 2006, Verzi contacted a distant cousin, Shawn Doyle, a genealogist and a former nuclear plant security guard from Oswego County, N.Y.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Like all Mr. Foster's books of reference, the two handsome volumes are invaluable to the genealogist, and no library can be accurately said to be quite complete without them.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 by Various