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genealogist

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

noun

  1. an expert in genealogy.


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That's kept Montreal genealogist Ryan Légère so busy he's considering hiring an employee.

From BBC May 1, 2026

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

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

Tell a scientific genealogist that your grandfather, a Welsh cobbler, arrived in the steerage in 1860, and what do you get?

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various

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