The Family Genealogist

The family genealogist is a historian who specialises in genealogy, and whose expertise is the result of daily practice in record research. His command in the reading of public records is often coupled with a sound knowledge of the region in which he is working and its local families. His experience in ancient manuscripts enables him to read, copy and extract information from ancient documents.

The professional family genealogist makes use of a large range of research material :

• direct line ancestry, full ancestry,

• line of descent, family documents, bibliographical research,

• origins of ownership, history of a house or a business, identification and creation of coat of arms, transcription of ancient texts,