Finding Forefathers Sample Cases

Initial inquiries to a professional genealogist often begin with an expression of frustration and a simple question. Cases we have solved successfully have begun with queries like this.

  • I have two birth certificates from different states with different birth dates. Can you find out why?
  • My client's brother hasn't been heard from in 40 years when he supposedly left Texas for Chicago. Can you find him?
  • My Jewish grandfather supposedly came from Latvia to New York in the early 1900s but I don't know when, why, or how.  Can you find out?
  • All I know about my great grandmother is her name, that she was born in California, and that she disappeared in El Paso in the 1920s after a divorce. Can you find her?
  • A story in our family says that my great grandfather's sister died tragically by drowning somewhere in Tennessee at a young age. Can you find out what happened to her?
  • My 5th great grandfather was supposedly born on shipboard coming from Scotland before the Revolutionary War. Can you find out if this is true?
  • My husband's Y-DNA doesn't match anyone of his surname but matches another surname perfectly. Can you find out the link between the two families?


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