Research

Area of Expertise: State and Federal Censuses, New England, Ireland, and New York research, with a focus on research methodology and organization. Lindsay also oversees the research team working on the 10 Million Names project.

Areas of Expertise: African American genealogy, Oklahoma and Freedmen of the Five Tribes, Mississippi, and generational Americans with enslaved and/or enslaver ancestors.

Areas of expertise: African American Genealogy & History, Texas, and Oklahoma.

Areas of Expertise: digital collections, archives, information management, and research access.

Areas of Expertise: Irish genealogy, the Atlantic Canadian Provinces of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, and New England.

Areas of Expertise: Conservation of books, manuscripts, art on paper and photographs, the production of the American book in the industrial era, and the general history of European and American bookbinding.

Areas of Expertise: Revolutionary War veterans, African American genealogy, and New England.

Areas of Expertise: African American Genealogy & History, Carolinas, Georgia.

Areas of Expertise: Rhode Island, Connecticut, and French-Canada.

Areas of Expertise: New England, California, Archives, and Material Culture.

Areas of Expertise: Colonial New England, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, Ireland.

Areas of Expertise: New England, mid-Atlantic, and mid-western immigration, migration, and settlement, African American history, 19th and 20th century American and British history, German fluency.

Areas of Expertise: United States, German, old German Gothic script, England, French, and Latin records. Research experience with microfilm and books in the Family Search Library; FamilySearch, Ancestry, and internet websites; and genealogical software.

Areas of Expertise: colonial New England, New Netherland, Ireland, Atlantic Canada, Ontario, Quebec, Scandinavia, and African American research.

Areas of Expertise: Ireland, French Canada, and New England.

Areas of Expertise: Colonial-era New England, Jewish history, lineage societies in the United States, and archival standards.

Areas of Expertise: New England, 17th century, Enslaved People & Descendant Research, cemeteries.

Areas of Expertise: Irish immigration, Irish records, DNA, church records, German, New York (both city and state), and New England.

Areas of Expertise: rare books, New England, England, and Ireland.

Areas of Expertise: 19th-century America, Germany, New York, New York City, Norway, Italy, westward migration, immigration history, and descendancy research.

Areas of Expertise: New England, Canada, Enslaved People & Descendant Research.

Areas of Expertise: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Scotland, DNA, and descendancy research.

Areas of Expertise: Massachusetts, French Canada, Ireland, Catholic records; proficient in French language.

Areas of Expertise: American genealogy, Ireland, Italy, and DNA.

Areas of Expertise: New England, 17th century, Enslaved People & Descendant Research.

Areas of Expertise: Revolutionary War, New England, Spanish Language, and African American.

Areas of Expertise: New England, Poland, and DNA.

Areas of expertise: New England, 17th century, Enslaved People & Descendant Research.

Areas of Expertise: Colonial New England, Colonial New Jersey, and Material Culture.

Areas of Expertise: French Canada, Acadia, France, New England, Ireland, Poland, and Ukraine.

Areas of Expertise: New England, Ireland, Italy, and Scotland research and lineage society applications.

Areas of Expertise: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland.

Areas of Expertise: Greece, Italy, Ireland, and Scotland.

Areas of Expertise: project coordination, client relations, and administrative support.

Areas of Expertise: DNA, New England, Atlantic Canada, Quebec, and Italy.

Ellie graduated from Northeastern University with a B.A. in History and a M.A. in Public History.

Zobeida leads the volunteer program for Database Services and assists with creating and improving the database offerings on the American Ancestors website.

Hale is responsible for scanning and indexing documents for the online archives.

Amanda assists with creating and improving the genealogical databases. She started at American Ancestors as an indexing volunteer in 2020 and then joined the database team in 2021 as a digitization assistant.