Members Directory
The professional genealogists listed in the directory on this site are members of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Greater Philadelphia Area Chapter of APG. Those accepting clients charge fees for their services and adhere to the APG Code of Ethics.
The professional genealogist will respond with information about his/her services and fees. Neither APG nor the Greater Philadelphia Area chapter of APG assumes responsibility for research work contracted through this listing.
CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.
Denys Allen
PAancestors.com
Specialties: Pennsylvania, rural counties in 1700’s and 1800’s
Accepts Clients? Yes
Lee Arnold
larnold@hsp.org
215-982-2399
Beth Budzilowicz
lizbudz@verizon.net
610-608-9514
Background Education: Retired educator, BA Psychology, MEd.
Genealogy Education: Boston University Certificate, ProGen Study Group 45
Specialties: Local research in Southeastern Pennsylvania, The Irish in Philadelphia.
General research in Ireland, County Armagh Ireland.
Accepts Clients? Yes
James Beider
Legacy Tree Genealogists
800-818-1476
Background: James is the author of 4 commercially published books: The Family Tree German Genealogy Guide; Trace Your German Roots Online; The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide; and The Family Tree Historical Atlas of Germany. He is a research-reports editor for Legacy Tree Genealogists and writes a weekly blog/column "Roots & Branches."
Accepts Clients? No
Anna Bonilla
6094819121
AnnaBonillacps@gmail.com
Specialties: East Coast USA
Accepts Clients? Yes
Paul Campbell-Trimbur
www.stonebarnresearch.com
paul@stonebarnresearch.com
610-241-6183
Background: Retired Federal Agent native of Pittsburgh, PA.
Specialties: House Historian, Genealogical Research in Pennsylvania, DNA.
Accepts Clients? Yes
Heather Croston
Ancestral Tree Genealogy
crostongenealogy@gmail.com
267-221-9668
Specialties: Massachusetts, Eastern Pennsylvania, West County Cork, Ireland, Lancashire, England
Accepts Clients? Yes
Sydney Cruice Dixon
sdixongenealogy@gmail.com
610-993-0504
Specialties: Military Records
Accepts Clients? Yes
Elizabeth (Betty) DeSapio
betty@desapioresearch.com
973-903-3941
Specialties: Italy, Germany, New York, New Jersey, New England
Accepts Clients? Yes
Michael R. Gallagher
UnravelThePast@gmail.com
(302) 409-0153
Education: BA in Political Science from University of Delaware
Specialties: Local research in Delaware & Southeastern Pennsylvania, remote/online research for other areas of USA, Western European immigrant research
Accepts Clients: Yes
Amanda Gonzalez, CG
adgulf@cs.com
Specialties: Delaware
Accepts Clients? No
Debbie Hadley
debbie@bringoutyerdead.com
www.bringoutyerdead.com
Specialties: NJ, NY, and PA; Family history, immigration, and family business research; record retrievals from NJ State Archives and other central NJ repositories
Accepts Clients: Yes
Dean Henry
dean@familypearl.com
http://www.familypearl.com
484-318-8756
Services: Family Pearl's mission is to strengthen families through the use of genealogical research; oral history and media recording; and family outreach. Specialties include African American Family Research, Photo and Audio digitization, and related Technology Assistance.
Accepts Clients? Yes
Deborah White Hershey
Generations Remembered
whitechoc@generationsremembered.net
www.generationsremembered.net
717-367-7610
Specialties: Central & Eastern PA, Lineage Societies
Accepting Clients: Yes
Sandra M. Hewlett
shewlett@verizon.net
610-933-4211
Specialties: Problem-solving; multi-generational genealogy studies; research consultations. Available for onsite research at: Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and Montgomery County records offices; Friends Library, Swarthmore; Philadelphia record centers including the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Hall and Philadelphia City Archives; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Expertise with English research and county record offices in England.
Accepts Clients? No
Joe Hunter
researchunlimited2021@gmail.com
215-756-5789
Specialties: Irish Ancestral Research
Accepts Clients? No
Dawn King Carson
Ancestral Tree Genealogy
ancestraltreegen@gmail.com
856-220-9269
Specialties: Southeastern PA and Southern NJ research
Accepts Clients? Yes
William F. Kershner, M.S. Ed ("Bill")
Relative Routes
bill@relativeroutes.com
267-935-9379
8 Atkinson Drive #540 Doylestown, PA 18901
Specialties: Early Pennsylvania German Settlers, French-Canadian, Irish, Mining and Railroad
Accepts Clients? No
Valerie A. Metzler
Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian
814-932-1740
VMAH@keyconn.net
Specialties: Mennonite & Brethren, Allegheny mountain region, military, African, German, French, Scots-irish
Accepts Clients? Yes
Lisa Minerd, Professional Genealogist
Seedling Genealogy
856-313-0446
lminerd13@gmail.com
Specialties: DNA, Southern New Jersey
Accepts Clients? Yes
Kristine Parkes, MA
Skeleton Key Genealogy
Kristine@SkeletonKeyGenealogy.net
610-999-3553
Services: research, teaching, local record searches, tree building, writing and editing
Accepts Clients? Yes
Joseph Roby
toomanyancestors@gmail.com
https://toomanyancestors.com
Specialties: American Civil War, Virginia, Writing, Editing
Accepts Clients? No
Michael S. Ramage, J.D., CG is a full-time professional Certified Genealogist specializing in early (1614 – 1914) Eastern Pennsylvania-based family history. Professional genealogist since 1998.
https://www.EarlyPennGen.com/
MichaelRamageJD@gmail.com
(484) 437-8827
720 Argyle Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096
Accepts Clients? Yes
Rich Venezia
Rich Roots Genealogy
rich@richroots.net
412-339-0602
Services: 20th-century immigrant ancestors, especially in underutilized record sources and federal records; dual citizenship applications for Italy and Ireland. Other main areas of focus include Italian, Irish, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New Jersey research.
Accepts Clients? Yes
Frances W. Waite
SEPAfran@aol.com
717-776-8432
Education: BS in Education from Shippensburg University, with masters degree work at Kutztown University, plus 25 years as Library Assistant at Bucks County Historical Society.
Services: Genealogical problem solving with over 30 years' experience as a professional genealogist for all time periods in Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, plus nearby areas of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and across the Delaware River.
Accepts Clients? Yes
Scott Wilds, CG
215-206-9095
scottwilds@aol.com
Specialties: Southern U.S.; African American
Accepts Clients? No
The professional genealogist will respond with information about his/her services and fees. Neither APG nor the Greater Philadelphia Area chapter of APG assumes responsibility for research work contracted through this listing.
CG and Certified Genealogist are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic competency evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.
Denys Allen
PAancestors.com
Specialties: Pennsylvania, rural counties in 1700’s and 1800’s
Accepts Clients? Yes
Lee Arnold
larnold@hsp.org
215-982-2399
Beth Budzilowicz
lizbudz@verizon.net
610-608-9514
Background Education: Retired educator, BA Psychology, MEd.
Genealogy Education: Boston University Certificate, ProGen Study Group 45
Specialties: Local research in Southeastern Pennsylvania, The Irish in Philadelphia.
General research in Ireland, County Armagh Ireland.
Accepts Clients? Yes
James Beider
Legacy Tree Genealogists
800-818-1476
Background: James is the author of 4 commercially published books: The Family Tree German Genealogy Guide; Trace Your German Roots Online; The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide; and The Family Tree Historical Atlas of Germany. He is a research-reports editor for Legacy Tree Genealogists and writes a weekly blog/column "Roots & Branches."
Accepts Clients? No
Anna Bonilla
6094819121
AnnaBonillacps@gmail.com
Specialties: East Coast USA
Accepts Clients? Yes
Paul Campbell-Trimbur
www.stonebarnresearch.com
paul@stonebarnresearch.com
610-241-6183
Background: Retired Federal Agent native of Pittsburgh, PA.
Specialties: House Historian, Genealogical Research in Pennsylvania, DNA.
Accepts Clients? Yes
Heather Croston
Ancestral Tree Genealogy
crostongenealogy@gmail.com
267-221-9668
Specialties: Massachusetts, Eastern Pennsylvania, West County Cork, Ireland, Lancashire, England
Accepts Clients? Yes
Sydney Cruice Dixon
sdixongenealogy@gmail.com
610-993-0504
Specialties: Military Records
Accepts Clients? Yes
Elizabeth (Betty) DeSapio
betty@desapioresearch.com
973-903-3941
Specialties: Italy, Germany, New York, New Jersey, New England
Accepts Clients? Yes
Michael R. Gallagher
UnravelThePast@gmail.com
(302) 409-0153
Education: BA in Political Science from University of Delaware
Specialties: Local research in Delaware & Southeastern Pennsylvania, remote/online research for other areas of USA, Western European immigrant research
Accepts Clients: Yes
Amanda Gonzalez, CG
adgulf@cs.com
Specialties: Delaware
Accepts Clients? No
Debbie Hadley
debbie@bringoutyerdead.com
www.bringoutyerdead.com
Specialties: NJ, NY, and PA; Family history, immigration, and family business research; record retrievals from NJ State Archives and other central NJ repositories
Accepts Clients: Yes
Dean Henry
dean@familypearl.com
http://www.familypearl.com
484-318-8756
Services: Family Pearl's mission is to strengthen families through the use of genealogical research; oral history and media recording; and family outreach. Specialties include African American Family Research, Photo and Audio digitization, and related Technology Assistance.
Accepts Clients? Yes
Deborah White Hershey
Generations Remembered
whitechoc@generationsremembered.net
www.generationsremembered.net
717-367-7610
Specialties: Central & Eastern PA, Lineage Societies
Accepting Clients: Yes
Sandra M. Hewlett
shewlett@verizon.net
610-933-4211
Specialties: Problem-solving; multi-generational genealogy studies; research consultations. Available for onsite research at: Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and Montgomery County records offices; Friends Library, Swarthmore; Philadelphia record centers including the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Hall and Philadelphia City Archives; Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg. Expertise with English research and county record offices in England.
Accepts Clients? No
Joe Hunter
researchunlimited2021@gmail.com
215-756-5789
Specialties: Irish Ancestral Research
Accepts Clients? No
Dawn King Carson
Ancestral Tree Genealogy
ancestraltreegen@gmail.com
856-220-9269
Specialties: Southeastern PA and Southern NJ research
Accepts Clients? Yes
William F. Kershner, M.S. Ed ("Bill")
Relative Routes
bill@relativeroutes.com
267-935-9379
8 Atkinson Drive #540 Doylestown, PA 18901
Specialties: Early Pennsylvania German Settlers, French-Canadian, Irish, Mining and Railroad
Accepts Clients? No
Valerie A. Metzler
Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian
814-932-1740
VMAH@keyconn.net
Specialties: Mennonite & Brethren, Allegheny mountain region, military, African, German, French, Scots-irish
Accepts Clients? Yes
Lisa Minerd, Professional Genealogist
Seedling Genealogy
856-313-0446
lminerd13@gmail.com
Specialties: DNA, Southern New Jersey
Accepts Clients? Yes
Kristine Parkes, MA
Skeleton Key Genealogy
Kristine@SkeletonKeyGenealogy.net
610-999-3553
Services: research, teaching, local record searches, tree building, writing and editing
Accepts Clients? Yes
Joseph Roby
toomanyancestors@gmail.com
https://toomanyancestors.com
Specialties: American Civil War, Virginia, Writing, Editing
Accepts Clients? No
Michael S. Ramage, J.D., CG is a full-time professional Certified Genealogist specializing in early (1614 – 1914) Eastern Pennsylvania-based family history. Professional genealogist since 1998.
https://www.EarlyPennGen.com/
MichaelRamageJD@gmail.com
(484) 437-8827
720 Argyle Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096
Accepts Clients? Yes
Rich Venezia
Rich Roots Genealogy
rich@richroots.net
412-339-0602
Services: 20th-century immigrant ancestors, especially in underutilized record sources and federal records; dual citizenship applications for Italy and Ireland. Other main areas of focus include Italian, Irish, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New Jersey research.
Accepts Clients? Yes
Frances W. Waite
SEPAfran@aol.com
717-776-8432
Education: BS in Education from Shippensburg University, with masters degree work at Kutztown University, plus 25 years as Library Assistant at Bucks County Historical Society.
Services: Genealogical problem solving with over 30 years' experience as a professional genealogist for all time periods in Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, plus nearby areas of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and across the Delaware River.
Accepts Clients? Yes
Scott Wilds, CG
215-206-9095
scottwilds@aol.com
Specialties: Southern U.S.; African American
Accepts Clients? No
