Currently accepting clients for...

• DNA
• Family History Research
• Speaking / Presenting
• Writing /Publishing

Kyle Betit is a genealogist, ancestral travel expert, project manager, teacher and mentor. Kyle has 7 years of experience leading Ancestry's heritage travel program. He has personally led many people to visit their ancestral homes through privately guided visits, group tours, and cruises. He also manages a large team of talented genealogists and guides who provide ancestral visits in many countries.

Kyle has worked with hundreds of genealogy clients over his career, including celebrities, executives, and community leaders. Kyle's areas of genealogy research specialization include Ireland, Eastern Europe, French-speaking countries, Canada, Greece, Catholic and other religious records, immigration, and genetic genealogy.

With two colleagues, he started the company ProGenealogists, which became the premier genealogical research company in the United States and was acquired by Ancestry in 2010. Kyle hired the first team of AncestryProGenealogists researchers in the Dublin and London offices in 2015, leading to a group of more than a dozen professionals working today in Ireland, Scotland and England. He also led social media for AncestryProGenealogists.

Kyle has researched the stories for many episodes of the TV series Who Do You Think You Are? (including Rosie O'Donnell, Sean Hayes, Matthew Broderick, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Sudeikis, and Nick Offerman). he appeared in episodes for Megan Mullally, Scott Foley, Chris Noth, Josh Groban, Trisha Yearwood, Tom Bergeron, and Bill Paxton.

Kyle is a frequent traveler and on-site researcher. He presents at conferences in the USA, Canada and Europe. He was co-editor of The Irish At Home and Abroad journal and is the author of A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors. He was an instructor for the American Records Course, National Institute of Genealogical Studies.

Geographic Specialities
Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, France, Germany, Poland, Eastern Europe, Greece, Japan, Italy, Caribbean, Canada, Mexico, Latin America

Additional specialities or search keywords
Heritage Travel, Tourism, Tours, Guide

Publications/Media
A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors (2000), The Irish At Home and Abroad journal (1993-2001), Researching American Land Records (2002), Researching American Religious Records (2002), Researching American Immigration Records (2003), Ireland: A Genealogical Guide (1998)

Lectures
What's New in Irish Genealogy, Advanced Sources for Irish Genealogy Research, Roman Catholic Church Records, Finding Immigrant Origins, Records of Fraternal, Ethnic and Benevolent Societies

Repositories
Family History Library (Salt Lake City), National Archives (London), National Library of Ireland, National Archives of Ireland, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Library and Archives Canada (Ottawa), Archives of Ontario (Ottawa), Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston)

Research Time Periods

• 21st Century
• 20th Century
• 19th Century
• 18th Century
• 17th Century

Languages
French, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Croatian, German, Latin

Affiliations
National Genealogical Society, Irish Genealogical Research Society

Degrees
BS (Molecular Biology & Genetics)