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Melanie Whitt is a professional genealogist who works as a contractor for Family Locket Genealogists and private clients. She earned a Master of Science with Distinction in Genealogical, Paleographic, and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde. She is accredited as a Qualified Genealogist (QG) with the Register of Qualified Genealogists in the UK. 

As a product of recent immigration to the US, her work has a strong international focus in France, Sweden, Germany, and the British Isles, in addition to extensive practice in the Great Lakes and Northwest regions of the US. She speaks French and has genealogical literacy in Swedish and German. Melanie has additional experience connecting US families back to Eastern Europe through Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Greek Orthodox, and civil records in Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

Melanie routinely incorporates DNA analysis in her research to identify biological family in casese of adoption, misattributed parentage, unknown 19th-century females, orphaned ancestors, African-American heritage, lineage confirmation, and more. She is proficient in creating and analyzing DNA network graphs to discover ancestors and in using Banyan DNA.

Genetic Genealogy Case Study Presentations

Research Like a Pro Webinar Series 2024
Research Like a Pro Webinar Series 2023
Austin Lifetime Learning Institute

Continuing Education
Research LIke a Pro with AI Workshop 2024
Research Like a Pro with DNA Study Group 2023 (mentor and certificate)
Research Like a Pro Study Group 2022 (certificate)

Melanie can be reached at mbwgenealogy@gmail.com

Research Time Periods

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

Languages

• French
• Genealogical literacy in Swedish and German

Honorifics/Credentials

• Qualified Genealogist (QG), Register of Qualified Genealogists

Certificates
Research Like a Pro with AI Workshop, 2024
Research Like a Pro with DNA Study Group, 2023
Research Like a Pro Study Group, 2022

Affiliations

• Association of Professional Genealogists, Member
• National Genealogical Society, Member

Degrees

• MSc (Distinction), Genealogical, Paleographic & Heraldic Studies, University of Strathclyde
• Postgraduate Diploma, Genealogical, Paleographic & Heraldic Studies, University of Strathclyde
• Postgraduate Certificate, Genealogical, Paleographic & Heraldic Studies, University of Strathclyde
• MA Coursework, History, Portland State University
• BA, Humanities w/ History Emphasis, Brigham Young University