Genealogy Research that's Insightful, Thorough & Personal
Our staff of amazing genealogists and family historians cannot wait to start documenting your ancestry. They will work with you to plan and achieve your research goals.
We will need your help in bringing your ancestors back to life by supplying items not available in public records or online, such as photos, passages from diaries, family stories, unsolved mysteries, and other interesting details.
The end result will be a fun trip down several memory lanes, and you will want to share it with family and friends.
“When Alex Haley prodded me to have my ancestry traced, I reached out to Johni Cerny and she has been my genealogist for 34 years—tracing my African-American roots and the ancestry of many of my close friends. She eternally reminds all of us how we got to this planet. Johni also keeps my soul eternally smiling and nobody does it better!”
Quincy D. Jones
“Thank you, thank you, thank you…for the amazing work you did to identify my biological father. The DNA results were gibberish until you explained it in layman’s terms for me and then used it to find him. Now it is time for you to trace his ancestry. I can’t wait to see the results of that adventure!”
Janet Williamson
“Wow, the research package arrived a few days ago and I can hardly put it down. The report and all those wonderful documents tell an interesting story about my mother’s Graupman ancestors. We will treasure this forever! Let me know what else you can do to trace the Graupman line in German records.”
K. Meyer
“My sister always felt like the odd person out in our family. DNA testing confirmed we were half-siblings. In her late 60s, we didn’t hold out much hope for identifying her biological father. With over 1,000 matches, we turned to Lineages’ staff expert for help. A few months and a lot of hard work, they solved the mystery. Lineages gave my sister the gift of a lifetime. Thank you, Lineages!”
N. M. Carlsbad, California
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German Immigration
Even before either place was a country, Germans crossed the ocean to begin new lives in America. Later, millions of Germans made this journey beginning in the late seventeenth century and into the twentieth century. These German Americans brought their traditions, forming their German communities on this side of the Atlantic. If you are of…
Homesteading in the United States Part 2
Previously we learned about the Homestead Act and what it meant for our ancestors. We will continue this series by learning what the Homestead Act means for genealogists today. Case Study Because of all the paperwork required to apply for and claim a homestead, there inevitably is an excellent paper trail for us to research…
Homesteading in the United States Part 1
The homestead act, passed in 1862 and enacted in 1863, lasted 123 years. Two hundred seventy million acres of land—10% of land in the U.S— was homesteaded. Homesteading provided opportunities for women, African Americans, immigrants, and other minorities to own land in the U.S. communities based on ethnic or religious groups formed around homesteading land.…
Native American Genealogy Research Part 2
There is a large amount of information available out there for your Native American genealogy research. The following list is a great start and can lead you to resources for the various areas of Native American research. NATIVE AMERICAN GENEALOGY RESEARCH – ANNUITY ROLLS (1841-1959) These records show payment in money to individual Indians. They provide the English…
Doable Ideas for Compiling Your Life/Family History Part 2
Doable Snippets Approach Inspires a Paradigm Change! Part 2 is a continuation of my sharing how to break down the grand, overwhelming task of putting together a book on your life or family story into doable steps. When I presented this approach in a family history class I was teaching, I challenged everyone to think…
Native American Research: Dawes Rolls, Membership, and the CDIB
While very few American frontiersmen married a “Cherokee Princess,†thousands wed Native Americans before 1906. If you have heard stories about a Cherokee ancestor somewhere in your family tree and want to claim your Native American heritage by becoming a member of the tribe, you will have to prove it to the Bureau of Indian…
Native American Genealogy Research Part 1
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians[1] Interested in learning more about your Native American genealogy? Are you a tribal member or belong to an American Indian community? Maybe one or both of your parents were Indian, but you do not know who they were or what tribe they came from because of adoption,…
Doable Ideas for Compiling Your Life/Family History Part 1
Deer in the Headlights? I recently helped an Arizona cowboy with his family history book and was asked by the family history consultant at my church to share the final published product at our family history center. I was so on fire from my amazing experience with the book, I volunteered, in addition, to teach…
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