Five years ago, I started my interview series, How They Do It, in which I ask professional genealogists and/or genealogy writers how they organize their own research. It’s sort of fallen by the wayside and I want to bring it back with gusto in 2023.
I’d love to hear from you if there are any genealogists you’d like me to ask. (And if you have a personal connection with someone, please let me know!) If you click on the link above, you can read the interviews I’ve done already.
It’s a pretty easy process: The interviews are done via email, I ask everyone the same questions (with occasional tweaking), and the interviewee is welcome to skip any questions that feel onerous or irrelevant. I ask them to submit a headshot, bio, and, ideally, a photo of their genealogy research space.
Here are the genealogists I’ve been lucky enough to interview for this series since it began on January 3, 2017 (in alphabetical order):
- Lisa Alzo
- Donna Cox Baker
- Melissa Barker
- Kenyatta D. Berry
- Lisa Louise Cooke
- Kitty Cooper
- Crista Cowan
- Amy Johnson Crow
- Diana Elder
- Nathan Dylan Goodwin
- Julie Goucher
- Michael Lacopo
- David Allen Lambert
- Denise May Levenick
- Thomas MacEntee
- Julie Miller
- Sunny Morton
- Gena Philibert-Ortega
- Pat Richley-Erickson
- Barbara Schmidt
- Randy Seaver
- Drew Smith
- Megan Smolenyak
- Diahan Southard
- Paula Stuart-Warren
- D. Joshua Taylor
- Amie Bowser Tennant
- Marion Burk Wood
I’m poised to send out interview invitations, so please help me out with any names. If you’re a pro genealogist or genealogy writer and haven’t done one of these interviews with me, please feel free to volunteer yourself!
You can put your suggestions in the comments or email me at janine@organizeyourfamilyhistory.com. Thanks!
Lisa Lisson
Cyndi Ingle and Roberta Estes
Daniel Loftis @Danielgenealogy on Twitter
Diana Elder
Thank you all for your suggestions! Please keep them coming!
Connie Knox from genealogy.tv
Nicole Dyer
Angela Packer McGie
Karen Stanbury
Annette Burke Lyttle