New Jersey Professional Genealogists
GSNJ maintains a list of New Jersey professional researchers who can provide individualized research or record lookups. This list is provided by GSNJ as a public service. Researchers are listed in alphabetical order and are GSNJ members in good standing.
Please contact the researchers directly for references, fees, conditions, and availability. Before you hire a professional genealogist, we recommend that you check his or her references. As with any genealogical inquiry, we suggest you include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if sending a request by mail.
Post-Nominals: JD = Juris Doctor (graduate-level degree conferred by a law school); CG = Certified Genealogist, CGL = Certified Genealogical Lecturer, CG and CGL are certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists®, Washington DC, www.bcgcertification.org.
Note: The information shown, including specialties, was supplied by the researchers and not verified by the Society. The Society neither recommends nor guarantees the quality of the researchers listed here. Inclusion on GSNJ’s list does not imply endorsement of an individual’s services. As such, the Society disclaims responsibility for the conduct of the researchers. Updated 9/2018.
Tom Ankner
109 Hamilton St., Unit 109, Newark, NJ 07105
Phone: 973-752-6533
Email: tankner@hotmail.com
Specialties: Genealogical, historical, and legal research in northern New Jersey, New York City, and the New Jersey State Archives
Lorraine Arnold, Legacy Roots, LLC
65 Middlesex Road, Matawan, NJ 07747-3030
Phone: 732-620-1096
Email: lorraine@legacyroots.com
URL: www.legacyroots.com
Specialties: New Jersey, New York, and England genealogy research (colonial through early 20th century, brick walls, probate, wills and estates, land records, family businesses); house history research (US and Europe); speaker (The Ancestral Story Beyond the Documents; how to research the history of a house; researching family businesses)
Maryann Dubowchik Bacsik
40 Morningside Circle, Little Falls, NJ 07424
Email: bacsiknj@aol.com
Specialties: New Jersey and New York City research; Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Carpatho-Rusyn research
Gail and Harry Benson
22418 Shannondell Drive, PA 19403
Phone: 610-382-6852
Email: hjb_gvb@yahoo.com
Joan E. Betancourt, DiscoverURhistory
10 Lincoln Place, Freehold, NJ 07728
Phone: 732-409-2418
Email: joan@discoverurhistory.com
Specialties: New Jersey, New York City, and eastern Pennsylvania research; family histories, record retrieval; New Jersey State Archives, New Jersey Department of Health, New Jersey County courthouses, libraries, archives, and historical societies; vital records, land, probate, newspapers; German, Irish, and Puerto Rico research
Laura Cubbage-Draper, LCD Genealogy Services
11 Voorhees Place, Metuchen, NJ 08840
Phone: 201-841-0823
Email: lcdgenealogy@gmail.com
URL: http://www.lcdgenealogy.com
Specialties: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York genealogy research; genealogical lecturing.
Bette M. Epstein
208 Cedar Ave., Highland Park, NJ 08904
Phone: 908-227-8736
Email: bettenjresearch@gmail.com
Specialties: New Jersey genealogical research at the New Jersey State Archives, and New Jersey State Library. Over 40 years of experience as a reference archivist. New Jersey vital records, wills, and probates.
Debbie Hadley
576 Leesville Rd., Jackson, NJ 08527
Email: debbie@bringoutyerdead.com
Specialties: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; family history, immigration, and family business research; record retrievals from New Jersey State Archives and other central New Jersey repositories
Melissa Johnson, CG, Johnson Genealogy Services, LLC
P.O. Box 4312, Middletown, NJ 07748
Phone: 732-365-2680
Email: info@johnsongenealogyservices.com
URL: www.johnsongenealogyservices.com
Specialties: New Jersey, New York, New York City, Pennsylvania, and British genealogy research; forensic genealogy; genetic genealogy; family history writing, editing, and publishing; genealogical lecturing
Claire Keenan, JD, Bloodlines Genealogical Research Services
327 Harding Ave., Milmont Park, PA 19033-3113
Email: bloodlines@comcast.net
Specialties: Irish, Irish-American, and American 19th and 20th century research; Trenton, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, and New York City, NY, depositories
Joan Manierre Lowry, New Jersey Heirs and Ancestors, LLC
417 Chain O’ Hills Rd., Colonia, NJ 07067
Phone: 201-306-0598
Email: njheirsandancestors@gmail.com
Specialties: Probate and legal research; genealogical and historical research, 1850 to the present in northern New Jersey cities and counties; New Jersey State Archives and New Jersey State Library. In business since 1984.
Richard J. Macon
P.O. Box 996, Bayonne, NJ 07002
Phone: 201-320-1927
Email: bayway1@yahoo.com
Christine Murphy
114 Parker Rd, Long Valley, NJ 07853
Phone:908-857-1104
Email: murphygenresearch@gmail.com
Specialties: New Jersey, New York City, and Pennsylvania research, genetic genealogy, Irish-American research, lineage society applications.
Suzanne Nurnberg
395 W. Park Dr., Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Phone: 856-451-2848
Email: info@southjerseygenealogy.com
URL: www.southjerseygenealogy.com
Specialties: All facets of genealogical research involving southern New Jersey; general 20th and 21st century research, especially for legal purposes; New Jersey State Archives and New Jersey State Library; cemetery and gravesite photography
Elizabeth Pellicane, Once-Removed Genealogy Services
430 W Hill Rd., Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, New Jersey 08826
Phone: 908-399-1394
Email: ejpells@gmail.com
URL: https://once-removed.com/
Specialties: Genealogical Research, speaking, and consulting; Western New Jersey, New England, Ireland, and Italy.
Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL
593 E. Woodbridge Ave., Avenel, NJ 07001
Phone: 732-707-7118
Email: legalgenealogist@gmail.com
Specialties: Genealogical speaker; topics include using court and legal records in family history, DNA testing for genealogy, and more
Mark AJ Szep, DiscoverURhistory
Bloomfield, NJ
Email: mark@discoverurhistory.com
URL: www.DiscoverURhistory.com
Specialties: Essex County, New Jersey, New York, New York City research; German, Polish, Irish, Czech/Slovak; deeds, probate, and house history
Michelle Tucker Chubenko
149 Tyler Avenue, Carteret, NJ 07008
Phone: 732-221-9063
Email: michelle@jerseyrootsgenealogy.com
URL: https://genealogy.chubenko.us/
Blog: https://jerseyrootsgenealogy.wordpress.com/
Specialties: Genealogical lecturer (Topics: Basic Genealogy, New Jersey, Technology, Central & Eastern European)
Frances W. Waite
90 Locust Trail, Newville PA 17241
Phone: 717-776-8432
Email: sepafran@aol.com
Specialties: Problem solving and analysis of genealogical puzzles in the southeastern areas of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and beyond
Last Updated 23 March 2023