Roots Expert

AncestorStalker

Josh Jenkins

Professional genealogy research with global team of associates

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Email: josh@joshjenkkins.net

How they can help

Remote research
Heritage travel
In person

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Researches in: United States, Ireland, United Kingdom · Wales, Germany, Italy, Canada, Mexico, Sweden
Based in: United States · Maryland
Languages: English
Time periods: colonial era · 19th century · 20th century · contemporary

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About

Josh Jenkins is a professional genealogist with over two decades of client research experience. He leads AncestorStalker, offering family tree creation, DNA analysis, and locate services worldwide with boots-on-the-ground researchers across the globe.

Josh Jenkins is the principle researcher at AncestorStalker, a professional genealogy research firm established over two decades ago. He previously collaborated with Ancestry.com as an expert researcher and is passionate about genetic genealogy, serving as Administrator of several Y-DNA Surname Projects and an mtDNA Project with nearly 300 members. Josh holds a Master of Science in Information Systems from UMBC and maintains an active global network of associate researchers. He specializes in breaking through research roadblocks and has worked with families and businesses on complex genealogical projects, including royal lineage research, Native American ancestry determination, and locating records across international archives.

Specialties

family tree creation
DNA analysis
genetic genealogy
Y-DNA surname projects
mtDNA projects
locate services
Irish genealogy
Welsh genealogy
Italian genealogy
German genealogy
royal lineage
Native American ancestry
military records
archival research
cemetery research
homestead records
estate records

Additional credentials

Master of Science in Information Systems, UMBC; Administrator of Y-DNA Surname Projects and mtDNA Project (nearly 300 members); former expert researcher for Ancestry.com; Archival Researchers Association – (ARA) — other; Maryland Historical Society (MDHS) — other — Maryland; Maryland Genealogical Society (MDGS) — other — Maryland; Howard County Genealogical Society (HCGS) — other — Howard County; International Society of Genetic Genealogists (ISOGG) — other

Columbia, Maryland, United States

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