Reparative Genealogy Institute

Kellie Marie Farrish is a genealogist and institutional strategist whose work transforms archival research into enforceable outcomes—including legal settlements, municipal reparations, and cultural restitution. Her research has influenced more than $28 million in documented financial outcomes. Her work operates at the intersection of lineage documentation, public policy, legal evidence development, and descendant advocacy—establishing genealogy as critical infrastructure for reparative justice. Through the Reparative Genealogy Institute, Farrish formalizes and scales a methodology that moves genealogy beyond historical inquiry into a tool for institutional accountability, economic repair, and historical truth. She combines traditional genealogy (archival records, census, DNA, probate) with historical analysis, descendant identification, documentation of harm, and support for reparative action. Her work includes the Dave the Potter Trust, the Freedmen Descendant Documentation Project, municipal reparations programs, and published genealogical biography.