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Sarah Lockwood

Minnesota-based professional genealogy business helping people discover family history one ancestor at a time

How they can help

  • Remote research
  • In person
  • APG member
Researches in
United States · WI, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, XX · Eastern Europe
Based in
United States · MN
Languages
English
Time periods
Revolutionary War era and earlie · 19th century · 20th century

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About

Sarah Lockwood is a professional genealogist with over a decade of family research experience across the United States, Canada, and Scandinavian countries. She specializes in online research, forensic genealogy, and creating family narratives.

Sarah Lockwood is the primary genealogist at AncestryHelp, a Minnesota-based professional genealogy business. With over a decade of experience, she has discovered family history, photographs, documents, ancestors, and relatives across the United States, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Eastern Europe, Germany, Holland, and the British Isles. Her research includes documentation for military service dating back to the Revolutionary War, land grants, and immigration origins. As an adoptee, Sarah used DNA matching to find her own birth mother and father, bringing personal expertise to forensic genealogy. She specializes in Appalachian regions (North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee), mid-West states (Minnesota, Wisconsin), and Scandinavian digital archives. Sarah has shared her knowledge as a guest speaker and workshop presenter at charity events.

Specialties

  • online genealogy research
  • family narratives
  • forensic genealogy
  • DNA matching
  • Appalachian genealogy
  • Scandinavian genealogy
  • census records
  • immigration research
  • military service documentation
  • land grants

Additional credentials

Certificate in Genealogical Research, Boston University (2021); Certificate in Investigative Genetic Genealogy, Ramapo College, New Jersey (2024); ProGen Study Group 61; Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Northwestern - St. Paul, MN; Master of Arts Degree in Educational Ministries, Wheaton College, IL; Member of the National Genealogical Society — apg

Minnesota, MN, United States

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